Is the reality tide turning?

Reality TV on the way out? Maybe there is a God.

I love how TV pundits are always on the cutting edge when it comes to pointing out TV trends. It should be OBVIOUS to anyone who truly observes TV that the reality is in trouble. It's been past the saturation point for well over a year - how else do you explain FOX's horrible August and September last year? Reality will continue to have its well established hits like SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE. (I don't count AMERICAN IDOL because it's a talent show not a 'reality' show!) - as long as network programmers avoid being too greedy (see NBC's mistake of double booking THE APPRENTICE.) The latest trend in reality seems to be less "let's get a group of strangers together, place them in odd situations and see how they react, while tweaking the outcome with transparent editing" and more "let's document how we can change people's lives" I think there's probably room for a few more shows like EXTREME MAKEOVER and THREE WISHES. Thank God the 'relationship reality' crap like TEMPTATION ISLAND has given up the ghost. Reality will stick around. They're cheap to make. They do a good job at selling soap - and what else does a network really want from a show? End rant.