Because it was just the one show, some of the time.
If everything became uncomfortable one-camera sitcoms we wouldn’t expect people to blame The Office or Peep Show. It wouldn’t be David Mitchell’s fault that the entire world started cranking out what he and Robert Webb threw together from their bone-dry comedy act.
No one has mentioned that MTV invented the reality show in 1992 with The Real World.
I don’t have a problem with the concept of reality shows, I have a problem with reality shows being like 90% of all content.
Because it was just the one show, some of the time.
If everything became uncomfortable one-camera sitcoms we wouldn’t expect people to blame The Office or Peep Show. It wouldn’t be David Mitchell’s fault that the entire world started cranking out what he and Robert Webb threw together from their bone-dry comedy act.