A new definition of Reality

Nowadays whenever I watch TV, there are so many ads for various reality shows. My interest in TV is minimal. Actually, apart from the news, there are only about four or five TV series that I watch regularly. That would be about an hour to a hour and a half of TV a day. In India I used to watch a lot more TV. The reason is because, mostly, I find TV programs here quite irritating if not uninteresting. But the most irritating and vexing kind of TV programming ever produced are the reality shows. The main reason for this is that there is NO REALITY involved in any aspect of the shows. Take for example, the show 'My big fat obnoxious fiance'. What is the probability that a smart, successful woman would fall for the guy shown in the series? The basic premise of the show itself is unreal. Not only are the ideas involved in the shows impractical, there is the customary 'nudging the characters in the right direction' by the producers of the show. Also it is inherently impossible for a person to be his normal self in front a camera. When we know that we are being recorded, we tend to put our best foot forward. Only an actor can act naturally before the camera and 'acting' implies unreality. It was no surprise that an actor was able to squirm his way into a reality show and stay there for several weeks. One can only hope that Reality TV will soon be consigned to the dustbin AND will be replaced by something less vexing.