Unscripted Programming Quotes

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.

When we started with 'Big Brother' and created the reality genre, no one could ever foresee that there was so much space in the genre that it could deliver so many formats. There will be periods where there is not enough new stuff to keep the genre alive. But it will never die.

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

I think reality television is such a special talent.

The original reality show.

I just don't like reality TV.

Perhaps unscripted reality shows and written fiction have already blurred together into some new amalgamated mush, just as the line between commercials and programs has been trashed.

Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.

I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

I used to watch 'The Bachelor,' but it's lost my interest now. The reality shows are getting worse and worse. They're out of control and have been for some time.

I watch every reality show out there.

Oh, I love reality shows.

Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting.

I never watched reality shows. I was obviously very aware of them because they're everywhere, but I was not somebody who watched them.

Reality TV was to me the worst form of entertainment--the modern equivalent of paying sixpence to watch lunatics howling at the wall down at the local madhouse.

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

I was a part of the reality show wave in 2002. Back then, no one had seen non-fiction on TV, and we had no reference point, so we all were just excited to see cameras around us.

I love live TV, and there's no replacing or faking.

Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.

I am pretty much a sucker any really bad reality television.

I love trashy reality TV - all of it.

I love, love, love the reality shows on Bravo. It's great mindless television.

All great reality shows have a very, very similar format. That's why it was so easy to parody.

Reality shows are usually created by people doing and saying stupid things.