week 12 ✿

How have game shows influenced reality TV?

Game shows have influenced reality TV in many aspects. Hills (2005) states that “the reality game show has become an international bestseller since its arrival in 2000.” Game shows gained a large amount of audience rating for a number of reasons. Game shows usually have a big prize for the winner and the participators are average people like most of us. Which means it makes the audiences feel like they are taking part of the game, some game shows allows audiences to vote which makes it more attractive for audiences. And for the participators it is a life changing experience, they become superstars if they win and most of them have nothing to lose. The game shows are also for entertainments, people feel relax or happy when watching it.

Game shows are usually broadcasting once a week, audiences need to watch it every week to know who get eliminated and who get promoted. This strategy will ensure there are large amounts of audiences keep watching the host TV channel.

Reference:

Hill, A. (2005) The rise of reality TV. In A. Hill, Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 15 – 40). Oxon: Routledge.