Why Are We All So Thirsty For Reality TV Again? | Straight Up with Kelly and Vlad
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[0:00] CBS News
[0:02] podcast.
[0:16] >> Everyone is talking about Dancing with
[0:18] the Stars.
[0:19] >> Mhm.
[0:19] >> Again,
[0:20] >> it's true. Everyone's talking about
[0:22] Dancing with the Stars. You've got the
[0:24] pros. Uh last week, everyone was on page
[0:27] six every day, right? like they are in
[0:30] the conversation
[0:32] and you've got drama, you've got online
[0:35] sniping and of course the alleged almost
[0:38] but not really slack heard around the
[0:40] world. But we're going to threat of a
[0:42] slap.
[0:42] >> The threat of a slap.
[0:43] >> We're going to get into that. But isn't
[0:44] it fascinating that in this era of
[0:48] streaming giants that are battling for
[0:50] audience that millions of people are
[0:52] watching a linear show
[0:54] >> and also they're voting like
[0:56] >> Yeah. They're tuning in live. They're
[0:57] tuning in live and voting live and
[0:59] shocking the hell out of us.
[1:00] >> But I think this speaks to this larger
[1:02] thing that's happening right now. It's
[1:04] not just Dancing with the Stars. It's
[1:06] Love is Blind. It's Love Island. There
[1:09] is a reality TV renaissance that is
[1:12] happening.
[1:13] >> I question is it that we like the mess
[1:16] and we love nothing better than to sit
[1:19] and argue about it, talk about it, like
[1:21] try to make sense of what it is that
[1:23] we're seeing.
[1:24] >> I would say judge it. But I also think
[1:26] the question is, is this even real?
[1:30] Right.
[1:31] >> I'm gonna say no. And that's what we're
[1:34] going to be talking about.
[1:35] >> All right, let's get into it. This is
[1:36] straight up.
[1:42] >> I'm Lucy Simon, special projects editor
[1:44] at Food and Wine, and I write about all
[1:46] things drinks, wine, cocktails, and all
[1:49] of the above. And today w