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title: "No Fans of Reality Shows"
description: "Fully 63% of the public thinks reality television shows have been a change for the worse over the past decade."
date: "2009-01-06"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2009/01/06/no-fans-of-reality-shows/"
---

# No Fans of Reality Shows

The public overwhelmingly thinks that reality television shows have been a change for the worse over the past decade; 63% say this compared with 22% who say they have not made much difference and only 8% who say they have been a change for the better. A plurality in all age groups — including 67% of those ages 18-29 — say these shows have been a change for the worse. Even though a majority in all education groups say reality television shows have been a change for the worse, college graduates or those with some college education, are more likely than those with a high school education or less to say they have been a change for the worse. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/1447/worst-decade-major-technological-communications-advances)