The article that we had to read in class was about reality television and the economic changes it had on production. After having a discussion with my fellow classmates and getting more in depth with the article, I started to really doubt everything I watch on television. I remember a few years back I had attendee the show Deal or no Deal; I was very excited and couldn’t wait to see how a game show was. When the hours started to keep going I started to lose my interest especially because it took 7 hours to film one episode. If the crew didn’t like the contestant’s reaction they would reshoot the whole scene, even though the contestant knew what number was in the box. From that point on the show was ruined for me I couldn’t watch it knowing that they already know the result.
This got me thinking about another game show that was big about 10 years ago who wants to be a Millionaire. For years they had never received a winner on the show, people would get close but no one got within 4 answers without using all their life lines. Finally, there was a contestant that not only got all the answers right but didn’t use any life lines except for one telling his parents that he was about to win. It just isn’t possible, I think that the producers started to realize they were losing viewers because they realized the task wasn’t possible and the only way to get people to tune in again is to have a winner. Whether he won the money fair or not is up to you to believe but I have my assumptions and doubts that I believe are what producers try to do to make the show so great. They stretch the “real” truth and make it reali-tv.
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