Description : How often do couples stay together after they have their own reality television show?
Last Answer : Not often. I think the cameras and editing tend to highlight the negative.
Description : Will we ever see an end to the Reality TV trend? What will replace it?
Last Answer : A stronger entertainment economy will replace it. “Reality” shows cost less to produce than scripted television.
Description : Why do they call it a "Television Set" when there's only one?
Last Answer : It is like ‘chess set’ which refers to the board and the pieces. A television set contains a tuner a display and speakers. Television can mean television programmes or television transmission ‘television set’ makes it clear you are referring to the receiving equipment.
Description : Are (HBO and other) TV shows like Californication and Shameless just a kind of "adult entertainment", drug and alcohol promotional vehicles and "harmless" fun - or is there some educational value to them?
Last Answer : I have not seen any of them, but I heard about these shows… well… to be honest: I think they are great vehicles to earn money for the TV-Stations showing them… ;)
Description : Is reality TV a good or bad influence?
Last Answer : answer:I don't think there is much reality in reality TV. From what I've seen, it's very edited to make things look more dramatic. I heard some story on NPR that this woman worked on a reality ... or vote people in as safe. I think the worst thing about reality TV is that it claims to be reality.
Description : Would you participate in a reality tv show and which one?
Last Answer : In general, I would run as fast as I can in the opposite direction of an offer to be on a reality show. A game show, however, I could see myself doing. I think I could potentially win a lot of money on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, for example, if I studied up a LOT on pop culture.
Description : What would it take for you to be on a "reality TV" show?
Last Answer : I’d need to be abducted by aliens and replaced by a pod person. Although then it wouldn’t be me appearing on a “reality” show—it’d be the replicant.
Description : How real do you think reality TV is?
Last Answer : It’s as real as the scriptwriters can make it.
Description : Reality TV Can it teach - or plain entertainment?
Last Answer : Project Runway! I love watching people create art.
Description : Do you watch Little People, Big World -- does it seem like reality TV is destroying families?
Last Answer : I’ve seen the show a few time but I cannot understand why they made a weekly series about them at best maybe a 60 minute special.I don’t think being on TV would cause a couple to divorce.
Description : Do competition-based, reality TV participants get compensated as performers?
Last Answer : Generally yes. JohnPowell is right. Plus many competitions feature tiered prizes- e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. get decreasingly smaller prizes but still SOME compensation. Ooo- also, I’m pretty sure the answer is ‘no’ to the SAG thing.
Description : Should tv networks just give all their reality tv shows a rest?
Last Answer : Reality TV is cheap because they don’t have to pay actors. It’s not going away any time soon. However my answer is a resounding “yes”. It’s just lazy programming.
Description : What's your favorite bad reality TV show?
Last Answer : I haven't gotten into the Rock of Love Bus, but I was obsessed with the 1st ROL season. My boyfriend and I even dressed as Bret and Heather for Halloween two years ago. My bad shows these days ... tell myself they're more high-brow. :) Some of that reality crap really is great in moderation. :)
Description : Too many reality TV shows?
Last Answer : Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh! Enough with reality tv already! I hate the stuff! Most isn’t even real anyways!
Description : If you suddenly had no TV reception, what would you do with the time you now spend with your television?
Last Answer : Read books. Play games. Talk to my family. Write. Draw. Take photos and organise the ones I’ve already taken. It would depend if it’s night or day.
Description : Do you agree with TV Guides's "Top 50 Television Shows of all Time"?
Last Answer : Not at all. Where’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus? Chappelle’s Show? Six Feet Under? Breaking Bad? Louie? Arrested Development?
Description : TV watchers: Anyone out there besides me miss the television show, The Unit?
Last Answer : I never watched it, but I know my mother had a crush on one of the characters, so I’m sure she’s bummed.
Description : How to setup tv channels on an old Sanyo television.
Last Answer : Old as in: analog (Channel 2–13), or just a few years old (capable of digital TV)?
Description : Could we use a word that is for radio what televise is to television?
Last Answer : radiocast
Description : Have you ever revisited a beloved childhood show, only to discover the horrible reality of how godawful it was?
Last Answer : G.I. Joe did that for me. But I still love The Wonder Years.
Description : What could cause a thin vertical red line to appear on my LCD television?
Last Answer : I don’t know but how long have you had it and is it still under warranty?
Description : If you could be a movie or television villain, which one would you be? Why?
Last Answer : Eric Cartman! Do I really need to explain??
Description : Why are books considered educational...
Last Answer : answer:Not all books are educational. Some you just read for fun. I think most people surf the web for fun, but it too can be educational.
Description : Do you think we will ever see more nudity and hear more cussing on broadcast television?
Last Answer : No. Too many prudes in this world. Go check out Askville if you don’t believe me. They now have made it impossible to cuss! Is that weird, or what?
Description : Why does Family Guy play constantly on television but Simpsons and South Park are only shown at certain times?
Last Answer : Because they can make more money selling commercial time for Family Guy, since the key demographic also happens to be the age group that advertisers go for.
Description : Is it a bad sign if in a dream you are in the beginning stages of making love to a fictitious charachter, when in both the dream and in reality you know you have another person you love, but the ... act isn't committed is because the woman in your dream decides she can't cheat on her loved one?
Last Answer : answer:Dreams can be a way of understanding what is going on on a subconscious level. But frankly, I prefer basing my important life decisions on events that occurred while I was wide awake. Plus, dreams ... t mean anything significant and yes you are over analyzing it. PS - Welcome to Ask-public :)
Description : Would you sign your family up for a reality show?
Last Answer : No. We have nothing going here. Even a very creative producer couldn’t twist our lives into something people would care to see.
Description : What's your favorite reality show?
Last Answer : I’m still a big fan of the original “Survivor” as much for the exotic locales as for Jeff Probst’s dimples!
Description : What's your favourite reality show?
Last Answer : No lie, I do not watch reality tv. Unless you count COPS. Or; Smoking Gun Presents, and even that is fairly rare.
Description : What reality show would you create and how would it help other people?
Last Answer : I would love to see/create a reality show that acts like a watchdog for congress and the senate. It would tell you exactly what has been voted on, who voted which way and which lobbyists they were seen with. If I could manage it, I’d report on who has taken money from whom. What are the odds?
Description : Are you in to Reality shows?
Last Answer : I don’t really regularly watch any anymore. I watched a few seasons of Survivor and I liked it. I’ve also seen a few episodes of Teen Cribs and I loved it. I’ve also seen a couple episodes of American Idol; I found it funny but that was only because it was the beginning part where everyone sucked.
Description : Have you or anyone you know ever been on a reality show?
Last Answer : I know someone who just put in her application for The Biggest Loser. That’s the best I can do.
Description : How is a scripted "Reality" show produced?
Last Answer : Real people following real scripts. And there you have; ‘reality’. :D
Description : On dating reality shows, how much say do the bachelors/bachelorettes have in deciding which contestants are voted off?
Last Answer : I currently worked in reality TV and have produced for 4 different dating shows specifically in the past. The short answer is it all depends on the show. With the Bachelor and Bachelorette, the producers spend ... . They might be actors in real life but they are not acting on the show. Make sense?
Description : What reality or game show would you like to be on?
Last Answer : Double Dare! back in the day, man. I’da found the flag in the booger nose!
Description : Who watched the new reality series, Homeland Security USA on ABC?
Last Answer : I caught the last few minutes before Scrubs came on. I wasn’t really impressed. :P
Description : You have an unlimited budget to make a reality show. What do you create?
Last Answer : Give homeless people a hundred thousand dollars and see what happens.
Description : Billy Mays, I just read he will be doing a reality show!
Last Answer : People who have become psychotic from seeing Oxiclean ads will be incited to homicidal fury by being forced to hear those ads for hours on end, and then released into an obstacle course full of images of Billy ... his ads. Will he or any of the ad crew survive? What will his victims do to him?
Description : After watching a reality show or drama, do you feel like you're living it?
Last Answer : No, thank heavens.
Description : Do you have a reality show guilty pleasure?
Last Answer : it was American Idol until Chris Daughtry was voted off. Um.. now, I’d have to say no… I don’t have a lot of time to watch TV anymore.
Description : What's the thing we have to do about our TV sets in February?
Last Answer : On February 17, 2009 all full-power broadcast television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. Digital broadcasting will allow stations to ... but it depends because your tv may already have a digital tuner or hd tuner, etc.
Description : In the Republican debate the other night did they actually call it the CNN/Tea Party Debate on tv?
Last Answer : answer:Because the Tea Party sponsored the debate and provided the audience (in studio at least). Why else would they laugh and say yes when asked if they should just let an uninsured man in a coma die? The Republican party has been taken over by right wing nut jobs, is what it means.
Description : What do the call letters of your local TV and radio station signify?
Last Answer : KFOG, for the SF fog. In the air, everywhere. KABL, for the Cable Cars KRON, Chronicle Broadcasting KCBS, The Worlds First Radio Station. KLOK The clock. KQAK the Quake (looks more like the Quack)
Description : When you see a phone number on TV or a movie, do you call it?
Last Answer : I wouldn’t, but some do.
Description : I am buying a new TV. Who can I call that will pick up my old TV?
Last Answer : Could you not make that part of the purchase, i.e., that the people who bring the new TV must take the old one? Having said that, The United Way was fantastic when I had stuff. Within minutes I got calls.
Description : When is it appropriate to turn the volume on the television to 100%?
Last Answer : I have one channel with almost no audio. I have to turn my volume up almost all the way. Sucks though, when forget to turn it back down to change channels.
Description : Can the television trigger a digital assistant?
Last Answer : I don’t know for sure but; YES !
Description : What was the first television production with an all black cast?
Last Answer : What was the show you saw, @flutherother?
Description : Can you please guide me to a television or YouTube show where they show good judgement?
Last Answer : Dr. Who is always looking out for Earth. He loves us and defends us against aliens at great personal peril. I am quivering with anticipation waiting for the new episodes in October. I loved ... make strides in human rights and material accomplishments. A third season of Victoria is in the works.
Description : What do you consider to be the best hour of television right now?
Last Answer : Sorry I prefer shows like Brokenwood, or Death in Paradice.