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What's the best Reality Shows on TV right now?

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Post by Heroine of the Dragon » Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:03 am

Which of the following do you watch? Have watched in the past?
Survivor
Hell's Kitchen
The Amazing Race
American Ninja Warrior
Shark Tank
MasterChef Junior
America's Got Talent


Or do you prefer one of the others? What else have you watched?
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Re: What's the best Reality Shows on TV right now?

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Post by Booyakasha » Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:57 am

I don't think I've watched any of those, aside from clips of 'Hell's Kitchen' on youtube. If I'm going to watch Gordon Ramsay, I'd rather see 'Kitchen Nightmares' or 'Hotel Hell'.

I quite like 'Mythbusters', and 'Top Gear' (the British one), and 'Grand Tour'.

Think my favourite reality show ever was 'Insomniac', if that counts. Funny show---------Dave Attell (stand-up comic) wanders around various cities after hours, looking for whatever weirdness he can dig up before sunrise.
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Re: What's the best Reality Shows on TV right now?

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Post by Shane » Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:24 pm

I have watched Survivor since the beginning, but I'm afraid it's jumped the shark the last few seasons. I have no confidence it will remain worth watching in the future. Same story for Big Brother, which I've always said is not that good but kept watching anyway, but now I think we're entering train wreck territory. Australian Survivor is vastly superior.

The Amazing Race is another show I have watched since the beginning. It's decent but not as interesting as it once was. Australia might also have the edge here.

I like Shark Tank because while it's ultimately a game show, there are also business lessons to be learned. Similarly, The Apprentice. The UK version is still going strong, and I think I'll check out the Australian celebrity version, though the celebrity versions have always been less interesting than just random people trying to start a business because the lure is mostly about the people rather than the tasks, most of whom I've never heard of despite the label celebrity.

Got Talent has some enjoyable acts. Way too many mediocre singers, but I like the variety. Really only the American and British versions. They have one in dozens of countries, but most of the others are pretty lackluster.

The Mole is long dead in the US, but it's still going strong in The Netherlands and Belgium. I normally have no idea who the mole is, but I find it entertaining nonetheless.

I used to watch singing shows until Simon left American Idol. The Voice killed them by oversaturating the market.

I don't know how much reality there is to them, but I watch some of the gold shows like Gold Rush.

Naked and Afraid is interesting to see what people can endure and accomplish, though most of the people are pretty inept and are just surviving through sheer stubbornness rather than skill.

I watched the last season of The Biggest Loser, which had been cancelled a few years ago but brought back by a new network. They removed a lot of the gaminess because they didn't want to hurt people's feelings. It's no longer very interesting. But I do like the concept of people potentially turning their lives around and finally getting healthy, even if their progress while on the show is over the top.

I watched Hell's Kitchen years ago but haven't seen anything Gordon Ramsay related in a long time.

When lockdown first started, one of the YouTube channels I'm subscribed to was running a bunch of full episodes. I never watched Mythbusters otherwise, but I found those interesting.
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Re: What's the best Reality Shows on TV right now?

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Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:30 pm

Shark Tank was kinda neat but I never kept up on it. Not all of the ideas were interesting enough to hold my attention.

I've watched Pawn Shop more than any other reality show (which isn't much) unless I'm not thinking of something. I don't watch consistently though because of the same problem as above, oftentimes the items just aren't interesting.

The old Ninja Warrior was cool.

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