Media Diary Week 6

My guilty pleasure is the ITV show 'Jeremy Kyle', there are many reasons why i would normally dislike a show like this for example, it is over the top 99% of time, The show is basically about the problems of these people who i have never met, will never meet and never do want to meet. The show appeals to the mainstream, it has been running for 9 years and has thus gained a reputation as a show that is popular to a lot of people, we trust the people who make the show to entertain us. I do not relate to the show, Personally i am addicted to comedies and tend to avoid shows that talk about real life and its problems which again confuses me as to why i like this show. I think the preferred reading of the show is that the viewers can learn from the mistakes of the people on the show and thus i take an oppositional reading to it as i see it as just entertainment and nothing more, Jeremy differs from genuinely want to help participants to just shouting at everyone he sees.I like to consider myself as a succeeder and it is hard to call anyone on the show a succeeder which again makes me wonder why i enjoy the show.