Quote Originally Posted by clevemire
It's just as well... Reality tv bites. I mean.. isn't the point of TV to escape reality??

Anyway, if this article is true, then what I can't believe is that they are working all of those hours, and still can't create decent programs.
That's exactly the thought that I had when I read this.. It's funny as hell; they make crappy programs with hardly any premis and then shove it down the throat of the public, in the meantime probably not having to work for a few months while they collectively rake in the cash, and then bitch about working more than 40 hours a week and not taking a lunch break. Dude, I worked more than 40 hours last week and the week before and the week before that, and there were loads of times I didn't get a lunch break. Fuck, I had to work 13 hours last Sunday. Who gives a shit?
GHoSToKeR Reviewed by GHoSToKeR on . Reality Sweat Shops http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=televisionNews&storyID=2005-08-24T223200Z_01_HO481034_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-LEISURE-WRITERS-DC.XML Reality TV writers sue Fox, show producer Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of writers has sued the Fox television network and the producer of reality programs such as "Trading Spouses," claiming they violated labor laws by forcing the writers to submit fake time cards, skip meals and work in "sweatshop Rating: 5