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Re: What kind of world do we live in? - Seacrest - 08-24-2010
decay wrote:
i guess i don't watch much international TV, you are right.
i barely watch American TV!
Me neither.
decay wrote:
so these nimrods, they're ALL highly paid, worldwide?
Not sure.
Simon Cowell makes 9, count 'em NINE figures. (not that he is or isn't a nimrod).
If these people bring in ratings/sell products, then, unfortunately they are worth what the nimrods paying them pay them.
The irony is, American networks started using them because they were cheaper than bonafide "stars".
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - hal - 08-24-2010
The only things worse than TV today is the TV 'entertainment' news of the day...
turn your tv off!
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - decay - 08-25-2010
Simon Cowell is the exception - he's a show creator/producer - not a "reality" person like in Big Brother.
http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=314&issue=114
very long (and good) article. one excerpt:
Quite apart from the cost of purchasing the rights to such a successful show, Big Brother has other large expenses. Continuous surveillance of contestants requires a production team of about ‘200 people…including 50 cameramen [sic] and 13 producers’. Celebrity Big Brother has the additional cost that, while the celebrities are not exactly A-list, they still expect substantial fees. Shilpa Shetty was allegedly paid somewhere between £200,000 and £300,000 simply for appearing in the show.
Survivor, which uses exotic locations and is produced up to the standards of primetime US network TV, is also extremely costly for a reality programme. The justification for this expense is that these programmes deliver extremely valuable audiences, which in turn earns broadcasters very large advertising fees.
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - morlock - 08-25-2010
decay wrote:
Survivor, which uses exotic locations and is produced up to the standards of primetime US network TV, is also extremely costly for a reality programme.
Yeah, I keep waiting for the camera to turn away from the participants cooking lizard-on-a-stick, to show a pudgy grip and a teamster complaining about only having 4 flavors of cream cheese on the craft services table.
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - Lux Interior - 08-25-2010
$tevie wrote:
You don't have to let these people stink up your life.
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 08-25-2010
Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.
- E. Roosevelt
We are a nation of small minds.
Re: What kind of world do we live in? - hal - 08-25-2010
I suspect that if she were alive today, she'd amend it
Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.
The smallest minds discuss reality TV.