The Monotony of Reality Shows

One of the good things about coming back home is that you are reintroduced to the idiot box every time. The last two weeks was catching up time.I have to confess that the sense of reunion with the television and the new IPL season just did not allow me to blog at all. I was for a moment worried whether I will ever get back to writing.


Coming to the point straight away. I have been quite disappointed with what I see on the television these days. This whole plethora of reality shows. Not only are there too many of them but they are re-run zillions of times in a day. So do not lose heart if you missed the politics and scandals of the roadies show or the bitching behind the scenes of a dance show, you can watch it the next day 5 times and so you can watch it 35 times in a week. You will get so familiar with the episode that you will become judgemental and emotional and actually start supporting or hating the characters involved. So the show owners now have their ultimate aim achieved....TRPs!!!


When it started off with the Indian Idol and POPSTARS in India, it was a fresh concept these reality shows. You enjoyed them and now I detest them. I hate it when they leave it to the audience to decide.

I will tell you what happens. Today when I watch a reality show religiously, I want to watch it 'aaram se' with no tension. I dont want to pick up my phone and vote any more. I have done enough of it. When I do not, I somehow see that the deserving ones lose. Then the anchors and judges start blaming you as if you were deciding everything. They instil a feeling of guilt in you. Assuming that i do vote, I still see the deserving ones lose, because in India the voting system for a television show is similar to that of politics. Its caste based and religion based and not talent based.

My favourite TV programme till date has remained SA RE GA MA which was hosted by Sonu Nigam and then Shaan. They always left the decision to the judges and always the best man won. Then you would say that it could never be called a reality show. Who wants one?

The standard of these shows has dropped big time. The kind of language that is used is pretty bad (cos the youngsters are always watching). Reality shows show more bizarre incidents happening on the sets than the concept itself. TRP ke liye saala kuch bhi karega.

Honestly speaking I am completely against censorship and yet ironically people are making so much fuss about content in movies when a simple soap or a show is already causing more harm (to the culture as they say) on a daily basis.

Anyways, I hope these guys realise the monotony they are causing and try and make something different and please to all you owners of the shows- whatever you do, dont ask for votes.