Just when you thought the popularity of reality TV shows had run its course, another one rears its head, promising to offer more than has gone before, including an extra dimension. Yes folks, they are taking us 3D!
From the company calling themselves, "
Even More Real than Reality" a new show has been unveiled claiming that their show will depict unrivalled levels of reality and realness thanks to the 3D element.
A show using members of the public has already undergone test screenings with a promised celebrity version if the ratings are good. Spokesman for the show, Mr R U Reel, said that "feedback from the early screenings was still being gathered but that one thing viewers seemed to be unanimous about was the quality of the 3D. Using actual eye power instead of the antique coloured spectacles", Mr Reel declared, "was a bold move but proving hugely successful".
The drawback for potential new viewers is the installation of an expensive new technology, required to pick up the show in its highest resolution. When pressed for information on the new installation requirements, Mr Reel revealed that a team of technicians would need to enter the viewers' house, disconnect and remove their current TV sets in order to implement the new technology effectively. Fear of chaos and disruption were allayed when informed that the whole process should take no longer than an afternoon, weather permitting.
Sources have informed us that some of the test screenings have not gone entirely to plan, with some viewers remarking that the picture quality was poor when the weather was overcast and wet and others (albeit customers who had opted for Third party installation) claimed they felt strange "
drafts" when tuning in to the new show. Another complaint was that once tuned in, it was often hours before any "characters" appeared on screen while in some cases there seemed to be no participation at all.
When we sent a team around to some of the homes of lucky families who had received the new equipment early we were horrified to find that new equipment was in fact simply a window in the wall behind the position of the old TV set! In the cases of third party installation, many had yet to receive the actual glazing.
So in Mr Edwards' case, who was bemused by the new show and said, "it was like watching paint dry" he hadn't realised that his neighbour had actually painted the fence a few hours earlier and that he was
actually watching paint dry.
I don't know about you but I could certainly tune in for a few hours of "celebrities watching paint dry", where the one whose paint dries the slowest gets evicted!
Seriously though, where does television go from here? The UK edition of Big Brother has announced that next years series will be its last, and not a minute to soon in many people's eyes, and many other reality TV shows suffering from falling ratings. One has to fear however what producers might come up with to replace these shows once they are dead?
Have we not had enough controversy, racism, sex and violence as well as utter tedium, being beamed into our homes 24/7 to last us a generation? Oh, it's just me then!
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