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Reality TV: The Rise of a New Show â€Å"The Contender†   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  One of the newest shows to hit the vast majority of reality TV shows that already exist is The Contender. The Contender is a show that focuses on all the hardships, training, pain, and dilemmas that a boxer, who is preparing to fight, must endure. The Contender will be a very successful show, because it has the attributes of raw emotion that can’t be found when a director is yelling ‘action,’ and ‘cut.’ By raw emotion I mean that the viewer has reason to watch the television show due to an emotional attachment, besides the mere entertainment value, or for the love of the sport of boxing. Viewers fall in love, but instead of characters, they are able to fall in love with actual people. Reality television is something that has become a major part of the television industry. The motivation and success of these shows is based on the fact that none of the shows are ever scripted. Many critics labeled the reality television show as a fad, or as something that would not last. However, reality TV has shown to be quite the opposite. Reality TV will not go away, but instead continues to evolve and over take time slots of other scripted shows. Viewers can relate to the people who are apart of these shows because the viewers know that the people that they are beginning to enjoy, and in essence, love, are real. I do not mean that actors are essentially machines, but the characters they love are the same cha...