Reality TV Makes It Tough for Miss America

The craze of reality television has caused the ratings for the Miss America pageant to drastically decrease. The pageant has been completely dropped by two networks and is currently without representation by a network for the first time in history. Some analysts feel that viewers are so intrigued by reality shows that the Miss America pageant has become stale and out of date. Fear Factor has created a new form of the Miss America pageant where the contestants are asked to perform different tasks based on the show. Fear Factor Miss USA has received more viewers than the original Miss America. Miss America officials have began researching a new way to establish more viewers, which may include revamping the pageant.

Reality television has become the new trend for television shows and has been a difficult rival to compete with. Hopefully, the Miss America pageant will not have to stoop to this level in order to stay on the air.