Today, television is all based off reality TV; people want to see real families or people struggling with day-to-day activities. The definition of reality television is a genre of television programming that presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded, such as Wipeout, The Voice, or The Bachelor.
Most reality shows have to cut the cameras time to time, because of mayhem that takes place on the set. The show Punk’d, has had horrifying incidents on the set such as fights and police trouble. Television in the olden days was different, and language and profanity such as those used on Jersey Shore and Punk’d would have been banned.
In the mid 80’s and early 90’s, television took a new family approach with TV shows, such as Full House, Growing Pains, The Cosby Show and Family Matters. The shows offered a more family-loving approach with family-based rules, giving the true definition of what “family” is. They dealt with daily challenges such as job loss, punishment and death of a family member.
Television today has no morals and only takes into consideration what the public wants. Society wants to see people embarrassing themselves and hurting themselves as well. Schools and parents feel that children of today see too much violence and profanity on TV, especially with Jersey Shore, where profanity and reality mixes oh too well. People forget that children are like sponges and they soak up anything they hear or see on TV. Parents have to child safety lock their TV programs and have to be present at any movie being screened, because no one has any clue what the movie and television industry will show next.