Reality Television Programs Will Put A Lot Of People Out Of Work

From: MAYO Communications
Published: Fri Feb 11 2005


"It is a growing trend and I don’t think it’s disappearing," said outgoing Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS) President Scott Pansky at a recent winter mixer at the Key Club, West Hollywood, CA, which was voted "Best Night Club In LA," by the LA Times.

"As long as viewers enjoy boring, unscripted shows they’re going to be around for awhile. The market place has admittedly has suffered, but again it’s Hollywood trying to create great content. You look at ‘Desperate Housewives’ as a brand new formula for television and we’ll probably see some copycat shows."

"I think reality TV takes away the jobs from real actors and actresses," said Actress Christine Michele, who appears in "2001 Maniacs" movie coming out in March and Universal Pictures "House of the Dead" coming out in November. "It exploits people’s high expectations of what’s real out there in what they want in love, what they want in a wife. People should go out and enjoy their own life, instead of sitting around watching other people. It’s very invasive and contrived. You’re selling people’s real emotions or hurt feelings for financial gain and that’s kind of sad."

"It’s a question of ethics, because you’re getting into people’s faces in their private life and it is really difficult to do that without hurting people’s feelings," said Kim Koury, publicist, for the Key Club. "A lot of these shows are hurting people."

"I think the upsurge in reality TV is horrible for the entertainment industry, because it’s putting a lot of people out of work and it is not quality entertainment," said Rita Tateel, president of Celebrity Source, Hollywood, CA.

"I’m a fan of reality television and I think it has revitalized TV in a lot of degrees,"Johnathan Zeliski, PR Collative. "It caused a big shakeup in the industry, but TV needs a shake up every 10 or 20 years."

"I think it’s highly additive and I think it’s taking actor’s jobs away, so I’m not sure I’m totally with it," said Heid LaCourse, account manager, OnTheSceneProductions, Los Angeles.

"I rarely watch television, because I think it’s substandard," said Kim Rahilly, publicity consultant. "It puts a lot of writers out of work and I think that it is an opportunity for product placement.It’s certainly good PR for Richard Branson and Donald Trump."

"I don’t think reality TV is an invasion of privacy, because it’s the choice that you make to watch it, but I personally can’t sit and watch it," said Karin Olsen of Amazon PR. "I would rather watch the History Channel or something a little more meaningful. I know a lot of people like it and it’s popular
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