The Reality Tv Phenomenon - When Did Reality Tv Begin and Will Television Viewers Continue to Watch?

I remember back in the late 1980's watching a Tv comedy called "The Garry Shandling Show". By no means was it reality television or even close, but it was the starting of a trend. Garry Shandling played himself in the show much like Jerry Seinfeld would a few years later, but every so often he would turn to the camera and speak directly to the audience. This was the first time I had seen an actor, who was playing a scripted part on television, directly piquant the viewer as if they were in the scene.

It was not long afterward that television directors would start using what I like to call the "jerky camera technique." This was strongly obvious on the new television series "Law and Order". The scenes of the drama series were shot with a hand held camera. Little effort was made by the camera man to keep the camera still. This also gave the impression that the television viewer was part of the scene. It proved to be successful as a suitable technique used on national television.

There had been glimpses of reality television throughout the former decades. Shows like Candid Camera featured daily habitancy in seemingly normal situations. Games shows also brought exposure to regular habitancy like you and I, which brought validity to Andy Warhol's theory that someday everybody will have their "15 minutes of fame". In more up-to-date times, the Bbc Tv series Changing Rooms, which later gave birth to spin off shows like Trading Spaces in the United States, featured normal couples redecorating rooms for friends, while their friends did the same for them. These shows proved to be very profitable due to the low output costs needed.

The Reality Tv Phenomenon - When Did Reality Tv Begin and Will Television Viewers Continue to Watch?

However, it was not until the drawn of multiple niche television channels that the ground would be laid for reality Tv to truly explode. Numerous specialty Tv channels featuring a narrow focus on a particular topic created a need for specialty television shows. With hours upon hours of time to fill on these channels, low budget reality Tv was the ideal choice. Of course, not all of these Tv series proved to be popular, but with Little invested in the way of dollars, it was potential to test a variety of ideas to see what would work and what would be shelved. One thing is for sure, with the strong question for audiences to watch regular habitancy like themselves in normal situations, reality television does not appear to be disappearing anytime soon. Perhaps everybody will finally have their 15 minutes of fame after all.

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