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I don't want to be one of those 'hour' guys who is all bitter about reality TV. It's as viable as any other genre - when it's great, it's great. However! Reality does a certain thing. It burns quickly, brightly, and then it burns out. You can't repeat them.

I think it's a lot easier to put together a reality show than to actually create a scripted show.

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.

I think the reality-show format is brilliant, has endless possibilities. It's documentary! But unfortunately, it's rarely executed well. So it becomes just a scripted show, but without actors.

Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.

Reality TV is anything but.

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

But reality television is here to stay.