Thanks, Chris. That is what I meant. I meant it in terms of \"Survivor\", \"Big Brother\", \"The Osbournes\". I do realize that a \"Documentary\" is a reality show in the truest sense of the word.
I don't really have as huge an issue with your terms as it sounds like I do, but you've lost me again.
I understand the difference between Naturally Stoned and shows like Survivor and Big Brother, which have a competitive element to them. I even understand the difference between Naturally Stoned and shows like The Real World, which aren't strictly games but do artificially create the environment we see.
But I fail to see any genre difference between Naturally Stoned and The Osbornes. As I said originally, \"reality show\" can be defined far too many ways, but if you're saying that The Osbornes *is* a reality show, but Naturally Stoned *isn't*, I can't imagine you're going to get a lot of support for that position. Structurally, those two shows (as well as The Anna Nicole Show) are the same.
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What it really drove home to me, is that since Woolery left WoF, he hasn't done ... well, much of anything. \"Love Connection\" is certainly nothing to be proud of, and the other shows hidden away on GSN (Greed and Lingo) don't count.
I don't even know where to start. There are many industry professionals who would say that \"Wheel of Fortune\" is nothing to be proud of, so for you to dismiss Love Connection because it offends YOUR delicate sensibilities is a weird way to wipe that off Chuck's resume. Scrabble was a definite success on NBC, and Greed was a very visible prime time series on FOX before becoming GSN fodder. Sure, Lingo is less visible, but if GSN wants to be in the Chuck Woolery business, why should he say no?
Point is, there are many mid-70s hosts who truly haven't done much of anything on TV since. Woolery has been extremely successful. Being successful and being an interesting subject for cameras to follow around all day are two different things, however...