Saturday, October 11, 2008

new type of TV show

in asia many TV shows have celebrity guests and celebrity hosts
these shows are called celebrity variety shows
there are many types of variety shows
1) celebrities play games/challenges (ex: Hollywood Square)
2) celebrities come together to discuss current events and there opinion
3) the host celebrity plays prank on another celebrity (ex: punk'd)
4) reveal celebrity history or home (address not revealed)

there are more but these are the ones i can think of off top of my head

here is my reasons why these shows exist in asia but not in U.S
first is lack of fame and money
asian celebs are not internationally known, if they are then they are only well known in near by countries but not in U.S
celebs like Brad Pitt and such gets royalties from all over the world but asian celebs get royalties from countries like China, Korea, and Japan
so to make more money they do guest appearance in variety shows
its also beneficial to both audience and celebs
celebs get royalties and audience get to see other side of celebs
and get to hear their opinion about social and current issues

these shows do exist in U.S but the guests and challengers are everyday people
also in asia there is no shows like TMZ
there are similar shows but they dont downgrade celebs

here is a reason why i think asians dont downgrade their celebs like people here
in asia if you want the audience to respect you, you must finish college or at least have higher education except child actors
there are some asian child celebs who stopped show biz to go to school or military
there are also few celebs who graduated from University of Standford, University of Los Angeles, and other highly known universities
and of course there is culture differences asians are more uptight and more respectful of each other

so i would really like to see these celebrity variety shows in U.S as well
it would bring more respect to celebs and be entertaining to audience

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