DoND is a Reality Show?

[davemackey]

[quote name=\'irwinsjournal.com\' post=\'191260\' date=\'Jul 18 2008, 03:06 PM\']
I assume you've seen the one with a cat, a feather, and the caption "Nom de Plume"?

Anyway, DoND is more like an "unreality" show, but so far there is no category of that type.
[/quote]
There are more than a few suitcase girls who seem to be typifying "unreality"...

[rugrats1]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'191212\' date=\'Jul 17 2008, 08:04 PM\']
[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'191209\' date=\'Jul 17 2008, 05:00 PM\']
"Hell's Kitchen" (my only favorite true reality show)[/quote]
I'm curious, why do you think it's a "true" reality show?
[/quote]

Simple -- people do stunts to win special rewards; they have TV cameras follow every move; they have the riffraff voted off at the end of each episode.

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'191286\' date=\'Jul 18 2008, 05:42 PM\'][quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'191212\' date=\'Jul 17 2008, 08:04 PM\'][quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'191209\' date=\'Jul 17 2008, 05:00 PM\']"Hell's Kitchen" (my only favorite true reality show)[/quote]I'm curious, why do you think it's a "true" reality show?
[/quote]Simple -- people do stunts to win special rewards; they have TV cameras follow every move; they have the riffraff voted off at the end of each episode.[/quote]Then what's a "false" reality show?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' post=\'191286\' date=\'Jul 18 2008, 05:42 PM\']
Simple -- people do stunts to win special rewards; they have TV cameras follow every move; they have the riffraff voted off at the end of each episode.[/quote]
Fair. I don't agree that the definition is that rigid, but fair. The way you said it implied that you considered HK a "true" reality show whereas you didn't feel that way necessarily about Survivor and TAR, as if there was something "false" about those.

[weaklink75]

Not only is Howie nominated- the rumor is he's going to be one of the hosts of the Emmys....along with the other four reality show host nominees...

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'192111\' date=\'Jul 25 2008, 08:07 PM\']
Not only is Howie nominated- the rumor is he's going to be one of the hosts of the Emmys....along with the other four reality show host nominees...
[/quote]

It's been confirmed:

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/ar..._be_hosted_by_a

And aren't those commenters on Nikki's blog bitter, bitter, bitter?

[ChrisLambert!]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'192958\' date=\'Jul 31 2008, 03:10 PM\']
And aren't those commenters on Nikki's blog bitter, bitter, bitter?
[/quote]

They're only following the lead of their queen.

/TOLDJA!
//commenters on every website are bitter, really

[Neumms]

Which network airs the Emmys this year? Don't they get to pick? (I assume that's why CBS gave us the always entertaining Bryant Gumbel a few years back, when he was their big new hire.)

And they'd avoid a lot of semantic arguments if they'd label the category "unscripted" rather than "reality."

[weaklink75]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'193047\' date=\'Aug 1 2008, 11:20 AM\']
Which network airs the Emmys this year? Don't they get to pick? (I assume that's why CBS gave us the always entertaining Bryant Gumbel a few years back, when he was their big new hire.)

And they'd avoid a lot of semantic arguments if they'd label the category "unscripted" rather than "reality."
[/quote]

It's on ABC this year....The networks get some input but it's the TV Academy's final decision I believe.

I think the thing is, there's still a possibility the actors could strike and boycott the Emmys, so they decided to make sure the show would at least have a host (or in this case, five) to do something for the broadcast...Bergeron could probably do it alone (and he has hosted the Daytime Emmys before), but at least this way the winner of the category will be there.