Reality Tv is back

Less than a month after the finals of X factor and Strictly Come Dancing,reality Tv returns with the new edition of Celebrity Big Brother.

Whether it is the lack of news in the New Year or that we as a nation just cant get enough of this stuff,the media is full of coverage.

On Guardian media this afternoon

The Channel 4 reality show began with 7.1 million viewers and attracted a 28% share between 8pm and 9.30pm, according to unofficial overnights.
These were the second best Celebrity Big Brother opening night figures out of the five series. Celebrity Big Brother's ratings peaked at 8 million viewers and a 32% share during one quarter hour.

The papers this morning were full of coverage.The Star is once again championing its coverage on its front page.

Welcome to the mad house

THIS year’s housemates are a sex-mad bunch who can’t wait to get down and dirty.The line-up includes a kinky Miss Whiplash, a nookie-obsessed film director, a skirt- chasing punk rocker and a saucy beauty queen. Last night as viewers saw the 11 enter the Big Brother house, they hinted it will be the hottest-ever reailty smash.

The Sun has the headline

DREGS ELEVEN

ELEVEN celebs stormed into the BB house last night — led by Face from telly’s The A-Team.
Dirk Benedict, the charmer in the 80s action series, is joined by two surprise stars — big-boobed Cleo Rocos and S Club 7’s Jo O’Meara.
Other Z-list “mercenaries” — who like the A-Team’s B.A. Baracus & Co were up for hire “when no one else could help” — arrived to the crowd’s cheers and jeers.

Even the broadsheets are covering the show

Flushed and unsteady, enter one old devil headlines the Guardian this morning

Ken Russell moves into the Big Brother house says the Telegraph

The Indy asks though

The Big Question: Has reality television had its day, or are audiences still attracted to it?

In an article by Louise Jury she points out that as they have proliferated,the law of dimishing returns has yet to take effect

Big Brother did even better. The 2006 final attracted 8.2 million viewers at its peak, a 45.6 per cent share of everyone watching television at the time. This was higher than the year before which averaged 6.7 million viewers and a 34.4 per cent share, peaking at 7.8 million.

She sums up by asking,

Should reality TV be applauded?

Yes...
* It entertains millions and has reinvigorated television at a time when viewers have growing choices
* The revenues generated help support other, more heavyweight programming in the schedules
* The campaign unleashed by 'Jamie's School Dinners' illustrates how audiences can be harnessed as a force for social good

No...
* It turns participants into public freaks and has contributed to a coarsening of standards on television and in day-to-day life
* The reality aesthetic has invaded all areas of programming, so that no subject can be tackled without public participation
* It contributes to our dubious fascination with fame, in which people are celebrated not for accomplishments but for being on TV

A new reality Tv show is however being slammed,this is on the Telegraph web pages.

The BBC was condemned yesterday for making an "irresponsible and sick" series in which teenagers take on the role of parents to other people's children, including babies.
During the making of The Baby Borrowers, which starts on BBC3 next week, one baby had to be removed from its young carers and another child was not fed for a day.
A county council had asked the BBC to cancel production of the reality TV series because of "concerns about the very real risk of physical or psychological damage to the children involved".