How does reality shows contribute to a country's national income and economic growth?

Question

If so, please explain why and how.

please answer in details, for example how it would affect the demand, supply, quantity supplied and quantity demanded.

the person who answered in most detailed will get best answer.

Answer 1

Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Although the genre has existed in some form or another since the early years of television, the term "reality television" is most commonly used to describe programs produced since 2000. Documentaries and nonfictional programming such as the news and sports shows are usually not classified as reality shows.
Reality television covers a wide range of programming formats, from game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often demeaning shows produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modern example is Gaki no tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism-focused productions such as Big Brother.

Critics say that the term "reality television" is somewhat of a misnomer. Such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with participants put in exotic locations or abnormal situations, sometimes coached to act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and with events on screen manipulated through editing and other post-production techniques.
Some reality television shows cover a person or group of people improving their lives. The British show Changing Rooms, which began in 1996 (later remade in the U.S. as Trading Spaces) was the first such show. Sometimes the same group of people are covered over an entire season (as in The Swan and Celebrity Fit Club), but usually there is a new target for improvement in each episode. Despite differences in the content, the format is usually the same: first the show introduces the subjects in their current, less-than-ideal environment. Then the subjects meet with a group of experts, who give the subjects instructions on how to improve things; they offer aid and encouragement along the way. Finally, the subjects are placed back in their environment and they, along with their friends and family and the experts, appraise the changes that have occurred. Other self-improvement or makeover shows include The Biggest Loser (which covers weight loss), Extreme Makeover (entire physical appearance), Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (style and grooming), Supernanny (child-rearing), Made (attaining difficult goals), and Beauty and the Geek (academically challenged beauties and socially awkward geeks pair up to help each other overcome their weaknesses).

Similarly, Pimp My Ride, Overhaulin', and Trick My Truck show vehicles being rebuilt.

As with game shows, a gray area exists between such reality TV shows and more conventional formats. The show This Old House, which began in 1979, shows people renovating a house; media critic Jeff Jarvis has speculated that it is "the original reality TV show."
Dating shows
Some shows, such as Blind Date, show people going out on dates with no element of competition. Antecedents may be found in The Dating Game from the 1960s.
Talk shows
Though the traditional format of a talk show is that of a host interviewing a featured guest or discussing a chosen topic with a guest or panel of guests, the advent of trash TV shows has often made people group the entire category in with reality television. Programs like Ricki Lake, The Jerry Springer Show and others generally recruit guests by advertising a potential topic for a future program. Topics are frequently outrageous and are chosen in the interest of creating on-screen drama, tension or outrageous behaviour. Though not explicitly reality television by traditional standards, this (allegedly) real depiction of someone's life, even if only in a brief interview format, is frequently considered akin to broader-scale reality TV programming.

Answer 2

Well, they don't contribute anything directly to the country's national income, because they do not produce anything. However, a case could be made that it does help since some shows have a winner that goes on to make a record, which is then sold and included in GDP. Also, these shows get millions of dollars in advertising money, which potentially increases the amount of certain products that are purchased. And those shows that have a cash prize bolster consumer spending, since the winner likely spends a portion of the winnings on consumption goods. It is hard to quantify reality shows in the context of supply and demand because they are so varied. Some, like American Idol, create supply and demand for an artist (since they supply the new artist and viewers demand the cd). Others, like Survivor, give a prize to the winner, who will increase demand for products they want to consume. Likewise, advertising increases the demand by building consumer awareness of a product. So, it depends on what aspect and what show you look at.

Answer 3

so called Reality television allows TV producers to make more money because they don't have to pay actors.