Ok, we all know that reality tv isn't real, at all. But if you've ever seen shows like "Parking Wars" or "Flip This House" you know that sometimes, you just can't make this stuff up. Parking Wars is hilarious because, be honest, you would totally want to react like most of the people on the show if you walked out of your apartment and found a meeter-maid putting a boot on your car. I love how the officers react too, because we all know it can be a dangerous job, essentially taking people's cars from them, but they are either super worried, or very nonchalant and sometimes kinda snotty. Flip This House, on the other hand, is full of drama, most of which is staged and over-dramatized, but in reality, anyone who tries to do any type of large-scale construction project, especially on a budget or in a time-crunch, is going to run into many, if not all of the problems that the people on the show do. In all honestly, it's just addictive because we like to watch other people's problems and we keep watching because it's kinda like a train wreck, you just can't look away.
On the other hand, show's like "Cupcake Wars" or "Food Network Challenge" (with are both shows that I enjoy watching, by the way) are really torture devices that make you want to eat food that you will never be able to make, and they captivate you with all the problems that the cooks face and, especially Food Network Challenge", make you choose contestants that you like because of their personality and make you hate the judges for not seeing how hard they work, even when their food is terrible or their chocolate/sugar San Fransisco Bridge completely toppled over halfway to the judging table.
Overall, actual life is never replicated in reality tv (let's face it, it would be pretty boring if it was), but there are shows that show you the real world activities of hardworking people (this does not mean the cast members of "Real World" or "Jersey Shore"), who's jobs are actually interesting. These types of shows are worth wasting you weekend on, but I'd still rather have the scripted drama of regular tv (at least the storylines are thought out and not semi-spontaneous) over the "authenticity" (that's sarcasm btw) of reality tv.
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