THE Jeremy Kyle Show coming to an end this week really should be the catalyst for many reality — and not-so-reality — TV shows to come under my scrutiny.
Many people blamed the show for the tragic death of a person involved but many of the same people fail to see that so many of these shows cross parallels and are created from the same canvas.
It gives a false reality of the world from someone hiding behind a filtered picture on a sandy beach.
Just like Instagram gives a filtered reality, many high-profile TV shows do the same.
In fact, I reckon all reality shows, not just the most watched ones like Jeremy Kyle, below, should be reviewed to see if changes should be made.
Living for the nightly episode of a bitch fest on Love Island that then turns some contestants into villains online is no better than a story on Kyle that claims a guy is now going out with his step-daughter!
It is all created to drive ratings through addictive telly and, if you can, realise that that’s one thing, but looking down on one particular format of reality over another is a bit ignorant.
Those of us who remember Nasty Nick on the first series of Channel 4’s Big Brother will appreciate how massive his demise was on exiting the house — and that was without today’s world of social accounts.
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Can you imagine the negative impact on those particular contestants had they been involved in a 2019 version of the show?
I think it’s time for the moral compass of the creators of these shows to come out and create change.
They can still make compulsive telly — but they should also show some consideration for the people who actually pull in the ratings for them . . . those that star in the shows.