Dancing With The Stars
ABC and Dancing With The Stars
Reality television was included in the Emmys for the first time, this year.
Last night, “Dancing With The Stars” got some very high ratings; in this brand new television season.
Is “Dancing With The Stars” classified as “Reality TV”? Is that because it doesn’t contain professional actors; or rather, professional-actors-that-aren’t-acting.
What do you think it means, that audiences are choosing “Dancing With The Stars” over other traditional types of television shows, as far as popularity goes??
…Just putting out the question…
How Actors Think About Reality TV
For actors, reality television means:
Shows without actors.
The more “reality” programming there is, the less jobs for actors.
There is actually a “master list” of all the auditions television, movies, and some legit theater–it’s called “Breakdown Services“… It’s a “wire service”, an auditions roster, it comes out daily. In Los Angeles.
Only some people are allowed access to “The Breakdowns”; they are the agents and casting directors, and some managers.
Easy equation, though, huh? Reality TV casts real people, so the numbers of auditions for network television lessens as they increase reality TV programming.
In other words, less professional actor casting. Less auditions, less jobs available…
What accounts for the popularity of reality TV?
Is “Dancing With The Stars” really reality TV?
I’ll give my opinion sometime in the near future, and I do wish to mull it over some, and gather some more information.
In the meantime, I’m asking around….
;Dana
