15 Minutes Of Shame?

It seems that every time I turn on the television, all I see are reality shows. You can't escape it. It's like the disco era of the 70's. (For those of you old enough to remember).  Every channel! Everywhere!! Shows like American Chopper, Pit Boss, Repo Man, and Cake Bosses, just to name a few. Oh, and let's not forget those celebries whose careers have falterd and now have to whore themselves on shows like VH1 Celebrity Rehab, Famous Food and Gene Simmons Family Jewels. Oh and please don't even get me started on that train wreck, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians". Ryan Seacrest should be kidnapped, bound, gagged  and forced to listen to every bad audition of American Idol over and over again for the next 15 years for coming up with that rotten concept. That doesn't even scratch of the hundreds and hundreds of reality dredge that is out there. Yes yes yes, we all want our 15 minutes of fame!! I am guilty of it too. However, where did the madness begin. Society wants to blame  2000's premiere of the first season of "Survivor" as starting the perferbial ball rolling. Everyone looking in the camera to give their whining point of view and hoping to backstab and claw thei way into winning the top prize ahead. So, it's naked Richard Hatch's fault are country has gone to hell in a handbasket, not only debt wise but value wise. Look, I'm not dising these people that go on there and try to get recognition and or some sort of  desperate fame. All I'm saying is that I've seen some of these shows and trust me : 75% of the people on those reality shows are not camera friendly on the eyes or ears. Just being honest. Also when you watch these programs you have to wonder if it is scripted. Come on, now. Scenes play out to predictably and fights and arguements happen that seem to be what the audience watching the show wants. Reality shows give us that fight we want to see or that arguement we knew was coming. God forbid a shouting match ends quietly or a repo ends without a shoving match between some redneck repossesor and ghetto non-payee. Reality shows seem to be the new dramas that are slowly become dinosaurs on network and calble televion. With budget problems even affecting televion, it's no wonder reality shows are now a dime a dozen. However, can too much "reality" be a bad thing? I like some reality shows. Shows like "Intervention" and "Hoarders" really give us imformative details about the people we want to get to know and the diseases that they are battling and overcoming. Shows that lwet me get to know you without you bashing over the head week and week and week with your moronic stupidity. So, again as I wrap this up, I ask again, can reality be too much of a bad thing?