american family
amazing race 13
america's/talent 3
american idol 7
the bachelor 12

big brother 10
the biggest loser 5
celebrity apprentice
celebrity rehab
the contender 3

dancing/stars 6
deadliest catch
dirty jobs
extreme makeover
hell's kitchen 4

high school reunion
the hills
I love money
kid nation
making the band 4

the mole 3
project runway 5
nashville star 6
paradise hotel 2
real wrld hollywood

rw/rr challenge
real housewives
road rules
the surreal life 6
survivor gabon

top chef 4
top model 10
work out

> all other shows

related news

a new genre, “reality TV is never going to drive out sitcoms and dramas.”

recent stories about related news >> more stories
related shows

a new genre, “reality TV is never going to drive out sitcoms and dramas.”
Lately, the standard critical response to reality TV has shifted from slamming it and proclaiming its death to saying the genre will change TV forever and kill off sitcoms and dramas. Such hyperbole doesn’t work for Entertainment Weekly’s Ken Tucker, who argues that “[r]eality TV is never going to drive out sitcoms and dramas; it’s just become another genre, competing in the marketplace.” If there’s too much reality TV, he writes, “viewers will tune away,” and also points out that many dramas and sitcoms have gotten boring in comparison to the drama and comedy that reality TV shows provide.

link to this story + posted Feb. 6, 2003 at 6:23 AM by Andy Dehnart