We British need to clean ourselves. Reality TV is our fault.
POSTED BY: NervousPete
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 21:41
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Originally posted by AdiWanRoc:
got their world premieres over here [UK]. Sci-Fi were even clued up enough to market them as such
The tv world premier of Trash, The message, and Heart of gold; were either on Brazilian TV, or shared by the South African channel SABC3 and the Spanish language MundoFOX - < http://tinyurl.com/3f2jz>.
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I have seen the Devil, and his face is Fox....
I have spoken to the Devil, and face voice is Fox....
.... but it also hides itself, cunningly, wise a sheep's skin made of unscripted television.
Nervouspete, yes, the Brits introduced us to reality TV, but, it was created by a force too evil and far too powerful to resist. Much like Eve and the ill-fated apple, the temptation was not your own, but that of the Devil himself...
... and his name is Murdoch...
--The Hat
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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne
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NervousPete,
What a delightful post. I enjoyed reading (especially the ten steps at the end).
However, as has been stated, don't take too much credit. We Americans are still watching the darn things. (Well, not personally, but I have to deal with friends who leave class early to get home for The Apprentice and a sister who asks me to call back if American Idol is on. At least we Joss fans know enough to let the machine get it if Angel is on!)
And I strongly suspect that our American TV execs would have come up with the idea on their own eventually. I believe bad ideas fly around all the time, looking for foolish people whose brains they can take over. They probably have non-stop flights to Hollywood daily. (I think the good ideas fly about, too, just a lot fewer of them and they're much more choosy.)
So don't worry. We Americans would have managed to kill our own TV programming without your help. And then we'd be apologizing for exporting those ridiculous shows right back to you.
But you can still have the blame for that annoying American Idol person, whom I particularly dislike because everyone assumes I have named my hamster after him. Anyone with any sense (that is to say, anyone who has seen Firefly), knows exactly why Simon is a good hamster name.
Delia
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Ah, I stand corrected...
"Trash":
SABC3 - 8th July 2003
Sci-Fi UK - 21st July 2003
"The Message":
SABC3 - 15th July 2003
Sci-Fi UK - 28th July 2003
"Heart of Gold":
MundoFOX - 12th July 2003
Sci-Fi UK - 4th August 2003
Sci-Fi did specifically market them all as "world premieres" though. A bit naughty as they weren't!
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Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are found guilty of running yearslong fraud conspiracy
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10894427/Reality-TV-stars-Tod
d-Julie-Chrisley-guilty-running-yearslong-fraud-conspiracy.html
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