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Have you watched any reality television shows?  I really enjoy the Big Brothers franchise.
Big Brother is a reality game show franchise created by John de Mol Jr., originally broadcast in the Netherlands and subsequently syndicated internationally.
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Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate. It differs from documentary television in that the focus tends to be on drama, personal conflict, and entertainment rather than educating viewers. An early term for the format was "docu-soap". The genre has various standard tropes, including "confessionals" (also called "talking heads" or "interview segments") used by cast members to express their thoughts, which often double as the shows' narration.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
Big Brothers Big Sisters is a leading non-profit organization with a focus on youth mentoring programs. Youth, as well as adult volunteers are matched with young children in order to inspire them to reach their potential. Their main focus for almost the whole century has been the notion of facilitating mentoring programs where life-changing relationships help empower youth develop their individuality and become respective citizens that will serve their own communities. Today, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada operates in 10 Provinces, one Territory—and in 12 countries around the world. In addition to a traditional program where one adult is matched with one same-sex child — such as Big Brothers Mentoring and Big Sisters Mentoring — new programs include In-School Mentoring, Go Girls!
Criticism of reality television
The reality television genre, and specific reality television shows, have been subject to significant criticism since the genre first rose to worldwide popularity in the 1990s. Much of the criticism has centered on the use of the word "reality", and such shows' attempt to present themselves as a straightforward recounting of events that have occurred. Critics have argued that reality television shows reflect reality in ways that are deceptive or even fraudulent through misleading editing, coaching participants on what to say and how to behave, generating storylines ahead of time, and staging or re-staging scenes for the cameras.
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. The majority of households have more than one set. The peak ownership percentage of households with at least one television set occurred during the 1996–97 season, with 98.4% ownership. As a whole, the television networks that broadcast in the United States are the largest and most distributed in the world, and programs produced specifically for U.S.-based networks are the most widely syndicated internationally.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose goal is to help all children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with volunteer mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters is one of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organizations in the United States. Big Brothers Big Sisters mentors children, all ages in communities across the country. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code. Public/Private Ventures, an independent Philadelphia-based national research organization, conducted a study from 1994–95, monitoring 950 boys and girls nationwide to study the effects of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)
The Amazing Race is an American reality competition show in which typically eleven teams of two race around the world. The race is generally split into twelve legs, with each leg requiring teams to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and vie for airplane, boat, taxi, and other public transportation options on a limited budget provided by the show. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs, while the first team to arrive at the end of the final leg wins the grand prize of . As the original version of the "Amazing Race" franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City
Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in New York City, whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC is one of the oldest and largest youth mentoring organizations in the United States, and has served over 100,000 children since its founding in 1904. In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Kent Coulter was seeing many boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these boys stay out of trouble, so in 1904, he set out to find volunteers and made his famous plea:  ""There is only one possible way to save that youngster, and that is to have some earnest, true man volunteer to be his big brother.
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I have never watched that. I do not watch much reality TV
0_Wizard
You really should!  Reality television is about unscripted real-life situations, with not professional actors.  It's like you could be living that life.
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate.
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Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate. It differs from documentary television in that the focus tends to be on drama, personal conflict, and entertainment rather than educating viewers. An early term for the format was "docu-soap". The genre has various standard tropes, including "confessionals" (also called "talking heads" or "interview segments") used by cast members to express their thoughts, which often double as the shows' narration.
Criticism of reality television
The reality television genre, and specific reality television shows, have been subject to significant criticism since the genre first rose to worldwide popularity in the 1990s. Much of the criticism has centered on the use of the word "reality", and such shows' attempt to present themselves as a straightforward recounting of events that have occurred. Critics have argued that reality television shows reflect reality in ways that are deceptive or even fraudulent through misleading editing, coaching participants on what to say and how to behave, generating storylines ahead of time, and staging or re-staging scenes for the cameras.
Reality film
Reality film or reality movie describes a genre of films that have resulted from reality television, such as "The Real Cancun", MTV's film version of "The Real World", which was originally titled "Spring Break: The Reality Movie". In an article in "Time Magazine", Joel Stein wrote, "Like reality TV, a reality film is supercheap, and as "Jackass" proved, there's an audience willing to pay $9 for what it gets free on television." Typically, a pre-determined situation is staged or created, often with the use of non-professional actors, and then the "reality" of what happens is filmed. In an article on reality movies, "Variety" pointed out the low budget of reality films in an era of skyrocketing marketing and production costs for traditional films has made them an attractive option for studios, with the selling point being "Tits and ass.
Television in the United States
Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. , household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. The majority of households have more than one set. The peak ownership percentage of households with at least one television set occurred during the 1996–97 season, with 98.4% ownership. As a whole, the television networks that broadcast in the United States are the largest and most distributed in the world, and programs produced specifically for U.S.-based networks are the most widely syndicated internationally.
Commedia dell'arte
The characters of the "" usually represent fixed social types and stock characters, such as foolish old men, devious servants, or military officers full of false bravado. The main categories of these characters include servants, old men, lovers, and captains. The characters are exaggerated "real characters", such as a know-it-all doctor called Il Dottore, a greedy old man called Pantalone, or a perfect relationship like the Innamorati. Many troupes were formed to perform "commedia dell'arte", including I Gelosi (which had actors such as Isabella Andreini, and her husband Francesco Andreini), Confidenti Troupe, Desioi Troupe, and Fedeli Troupe.
Loves of a Blonde
Loves of a Blonde () is a 1965 Czechoslovakian feature film directed by Miloš Forman. It is also known under the alternative title of "A Blonde in Love". The fiction film tells the story of a young woman who has a routine job in a shoe factory in provincial Czechoslovakia. When the army holds maneuvers near her home town, the factory supervisor organizes a mixer for the largely female workforce and the all-male soldiers. This dance proves a mixed success, with many of the soldiers, who are middle-aged reservists, and many of the factory workers, who are inexperienced young women with idealized views of romance, being confused by and disappointed with their potential dancing partners.
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or predetermined nature of any kind. Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this "reality" within the direct or indirect presence of the general public. Kayfabe is often seen as the suspension of disbelief that is used to create the non-wrestling aspects of promotions, such as feuds, angles, and gimmicks, in a manner similar to other forms of fictional entertainment.
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I have watched the  Kardashians before
0_Wizard
Shamefully to admit, I did watch it once or twice.  Kimberley Kardashian is married to Kayne West.
Kimberly Kardashian West (born Kimberly Noel Kardashian; October 21, 1980) is an American reality television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman and model.
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Kimberly Kardashian West (born Kimberly Noel Kardashian; October 21, 1980) is an American reality television personality, socialite, actress, businesswoman and model. Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after a 2003 sex tape with her former boyfriend Ray J was leaked in 2007. Later that year, she and her family began to appear in the E! reality television series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". Its success soon led to the creation of spin-offs including "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" and "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami". Kardashian's personal life soon became subject to widespread media attention.
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (often abbreviated KUWTK) is an American reality television series that airs on the E! cable network. The show focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian–Jenner blended family. Its premise originated with Ryan Seacrest, who also serves as an executive producer. The series debuted on October 14, 2007 and has subsequently become one of the longest-running reality television series in the country. The fourteenth season premiered on October 1, 2017. The series focuses mainly on sisters Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé Kardashian and their half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
Antisymmetry
In linguistics, antisymmetry is a theory of syntactic linearization presented in Richard Kayne's 1994 monograph "The Antisymmetry of Syntax". The crux of this theory is that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order. The theory derives a version of X-bar theory. Kayne hypothesizes that all phrases whose surface order is not specifier-head-complement have undergone movements that disrupt this underlying order. Subsequently, there have also been attempts at deriving specifier-complement-head as the basic word order.
Khloé Kardashian
Khloé Alexandra Kardashian (born June 27, 1984) is an American television personality, socialite, model, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. Since 2007, she has starred with her family in the reality television series, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians". Its success has led to the creation of spin-offs, including "Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami" (2009–2013) and "Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons" (2014–2015). From September 2009 to October 2016, she was married to basketball player Lamar Odom, whom she married one month after they first met. They starred in their own reality television series, "Khloé & Lamar" (2011–2012).
Rob Kardashian
Robert Arthur Kardashian (born March 17, 1987) is an American television personality and businessman. He is known for appearing on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", a reality television series that centers upon his family, as well as its spin-offs. In 2011, Kardashian also competed in the thirteenth season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars", during which he placed second. Rob and his siblings derive most of their revenue by endorsing products such as Coca-Cola, for which they are paid (as of 2016) between $75,000 and 30,000 per post on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, as per CBC Marketplace and The Telegraph.
Robert Kardashian
Robert George Kardashian (February 22, 1944 – September 30, 2003) was an American attorney and businessman. He gained national recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial. He had four children with his first wife, Kris Kardashian (née Houghton, later Jenner): Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob, who appear on their family reality television series, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", and its spinoffs. Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Armenian-American parents Helen (née Arakelian) and Arthur Kardashian, who ran the largest meat-packing business in southern California, and whose fortune he eventually inherited.
Tarah Kayne
Tarah Kayne (born April 28, 1993) is an American pair skater. With partner Daniel O'Shea, she is the 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 Four Continents silver medalist and 2016 U.S. national champion. Kayne began learning to skate in 1998. She teamed up with O'Shea in April 2012. The two are coached by Jim Peterson in Ellenton, Florida. The pair finished 7th in their first trip to the U.S. Championships, in January 2013. Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the 2013 International Challenge Cup. In the 2013–14 season, Kayne/O'Shea won bronze medals at the U.S. Classic and Ice Challenge.
1_Apprentice
Yes and that show is kind of annoying.
0_Wizard
It had funny moments.  Did you hear about Caitlin Jenner?
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Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born October 28, 1949), formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner was a college football player for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Coach L. D. Weldon, who had coached Olympic decathlete Jack Parker, convinced Jenner to try the decathlon. After intense training, Jenner won the 1976 Olympics decathlon event at the Montreal Olympic Games, gaining fame as "an all-American hero". Jenner set a third successive world record while winning the Olympics.
Kendall Jenner
Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995) is an American fashion model and television personality. Originally appearing in the E! reality television show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", Jenner is now also a model in a movement dubbed "the Instagirl era" by "Vogue" magazine, or "Social Media Modeling" by "Harper's Bazaar", where models are chosen for their online presence and social media following. After working in commercial print ad campaigns and photoshoots, Jenner had breakout seasons in 2014 and 2015, walking the runways for high fashion designers during the New York, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks.
Frank Jenner
Frank Arthur "Bones" Jenner (surname often misspelled Genor; 2 November 1903 – 8 May 1977) was an Australian evangelist. His signature approach to evangelism was to ask people on George Street, Sydney, "If you died within 24 hours, where would you be in eternity? Heaven or hell?" Born and raised in England, he contracted African trypanosomiasis at the age of twelve and suffered from narcolepsy for the rest of his life. After some time, he joined the Royal Navy, but deserted in New York and joined the United States Navy. When he was 24, he deserted again while in Australia. He subsequently worked for the Royal Australian Navy until he bought his way out in 1937.
Caitlin's Way
Caitlin's Way (aired in Australia under the title Just a Kid) is a live action teen drama series that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2002. The show was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch. "Caitlin's Way" focuses on Caitlin Seeger (played by Lindsay Felton), a troubled girl who lives on the streets of Philadelphia. After being arrested, Caitlin is given the option of going to a youth detention center or moving in with her mother's cousin in Montana. She chooses the latter; upon moving in with Dori, Jim, and Griffen on their ranch, she experiences culture shock. Caitlin, still distraught about her mother's unexpected death when Caitlin was eight, seeks a loving family and a permanent home.
Kylie Jenner
Kylie Kristen Jenner (born August 10, 1997) is an American reality television personality, model, entrepreneur, socialite, and social media personality. She is best known for starring in the E! reality television series "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" since age nine, her eponymous brand of cosmetics, and her large social media presence. In 2012, she collaborated with the clothing brand PacSun, along with her sister Kendall, and created a line of clothing, "Kendall & Kylie". In 2015, Jenner launched her own cosmetics line called Kylie Cosmetics, and a mobile app that reached number 1 on the iTunes App Store.
Caitlin Atkins
Caitlin Atkins is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours", played by Emily Milburn. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 29 September 1997 and departed on 24 June 1998. Milburn originally auditioned for the role of Anne Wilkinson, but it was Brooke Satchwell who was eventually cast. Of her audition, Milburn said "It was the worst audition I'd ever done. Afterwards I bawled my eyes out. I thought I'd never work for "Neighbours", but six months later I got the part of Caitlin." Milburn added that it was great being part of the cast, which felt like a family to her.
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner, FRS (; 17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from "Variolae vaccinae" (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1796 in the long title of his "Inquiry into the Variolae vaccinae known as the Cow Pox", in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox. Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human".
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Yes I did. I was very surprised!