Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley

Re:Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley by austenallred on Monday October 08, 2012 @09:13PM (#4629474)

I fully plan on avoiding this until it goes away. Considering the fact that they'll completely miss both the uneducated reality TV audience (too much nerdiness) and the nerd audience (no need for explanation), I don't plan on that taking too long.

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Re:Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley by larrys on Monday October 08, 2012 @11:55PM (#4629879)

"uneducated reality TV audience "

Why do you feel that the audience for reality TV is "uneducated"?

I know of people who went to Ivy League schools, have medical degrees, are professors, teachers, professionals who watch and enjoy reality tv.

What about people who watch sports? Do you want to lump the beer drinking tailgaters (who may be educated actually) with others who may enjoy watching sports? Is there anything intellectual about that? Is there anything intellectual about watching anything that is purely entertainment on TV?

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Re:Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley by waterlesscloud on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @12:07AM (#4629905)

A lot of people who deny watching this stuff watch it.

Big Brother US just finished its 14th season. Jersey Shore is in season 6. Real Housewives Of Orange County going into season 7. Somebody's out there watching it.

Having said that, this does look particularly light weight. The appeal of Silicon Valley in the tv sense is the money, but these will be people without money. The promo makes it look like a show about wannabes on the party circuit. I guess that might work, but if I were doing that kinda show I'd aim at Hollywood or maybe NY.

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Re:Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley by Evbn on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @12:54AM (#4630022)

You can have no viewers with IQ over 100, and still have 100 million people in your addressable market.

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Re:Trailer for Bravo's Start-Ups: Silicon Valley by austenallred on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @02:28AM (#4630274)

I never said that was the whole audience, that's just the part of the audience they'll miss.

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