re: Can you tolerate any reality show?

I like watching some of the game show reality shows, like Survivor, Big Break (although it's gone WAY downhill), Top Shot, and a few others because there is a point in the competition.

Some of the reality shows that show different lines of work, like Deadliest Catch, Ax Men, Dirty Jobs, American Restoration, they have some redeeming qualities and are generally entertaining to me. I know there are moments that are probably scripted, like this past week when the S&S boys pushed the anger management therapist out of the boat, but I don't mind that. I can separate the real from the scripted, most of the time. The problem with this type of show is that it is often duplicated and watered down. How many shows about towing services do we need? Noodling? Storage Auctions?

I find some of the celebrity reality shows entertaining at times. I admit, I can't stand Donald Trump, but Celebrity Apprentice is a show I watch weekly. I like that it raises money for charity, but we see sides of many celebrities we've never seen before. I knew John Rich was a pretty good musician, but I'll bet you he won a lot of fans with how he conducted himself on the show last year. And I'll bet many people who had no opinion of Debbie Gibson before hate her guts now.

Yeah, there's a lot of crap out there to make fun of in reality-land. But honestly, there's a lot of that going on with sitcoms and dramas, as well.