Sentences with phrase «best reality television»

Reading The One was like watching the best of the best reality television shows unfold in your mind.

Like any good reality television show, there is always the possibility of some drama.

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Calling CBS's Undercover Boss one of reality television's better offerings may seem like damning with faint praise, but in its first season, the show managed to be surprisingly entertaining and even thoughtful, rarely descending into the kind of freak - show antics that prop up most other reality series.

However, what reality television doesn't show you, is that getting the best possible financing terms for investment properties isn't always easy.

There has been widespread praise from TV critics, calling the show «intimate and heartfelt» and «as good as it gets» and praising TLC for how it has «upended the conventions of reality television.»

Extensive studies of the content of American television, for example, have found that television programming repetitively presents a particular and consistent dramatic view of the world and life: what is good and what is bad, what has reality and what does not have reality, what power is and who holds power, how relationships should be conducted, and how one should behave in particular situations.

Burnett - who is better known as a king of reality television, with «Survivor,» «The Voice» and «The Apprentice» all under his name - told CNN earlier this month that this project was «personal.»

The reality of a perceived act on television derives mainly from the viewer's perspective, with a good deal of variation in the degree to which different viewers perceive a portrayal as realistic.

The Olympics were, yet again, the best reality show on television.

Sure, it's reality television, and reality can certainly be scripted, but there was nothing fake about Bryan's pain — no script was going to capture what he felt better than his actual feelings and his natural responses to his new lot in life.

In the most notable verbal attacks against Trump to date, Romney and his 2012 running mate, House Speaker Paul Ryan, urged voters in the strongest terms to shun the former reality television star for the good of country and party.

Earlier, Bratton said Clinton's opponent, Republican Donald Trump «scares the hell out of me,» citing what he called the real estate - turned reality television personality's «lack of depth» on policy issues, as well as his lack of «sensitivity.»

«The pressure for couples to be their best on TV reality shows with the most romantic behavior makes for good television.

Dancing with the Stars is an American reality television show in which celebrity contestants and professional dance partners compete to be the best dancers You are visitor number Copyright © 1998 — 2016 Mark Brautigam

We have all envied her since 2003, when reality television was at it's prime with «The Simple Life» and fashion was at its highest with Von Dutch The first and the best free dating site for Expats in Germany.

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Rockman, best known for his splashy reality programs, has come up with an idea for a new show — «Citizen Verdict,» in which an alleged murderer is tried in three hours on broadcast television, with the viewers voting on the guilt or innocence of the accused.

It's a well - meaning, good - humored, hospitable hour of television, reminiscent of the nascent days of cable reality shows in the early 2000s, before everyone figured out that ratings success meant being nasty, famous and selfish.

Coached by District 13's President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore) and former gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in his final role), Katniss has played the part extraordinarily well, delivering empowering speeches and exposing the unconscionable measures taken by the totalitarian government that gave them adolescent death competitions as reality television.

If the experience of reading Collins's novel is one of being inside a horrifyingly brutal reality television show, the experience the film adaptation offers is one more akin to watching one, and its success depends on our awareness of this relatively new medium as well as our willingness to critique it.

The language of reality television is aptly utilized by the characters as they fake (presumably, so far) a tragic love story in order to bolster public sentiment, thus offering them «sponsorships» in the form of beneficial gifts during the Games (medicine, food, etc.) as an exchange for providing the viewers with some good TV.

Scouring the various and often overlapping worlds of art, music, television, film, new media and literature, Ulaby's radio and online stories reflect political and economic realities, cultural issues, obsessions and transitions, as well as artistic adventurousness — and awesomeness.

«World on a Wire» (Criterion), made by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1973 for German television, is to the best of my knowledge the first film to explore virtual reality.

• Best Drama Series: The Americans (FX) • Best Actor in a Drama Series: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX) • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) • Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series: Sam Elliott, Justified (FX) • Best Comedy Series: Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janey, Mom (CBS) • Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Bradley Whitford, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Movie Made for Television: Bessie (HBO) • Best Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO) • Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) • Best Reality Series: Shark Tank (ABC) • Best Reality Competition Series: Face Off (Syfy) • Best Reality Series Host: Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) • Best Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) • Best Animated Series: Archer (FX) • Critics» Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award: Seth MacFarlane • Most Exciting New Series: American Crime Story (FX), Aquarius (NBC), Blindspot (NBC), Minority Report (FOX), The Muppets (ABC), Scream Queens (FOX), Supergirl (CBS) and UnREAL (Lifetime)

Verónica Forqué's effervescent Kika proves one of Almodóvar's least engaging female protagonists, and if his examinations into voyeurism and extreme reality television are heavy - handed at best, it's the detachment applied to Kika's played - for - laughs rape scene, that signifies his clearest lapse in judgement.

«Pilots continue to be the best way to take risks, find voices and evolve the art form of television,» said Joe Lewis, Amazon Studios» head of comedy, drama and virtual reality.

In recent years, reality television shows and appearances in music videos as well as the odd movie cameo, has seen his legendary status cemented even with this new generation.

Well, your twisted dreams are about to become video game reality, with confirmation coming today that the upcoming Capcom zombie slasher Dead Rising 2 will feature four - person multiplayer set within a fictional television show.

Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water Drama Series: Reed Morano, «The Handmaid's Tale» for «Offred» Best Movies for Television and Miniseries: Jeanmarc Vallee, «Big Little Lies» Comedy Series: Beth McCarthy - Miller, «Veep» for «Chicklet» Best First Feature: Jordan Peele, Get Out Doc Feature: City of Ghosts Brian Smith wins the DGA Award for reality programs for MasterChef, «Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks» Glenn Weiss wins DGA Award for VARIETY / TALK / NEWS / SPORTS — SPECIALS for the Academy Awards telecast.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

A frequent commentator in television and media, Allen also has published hundreds of articles and commentaries in newspapers and journals, as well as her own blog, Reality Check - In.

This instills Katniss with a self - awareness typical of the best reality stars, but with a crucial difference: Collins eschews the unsavory narcissism that drives reality television's stars such infectious acting out by making participation in the games mandatory.

And Abby, well, she's thankful she has coworkers happy to indulge her guilty pleasures (including, but not limited to: reality television, celebrity magazines and so - bad - they're - good romantic comedies).

One good thing about reality shows: I detest them so much and they dominate commercial television so much that I do a lot more reading with the TV off.

Back in the good old days before reality television became overrun with bouffant - haired Jersey girls and teens trying to race each other to the delivery room, Mark and Dianne Burnett conceived of televised entertainment that allowed audiences to see truly driven people battle it out with the elements and each other in some of the most gorgeous and exotic places on Earth.

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were launched in 2013, a little early to take in the arrival of 4K televisions, as well as innovations like virtual reality.

Blending elements of fairy tales, history, myths, and reality she creates unique scenarios that include, among many other elements, references to the 1960's television series The Avengers, The Beatles, Little Red Riding Hood, ballet stages like Giselle's Cottage at the Bolshoi, photographs of dead squirrels and birds reminiscent of Dutch still - life paintings, gold frames, velvet curtains, mirrors, cobwebs, swords, and axes accompanied by sound - tracks of 18th century choral and harpsichord music as well as the sound of clinging crystal chandeliers.

As with other films of Jankowski's, such as Casting Jesus of 2011, the live, performative elements of Heavy Weight History have been documented in the style of scripted reality television, or specifically in this case as a convincing piece of outside broadcast coverage of a competitive sport, with a well - known Polish commentator on hand to describe the action.

As fiction collides with reality, Guillier's work links the multiple iterations of «Twilight Zone,» including the title of the film and the original television series, as well as other stories, myths, and uses of the term.

Advertising, television, web pages, film, and publications all employ subtle manipulation to construct a new and often better reality.

The cheesecake shot of actress / reality - television star Kristin Cavallari on the site's homepage may make us wince, but we like the fact that recycled precious metals are used in the jewelry, as well as how 50 percent of all net proceeds are donated to Stop Global Warming and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The new estimate is based on information that was gathered before BP cut a pipe called a riser on the ocean floor last week to install a new capture device, an operation that some scientists have said may have sharply increased the rate of flow... The new estimate appears to be a far better match than earlier ones for the reality that Americans can see every day on their televisions.

The New York Times reports that Divorce Hotel is now negotiating with hotels in several U.S. cities, including New York and Los Angeles — as well as with television production companies that are interested in creating a Divorce Hotel reality show.

Over the years, Mutual of Omaha has become known for many «firsts,» such as being the first insurance company to include a rehabilitation provision in its disability income protection policies, as well as a first in setting the standard for today's wildlife and reality television programming, with the Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom program.

His videos are very well done: They look good, are crisply edited, and move better than most lifestyle reality television shows.

Even before we trekked out to the desert for the Consumer Electronics Show, we had a good idea that CES would be flush with smart cars, televisions, virtual reality, and a bunch of weirdness.

«4K televisions have more pixels and high frame rates but currently only LG OLED can use each pixel to better represent the full range of brightness we see in reality» — he called it «smarter pixels» each capable of displaying a colour or true black (off) unlike LCD TV that has a very limited number of dimming zones.

Consultation with attorneys can dispel the myths and erroneous information obtained from well - meaning friends or television, and can help clients «reality test» their expectations and the long - term consequences of various choices and obviously, such consultation is enhanced when attorneys understand and support the mediation process.

Better Homes and Gardens ® Real Estate recently unveiled its new online and television reality series, «Home, First Home» (SM).