Reality TV bites

The problem with television today is a hard subject to narrow down. The biggest annoyance to me would be the popularity of "Reality" TV. Of course I indulge and/or get caught up in some of these shows, but I don't feel there are enough alternatives. The first problem is that these shows are much more easy and inexpensive to produce, thus the overabundance. In most cases the "stars" of those shows are not paid (unless of course it is a "celebreality" show) and the shows are unscripted and no writers need be hired (unless of course we are talking about "The Hills" or pretty much any reality show on MTV).

The second problem is that so many of these shows lack creativity in their concepts. I don't really care about the lives of celebrities and their families (especially if they're a washed up hack like Scott Baio). I also don't care about the lives of "ordinary people" put in "extraordinary" circumstances (like seven strangers picked to live in a house is so extraordinary... and did you ever notice that the Real World house is always located by bars and clubs and have a kitchen stocked with booze, but they always seem to be given jobs with no tolerance rules?).

And then there are reality shows with an arguable purpose which often aim to help their subjects or encourage contestants to fulfill some goal. To me these are the most acceptable of the types of reality TV because they often produce some type of desirable outcome at least (I don't really know what happens to the winners of Project Runway, but I still guiltily love it). But the fact is there are way too many of these shows as well and they often ignore their staying power.

Possible solutions...
1) Create a Survivor-esque reality show in which reality TV stars compete to be the last one standing... and breathing. When they are voted off, audiences can text in their votes to determine the form of execution.
2) Create a charity to raise funds to pay reality stars to not appear on television ever again (yes I am talking about you Tilla Tequilla)
3) Rally for the writers on strike so that we can get back some intelligent/entertaining/compelling SCRIPTED programming. (see Fans4writers or WGA for information on the strike)