Real life Television

What most people can't wait for each week are their week night shows that tell a story. A story that they feel is true and a part of their life. Producers and writers know that what they feed the audience each week will keep them coming back for more. Shows like Vampire Diaries, One Tree Hill, and many more have the same plot. Each week there is a problem between a couple or group of people, later in the show they get in more depth about the problem, finally resolving the problem. Yet as one problem is fixed a new one arises and leaves and leaves the viewer wanting to know what happens next week. Over the years it has become very obvious that this type of plot is what draws the most viewers, which is the reason why I think more game shows have taken a reality approach to revolving their show around it. The first game show to do this was who wants to be a millionaire. The show would always end for that day with the contest getting close to the million dollars. Now the audience could feel the suspension of what will happen next week. The one thing that the show didn’t have was a preview for the next episode. However, shows now like American Idol, The Voice, The Biggest Loser, will preview to the next episode to let viewers get hooked and wonder what will happen on next week’s show. Shows may not have the same characters, but they all have a central plot.