Reply #5: I just meant that a "real" reality show, is not what media is looking for

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and that the "fix" is a LONG HAUL...years , in most cases.

and giving a false hope that "the viewers can do this too" is not real reality.

It's very different from sprucing up a house to sell, or building a patio in 24 hrs with 42 of your closest friends working for free.

What would work though would be to use stimulus money to set up community aid centers to start up local WPA-style projects so people could have employment (even if it was just part time)...and for people to help others renovate & upgrade their homes.

getting people out of crushing credit card debt requires large infusions of cash.. and I don;t see any "show" helping with that, unless it's to pay them a la Kate-1+8