Television, The Simpson, & MTV

I have to say my favorite reading and the text that shocked me the most was the introduction 5 pages. I new that tv shows were skewed from reality and built to get the highest ratings possible but I couldn't believe to that extent. I have always wished to have a choice in what kind of tv shows they put on the air. I mean, every third channel I flick through has some sort of crime scene shit. And me personally, I hate the whole ferensic crime deal they have going on at almost every major network. One of the reasons I don't watch much tv is because there are so many shows that are uniteresting to me. Sure I'll turn on the tv to see if there's a good movie with not too many commercials on or maybe get a laugh or two in with That 70's Show or the Office but it pretty much stops there.

The Simpsons essay did not hit me quite as hard. I attribute this to the fact that I have never watched more than 2 minutes of any Simpsons show in my life. The only thing that I know about the Simpson outside of a couple main characters is that the show sometimes caused controversy. I like the idea of the tshirts though. I found some of them to be very unique.

As far as the MTV Next show, I couldn't agree more with the author. MTV has gotten so far away from its origins that it really isnt even music television anymore. I would say that pop culture fashion and reality tv is more of what it actually is. You might see music on that station for 2 hours out of the day. Besides that fact that I think every part of the Next show is staged, I agree that it degrades the way people view women. If I were the author I would have taken it yet a step further and made the claim the it is a misrepresentation of men too. It gives off the image that guys are supposed to disregard personality and just look for a hott chick with nice tits. I mean yes, some if not a majority of men think this but it is just reinforcing the ridiculous.