Recently MSNBC.com ran a story calling the Olympic summer games the “most legendary” reality show. For one I never heard anyone call the Olympics a “reality show” and secondly I don’t agree with it. Of course NBC is broadcasting non-stop coverage of the Olympics and of course it is real and unscripted, but is that all that is needed to classify a show, or event, as reality television? It just doesn’t make much sense to me as sporting events are never seen as reality TV yet the Olympics are? Below I’ll give my reason for not understanding MSNBC.com’s classification. Do you agree or disagree? Leave a comment and let us know!

One of the main reasons the author of the MSNBC article claims the Olympics are reality TV is because they are unscripted. I can see why that comparison was made but like I said, sporting events are unscripted and they are no where close to being reality TV. Of course the Olympics do give more background information on those performing, but so do other events such as the X-Games and other more general contest and events. Hell even shows such as the news can be unscripted at times but I wouldn’t consider that a “reality show”. What I’m trying to get at is that the Olympics may be unscripted but they lack editing. Reality shows are known for editing events and conversations into a storyline while the Olympics generally show what is happening either live or uncut. It’s just hard for me to see how the two can be compared based on editing, unscripted yes, editing: no.

I’ve written this little post to see what others would say. Do you think the Olympics is a reality show? Leave a comment below and discuss!

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Today is a very special In Search of since RealityRehash.com is casting! Well not casting but looking for writers or video bloggers or both! There are so many reality shows out there that it is just too hard for one person to blog about each of them. If anyone is interested in becoming a rehasher for the site and recaping and blogging about their favorite reality shows, then email me at realityrehash@gmail.com or instant message me on AIM at my screename realityrehash with the show you’d like to blog about and a little something about that show so I can see your writing style!

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If you’ve been following any of the VH1 shows for awhile you probably realized that the celebrities on the show don’t always seem to be there for love but at least say they are. Recently this has been seen in Flavor of Love 3 where Flavor Flav didn’t seem interested in any of the women and ended up proposing to none of the 65 girls who fought on the show for his affection. He did though propose on the shows third season finale to Liz, the mother of his latest child and a women who NEVER appeared on any of his shows. To make things even more worse, he says that he knew he was in love with her and wanted to marry her DURING the second season! This means that Flavor Flav knew he wasn’t going to fall in love with any of the girls on the show, although he said he did and did in fact do it for either the money or he was forced it. I’ve lost some respect for the VH1 shows. Of course I’ll probably still watch them but the thought will now always be in my mind.

Now that I got that little bit of info out it’s time for a rant. I LOVE the VH1 reality shows because they are so funny and generally have tons of drama. I also felt that there was at least a touch of realness in the show since at least sometimes it does seem there is love felt between the “celebrity” and at least one contestant. But now that Flavor Flav basically said his show was well all for show that kind of makes me wonder. Were Rock of Love and I Love NY the same as they were forced into it? I mean NY SAYS she’s in love with Tailor Made but is she contracted for a third season so that will have to change? Does Brett Michael’s really care about the girls that are there as he cries while some of them leave or is he crying happy tears knowing he’ll be raking in the cash? It also makes me wonder who in their right mind would even say they would be a “celebrity” on one of these shows now? It’s obvious that people will wonder if the show is real or not since at least two season of Flavor of Love were pronounced pointless by Flavor Flav himself! So yeah I ranted a bit but I think everyone should know what’s going on with VH1. It’s obvious they are in it for the ratings but seriously do they have to keep the people they have when it’s obvious they aren’t there for love?

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CBS has ordered a new reality show for the summer and this means we will probably see one or two episodes and it will disappear for ever. They haven’t had much luck with reality shows lately so we can only assume The Greatest American Dog (GAD) will suffer the same fate. Premeiring in July, GAD will showcase talented dogs and their owners. Not only will the dogs compete against each other but they, and their owners, will live together as well. It’s basically like “I Know My Kids A Star” but for dogs. I don’t understand why CBS insists on canceling great reality shows to bring us crap that gets canceled in a few episodes. First there was Rock Star that had great potential yet they cancel it after two seasons. Kid Nation was another show that was amazing and did fairly well in the ratings, yet we hear nothing from it again. Even Pirate Master would have been a good show to try again or even re-run the episodes which were only shown online. GAD seems like a show that was plucked from Animal Planets lineup only to be re-branded for network TV. It will most likely suffer the same fate as Pirate Master, Secret Talents of the Stars and Armed and Famous. Below I left you a few clips that CBS has up for Greatest American Dog. You can decide for yourself if it will be worth a watch but who knows.

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Have you every wanted to play the game of your favorite reality show? Well now you can! For several years now people have been playing Survivor, Big Brother, The Mole and several other reality shows online! The games are the same, the twists are there and the only difference is your talking through instant messenger rather then on an island or in a house. Most games add in unique twists to make things even more interesting and each game brings something different. New games are always looking for players so if love reality TV then experience it first hand by heading to ORGReloaded.com.

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It seems with Steve Irwin no longer on TV, the crazy animal hunting show market is wide open. A new show is in the works and is looking for avid animal fans to try out for the host/hosts gig. Those who wish to supply should be see as having an ‘extreme’ love for animals and/or work with animals in their everyday lives. Oh they also are looking for big personalities as well so if you feel like you fit the bill then apply below!

RealityWanted.com : Apply for Animal Jobs

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