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Oh dang, for real? That's super weak if true! Also, no wonder they have hundreds of episodes... I'd be curious if you have any links/etc. on the subject to s

Oh dang, for real? That's super weak if true! Also, no wonder they have hundreds of episodes... I'd be curious if you have any links/etc. on the subject to share!

dylan604 5y ago
It still amazes me that anyone still believes that the pictures they see on TV are in any way real. 100% of content on TV is fake. I used to say except the news, but now I'm not even able to trust that. If it's a commercial, definitely fake. If it's a TV show, 100% fake. Games shows shoot 5 episodes in a day, so when they say "last week's winner" it was last hour's.
- bonestamp2 5y ago
  Talk Shows are the worst for this. Many of them have a rehearsal with the guests. It's no surprise that all of the guests have amazingly funny or interesting stories about every topic the host brings up. Once you know this is how they work, it's impossible to unsee it when you're watching them. I'm sorry I ruined talk shows for anyone here who may like them.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Whether it is the preshow pre-interview or the post editing decisions, interviews are hard to trust as well now. I say this as someone that has been involved in all of it. However, the pre-interview is actually less about necessarily leading the interview but about helping the interview avoiding the dead air, blank stares, um, uhs, wells, type of stuff. Also, it is a great way to calm the nerves of those being interviewed if they are not normally in front of a camera which can be very intimidating to people telling a story they may already be nervous about. Trust me, you should be thankful for them. It's the post editing decisions that you can really get yourself into trouble. You can totally make a sane person sound insane, or totally change the interview. Anything that is not live must be questioned in how much you trust the producers to actually allow the interview to go out as it was rather than chopped up to fit the producer's agenda. If I was to be interviewed, I would make part of my conditions to the interview being that I would be allowed to have my own camera/audio that could record uninterrupted to be able to counter any shenanigans in the edit bay.
    - bonestamp2 5y ago
      > Trust me, you should be thankful for them. Yes, I actually don't mind the pre-interview. It is a sensible thing to do for a variety of reasons. The thing that makes me cringe is more the late night talk shows (not all of them mind you) where the guest provides the questions to the host because they (or their PR people) have written some anecdotes for those questions/topics.
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    Except Graham Norton Show, due to the amazing host. They willingly admit (even during the show) that they discuss whether a topic is fine with the guest beforehand, but Graham still brings out the best in people. And since there are several people on the show, he just lets them interact, unscripted.
- compsciphd 5y ago
  sports!
  - dylan604 5y ago
    yeah, you're right, sports have never been rigged <eyeroll> you might of well have responded with the one word reply of "Wrestling!"
    - bob229 5y ago
      Grow up and take off the tinfoil hat
    - sellyme 5y ago
      You literally said "100%".
      - dylan604 5y ago
        You honestly believe that the NBA has never had officials go soft on calls for their star players, or not call the rules for how many steps without putting the ball on the floor, or the whole under the ball carrying or whatever the rules are they decide not to call? You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere? You think a sports player didn't make a catch? You think sports players aren't using performance enhancing drugs so that you might be entertained while they get rewards? Some people just really want to believe that television is real. It's just not healthy to have this much faith in TV.
        sellyme 5y ago
        > You honestly believe that the NBA has never [...] I've never watched the NBA, so I'd have no idea. > You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere? Just so you're aware, there are numbers between 0% and 100%.
        5y ago
- vizzier 5y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI This was fun from a while back. Love some charlie brooker
flir 5y ago
A quick google for "reality TV script writing courses" might help reset your reality.
throwawayForMe2 5y ago
Here is an article from a paper local to me. https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2016/12/14/shelter-island-homecoming/ https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2016/12/14/she... “… The segment was shot in July and it documents Ms. Larsen traversing the Island with her friend and realtor Roxanne Briggs as they tour three Shelter Island homes on the market in the $650,000 to $850,000 range. Spoiler alert: Ms. Larsen actually bought her Longview home back in 2015, a full year before the show was taped, so the outcome was a foregone conclusion by the time the “Island Life” crew came to town…”

Oh dang, for real? That's super weak if true! Also, no wonder they have hundreds of episodes... I'd be curious if you have any links/etc. on the subject to share!

dylan604 5y ago

It still amazes me that anyone still believes that the pictures they see on TV are in any way real. 100% of content on TV is fake. I used to say except the news, but now I'm not even able to trust that. If it's a commercial, definitely fake. If it's a TV show, 100% fake. Games shows shoot 5 episodes in a day, so when they say "last week's winner" it was last hour's.

bonestamp2 5y ago
Talk Shows are the worst for this. Many of them have a rehearsal with the guests. It's no surprise that all of the guests have amazingly funny or interesting stories about every topic the host brings up. Once you know this is how they work, it's impossible to unsee it when you're watching them. I'm sorry I ruined talk shows for anyone here who may like them.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Whether it is the preshow pre-interview or the post editing decisions, interviews are hard to trust as well now. I say this as someone that has been involved in all of it. However, the pre-interview is actually less about necessarily leading the interview but about helping the interview avoiding the dead air, blank stares, um, uhs, wells, type of stuff. Also, it is a great way to calm the nerves of those being interviewed if they are not normally in front of a camera which can be very intimidating to people telling a story they may already be nervous about. Trust me, you should be thankful for them. It's the post editing decisions that you can really get yourself into trouble. You can totally make a sane person sound insane, or totally change the interview. Anything that is not live must be questioned in how much you trust the producers to actually allow the interview to go out as it was rather than chopped up to fit the producer's agenda. If I was to be interviewed, I would make part of my conditions to the interview being that I would be allowed to have my own camera/audio that could record uninterrupted to be able to counter any shenanigans in the edit bay.
  - bonestamp2 5y ago
    > Trust me, you should be thankful for them. Yes, I actually don't mind the pre-interview. It is a sensible thing to do for a variety of reasons. The thing that makes me cringe is more the late night talk shows (not all of them mind you) where the guest provides the questions to the host because they (or their PR people) have written some anecdotes for those questions/topics.
- dmitriid 5y ago
  Except Graham Norton Show, due to the amazing host. They willingly admit (even during the show) that they discuss whether a topic is fine with the guest beforehand, but Graham still brings out the best in people. And since there are several people on the show, he just lets them interact, unscripted.
compsciphd 5y ago
sports!
- dylan604 5y ago
  yeah, you're right, sports have never been rigged <eyeroll> you might of well have responded with the one word reply of "Wrestling!"
  - bob229 5y ago
    Grow up and take off the tinfoil hat
  - sellyme 5y ago
    You literally said "100%".
    - dylan604 5y ago
      You honestly believe that the NBA has never had officials go soft on calls for their star players, or not call the rules for how many steps without putting the ball on the floor, or the whole under the ball carrying or whatever the rules are they decide not to call? You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere? You think a sports player didn't make a catch? You think sports players aren't using performance enhancing drugs so that you might be entertained while they get rewards? Some people just really want to believe that television is real. It's just not healthy to have this much faith in TV.
      - sellyme 5y ago
        > You honestly believe that the NBA has never [...] I've never watched the NBA, so I'd have no idea. > You think no officials of any sport did or didn't make a call because of some bet somewhere? Just so you're aware, there are numbers between 0% and 100%.
        5y ago
vizzier 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI This was fun from a while back. Love some charlie brooker

flir 5y ago

A quick google for "reality TV script writing courses" might help reset your reality.

throwawayForMe2 5y ago

Here is an article from a paper local to me. https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2016/12/14/shelter-island-homecoming/ https://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2016/12/14/she... “… The segment was shot in July and it documents Ms. Larsen traversing the Island with her friend and realtor Roxanne Briggs as they tour three Shelter Island homes on the market in the $650,000 to $850,000 range. Spoiler alert: Ms. Larsen actually bought her Longview home back in 2015, a full year before the show was taped, so the outcome was a foregone conclusion by the time the “Island Life” crew came to town…”