two years since the start of this thread and reality shows more popular than ever
Havent read the thread but to answer the original question the reason there are so many of these shows is vary simple. MONEY. You see many of the these shows from Louisiana, why would they have so many from here??
Very simple, the state PAYS THEM to make them in the form of tax credits. They could stay in Cali and make Seinfeld episodes at a few hundred thousand an episode or make Pawn stars type shows with 2 cameras and a producer for practically nothing in the way of overhead. Seinfeld got over $400K per episode to do his show, the entire Honey Boo Boo cast gets $4000 a season. Simple math....