• Enigma@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      1 year ago

      It happened during the 08 writers strike. Reality Tv is cheap to produce and requires minimal writing.

    • Letto@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      1 year ago

      I have a feeling it has more to do with low production cost than anything else sadly :/

      milleNNialS Are kiLLiNg cAblE

      • realitista@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        1 year ago

        No doubt that’s the main thing but how are there enough people to watch all these channels of garbage?

        • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          1 year ago

          It’s so cheap to produce that it doesn’t need as many people watching it to be deemed profitable. And many people watching it probably just let it run in the background because it doesn’t need any close attention. Basically like soaps, but soaps need writers so are more expensive.

        • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Maybe no one is actually watching, the TV ratings system is crooked somehow, and TV advertisers are getting screwed?

    • Fades@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 year ago

      Lowest common denominator does better, casts the widest net and the morons eat it up