Reality Tv Drama Essay

Television Drama is limited to the worlds of fiction.

The definition of the word `drama', as cited by The Concise Oxford Dictionary of current English is: "3. an exciting or emotional event, set of circumstances, etc." and "4. dramatic quality." It is defined by www.dictionary.com as "1 b. A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema" and "4. A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play" and "5. The quality or condition of being dramatic."

If one is to base their view according to these definitions of drama then everything is drama. Therefore fictitious and real events are both drama so long as it dramatic, i.e. arresting,

Reality television is no new concept. Documentary is a reality television. However, reality television today means `Big Brother', `Celebrity Big Brother' and `I'm a Celebrity: Get me out of Here'. The volume and absurdity is hard to comprehend; when it seems that it has reached its paramount, television executives come out with something even more outrageous. `Fear Factor' and `Celebrity Fear Factor' is about testing and pushing its contestants to the limits. True, it is a game show, this reality TV has existed for a long time. However, it was spawn of the success of `Big Brother' et

Apart from its biased agenda, Fox sensationalises the news and therefore attracts more viewers. They create a sense of tension and drama with their presenters arguing with interviewees about `their opinions'. Heated debate, especially when concerned with a subject that is of interest to a large number of people is always enthralling. Fox deliberately picks people to interview on such shows as The O'Reilly Factor, presented by Bill O'Reilly, whose views differ from the perceived view of the presenter. This makes the presenter challenge to interviewee who has no choice, most of the time, but to fight back. This tactic has made Fox receive the highest viewership of any news network in the U.S. and therefore receive the most advertising revenue.

Fox News Channel likes to make their presenters and casters appealing and friendly to the `regular person'. "While growing up O'Reilly had no idea that journalism would be his calling. He lived in a modest house with his father, mother and sister in the Westbury section of Levittown. O'Reilly began working in his early teens mowing lawns, which evolved into a house painting business."