I never realized how much reality TV I watched. I don't have cable, but I go to my parents to watch a few shoes once or twice a week. I go up to my old bedroom and watched teen mom 2 for like two hours. Once you start watching it's hard to turn off. They play the shows in order, so that you keep watching to find out how their lives turn out. My dad made the comment that it's all just drama, and he doesn't understand why we want to watch or get involved with it. But I think we do it because some people like drama. Maybe not in their lives but they like to know or hear about it. Seeing how bad other peoples lives are makes our lives seem so much better. I guess you could say that we watch so that we forget about or insecurities or our problems.
Reality TV shows are real people, I think. After the first teen mom show there was a lot off publicity in the tabloids about the mothers and the children. But a lot of the things are made a lot bigger to keep the viewers drawn in. The thing with teen mom 2 is that they have 4 mothers, and they all are in different situations. So if you want to see a couple make it and get married, the show has that. If you want to see struggling, they have a lot of that. There is one couple that is getting married, the mother almost didn't go through with it, but then she decides to. The other three couples have a lot of problems(some more than others) The one her baby's daddy just left her and moved out of their apartment, the other teen mother was living with her baby's daddy's parents, but dating another guy, so his parents kicked her out (the cops ere called), and the third teen mom does drugs, has had a lot of different boyfriends, and her mother has custody of her child. Even the couple getting married has problems, or drama to make them more interesting,they have twins and the one baby has health issues, so you feel bad for them, which is why I like the show, I like that couple.
We viewers help reality TV shows. When we watch a show a lot they will start to play it more. When people go to YouTube and watch certain parts of certain episodes, the TV station will replay that show. We like action and drama. And that's what we get, it seems so real and you just cant help but look. With teen mom 2 I feel bad for the teen mothers, but I can't help them by watching their show.
your dad seems like a smart man realizing the drabble on tv mostly revolves around drama. i myself cant stand drama, sure you do have to deal with it, but causing and exacerbating situations where bad drama will rise is something i cant really stand. Why are people so entertained by drama?
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