Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Reality shows = Spin of Reality Shows


This is a preview for E!’s new reality show Khloe & Lamar. They are a married couple. Lamar plays for the L.A. Lakers and Khloe is a reality TV star. Her IMDB list would include Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami and Keeping Up with the Kardashians; The Wedding Special.

I understand my clip is just another reality show showcasing produced by E!, involving a Kardashian or two. However, these girls, E and Ryan Seacrest have managed to continue to produce multiple show seasons, spin-offs and TV-specials based on the members of the Kardashian family. They have been successful with this business now for many years in terms of the reality television timeline.

This clip is simply an example of how reality TV has

A.Taken over television entertainment as a whole

and

B. Reality shows are giving ideas for other reality shows, based off of characters from the original reality show. With Surreal Life, Jersey Shore, 16 & Pregnant and Keeping Up With the Kardashians, whoever is the most popular, seems to get their own show once the original is off-season. The Bachelor became the Bachelorette. Surreal Life created Flavor of Love. I feel as though there is no end to this madness.


A.S.

1 comment:

  1. Ashley - nice. How might you tie this to the reading about political economy and reality tv?

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