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I chose to review the article from New York Times about the new popular TV trend sweeping the nation, New Jersey. Many shows have taken this theme and expanded and endorsed the idea. Shows like The Jersey Shore, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jerseylicious, Boardwalk Empire, and Cake Boss. TV shows lead to other types of advertisement shticks by using these characters featured in these shows.


I chose this article for a number of reasons. I love each and every one of these shows, as stupid and mindless as they may be. I am an avid watcher of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and The Jersey Shore. I also drove to Hoboken to visit Carlo’s Bakery from the show The Cake Boss. It’s an addiction that spices up New Jersey.

I haven’t seen an article that honestly covers the topic of New Jersey based reality shows. This article reviewed the hype in an unbiased manner. The writer talks about how advertisers are taking advantage of these characters and their appeal, and using them wisely. Tim Brooks, the television historian and co-author of “The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows,” said “The new O.C. is, of all places, New Jersey.”

This idea opens up a whole new media approach of “state pride” in reality television. California and New York have most definitely taken advantage of this idea. Other television shows such as MTV’s The Real World, Real Housewives, Food Networks Good Eats, and even Survivor. This method mainly reels in the people living in that surrounding area. These shows flourish and bring in a large profit. (Chapter 4, page 144) Success ultimately is the source of power for reality programs.



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