TruTV is a reality television network that has been airing terrible show after terrible show every since it;s change from "CourtTV" in 2007, the channel mainly features "reality" tv shows, which oddly enough can't be called that anymore, especially not here, not only is the staging blatant but they can't even manage to keep it entertaining.
Currently the network airs around 20 different shows, however I will use "different" quite loosely here, that's because many of their shows are exactly the same premise with only slight differences...For example:
Bear Swamp Recovery (canceled as of November), Lizard Lick Towing, Operation Repo and South Beach Tow...Yes, these are all repossession shows, complete with TruTV's staple: terrible acting, lack of realism and exaggerations...The shows feature a set of 4-6 characters, all of which are bland and annoying.
Not only that but they actually feature the majority of these "repossessions" ending in an assault by one or both parties, which is laughably ridiculous. Operation Repo is the worst in this department, and let's just say they're not exactly making staged aspect of the shows obvious, perhaps it will have a 2 second disclaimer run on the screen or something, but I've seen people on forums rant and rave about the show being "real", so clearly TruTV is intentionally tricking their viewers for higher ratings, and I haven't even hit the bottom of the barrel...
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I can agree with you that many shows, which I do not even know many shows that are on the network, because I do not watch it much, are stupid shows. The only shows I consider watching just because I have nothing better to watch would be The World's Most Stupid Driver's.. or other one's that they show, The World's Most Shocking.. But other than that, I think the network is total crap. I can't stand all the idiocy that happens in a lot of shows. It just portrays how the world is so unwise, so lost, and have yet to come to a true permanent solution to all those things that are "real life" which I would consider it reality, because even though they do not portray it very well, it shows what kind of people are actually out there. Great blog!
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