Quotes tagged ‘Reality TV’

“It’s been more than a full month since The Bachelor producers dangled the prospect of a heartbroken Joey Graziadei over our pretty little heads, and now it looks like we’ve finally reached this season’s dramatic final act.”

— Laura Bradley, thedailybeast.com

“If people need a reminder, this was before cellphones that kids had, even flip phones. Social media didn’t exist yet. The closest we had was like AOL chat rooms.”

— Eve LaFountain, vice.com

“Reality show behavior defines the most awful of what’s happened this year.”

— Connie Wang, refinery29.com

“After hemming and hawing and talking about what a tough decision this is, Jackson does the predictable, putting up the oldest member of the house in Cliff, the two black contestants in David and Kemi, and then Jessica.”

— Kyle Fowle , ew.com

“Reality television is now a way of life.”

— Justin Robert Brescia, interviewmagazine.com

“Is it so bad that we love reality TV? Isn’t it a relatively harmless form of escapism?”

— Arielle Tschinkel, hellogiggles.com

“Kristie Alley: I want my own television show. Is it so much to ask if I want my own television show again, since that's what I do for a living? Sam Rascal: The reality is if you wanna get your own show, you're gonna have to lose some weight. Kirstie Alley: Well, why can't I just get a show first and…”

— Brenda Hampton, Kirstie Alley, Kirstie Alley, imdb.com

“A lot of people said it now seems clear that Colton dumped ex-girlfriend Tia Booth, who he dated in Paradise, so he could become the bachelor.”

— Stephanie McNeal, buzzfeednews.com

“Mary Hartman: Where's Grandpa? Martha Shumway: Watching Years of Our Days to Live. It's his favorite. Mary Hartman: Oh, I don't like that one. Martha Shumway: No? Mary Hartman: No, all the girls look alike, and they're all divorced, and all the husbands fool around with someone at work. I like a mor…”

— Ann Marcus, Jerry Adelman, Mary Hartman, Louise Lasser, imdb.com

“Annie: That’s it? Nobody has a story idea? James: Annie, it’s been kind of a slow week. I mean, no rappers got arrested, no movie stars were hospitalized for “exhaustion”... Annie: Come on! A new trend, a new band, there must be a story we haven’t done? Sabrina: Okay, last night on National Supersta…”

— Tod Himmel, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com

“Carol Seaver: That will never work. Mike Seaver: Sure it will, I saw it on The Cosby Show. Carol Seaver: Mike, that is a television show. This is real life.”

— Tom Walla, Carol Seaver, Tracey Gold, imdb.com

“People think they want the truth, of course — but that is simply not borne out by human experience, which is really just a series of hypocrisies.”

— Brandy Jensen, thecut.com

“Sorry we laughed, Spencer. Please accept this rose quartz as a symbol of our affection.”

— Cady Drell, marieclaire.com

“I don't like going out that much. I'm kind of an old lady. After it's 11, I'm like, 'Don't these kids ever get tired?' When I'm out, I think about my couch. Like, 'It would be awesome to be on it right now. I bet there's an episode of Dance Moms on. Am I missing a new episode of Keeping Up with the…”

— Jennifer Lawrence, marieclairvoyant.com

“Yet, while every character is so markedly terrible, you still somehow hope they’ll do better.”

— Scaachi Koul, buzzfeed.com

“Our culture has embraced bloodlust, and for some, reality TV has become our coliseum. The creators set up impossible situations for us to navigate without any of the support systems of the real world. Situations that cause some of us pain and anger and sadness. They don’t do it because they are mons…”

— Ben DeLaCreme, facebook.com

“Where did so many people originally get the idea that Trump was the right guy to fix our manifestly broken government? Not from Russian bots or targeted social media ad buys, but from a prime-time show that sold itself as real, and sold him as a business genius.”

— Ross Douthat, nytimes.com

“I will literally walk on-set after lunch and say, “OK, it’s Monday. Bachelor in Paradise tonight. Let’s get the hell out of here so everyone can watch it.”

— Donnie Wahlberg, amazon.com

“As an actor, I’m supposed to say reality TV is anathema to me because every reality show is replacing a show that I could be on.”

— Joshua Malina, amazon.com

“I can watch a Sunday-to-Monday night of The Bachelor and it’s like cotton candy. You eat it. It’s delicious. It disappears. Where did that go? I can’t believe I watched four hours of it.”

— Paul Scheer, amazon.com