For the most part I totally LOATHE reality TV. Although some of it is fun in small doses, most of it is insultingly stupid, obviously scripted, and set up to give viewers a very false picture of the "reality" of the lives of the participants. I resent how the networks inflict them on viewers in an attempt to cut the costs involved in producing a quality scripted show. The networks make big money off this type of show for way less cost than a regular show, but it is like having the caterer serve twinkies instead of cake at a wedding. You get something to eat, and technically it is cake, but you are left feeling cheated. A little fluff is nice sometimes, but I don't want that to be my only viewing choice.
The other thing I really hate about "reality" shows is that many of the people who get them are utter and complete twits and morons and don't deserve the income and respect afforded them by their celebrity status, which they usually attained by something that shouldn't confer it. If someone goes on Survivor, they at least are playing the game and putting up with the inconvenience of having their life on hold for as long as it takes. That is different than someone who is "famous" because they happen to be married to a criminal, have a father who won a celebrity trial, or manage to have more children than any sensible people would choose to. I guess people enjoy watching people whose lives are train wrecks. If they made a reality show about Jimmy Carter building houses for the poor, nobody would watch.