Tragedy is Tops in Reality Show Ratings, Just Ask 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'

By Aphrodite M. 

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" will premiere on September 5 with more buzz and press coverage than it could've ever hoped for. The media exposure surrounding the tragic suicide of a housewife's husband is devastating but such misfortune helps propel reality ratings. People tune in for the revealing, rage-filled fights and dysfunction. Reality provides the licentious guilty pleasure previously reserved for soap operas. Eventually, even soap operas couldn't hold out against the popularity of over-the-top reality.


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The Reign of Reality TV from 'Real World' to 'Real Housewives'

By Aphrodite M.

Snooki 'Jersey Shore' & Bethenny Frankel 'Real Housewives: NY' laughing all the way to the bank. 

The rise of modern day reality shows started innocently enough with the first "Real World" in 1991. MTV got together five unassuming, young adults, stuck them in a New York City loft and let the cameras role. A simple enough concept, but a decade later it has turned into a lucrative empire of excess and exploitation unlike anything TV execs could've hoped for. The golden cow has turned into Sodom and Gomorra and everyone is cashing in.


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