(GunReports.com) — New York Times writer Jeremy Egner delivers unexpected praise for History Channel’s “Top Shot” program recently:
“When ‘Top Shot,’ the History channel marksmanship competition, closes out its fourth season on May 1, the person who successfully shoots the most targets in the final showdown will win. The one who doesn’t will not.
“…For a genre so focused on competition reality television doesn’t much care about satisfying outcomes. Its Kardashians, Bigfoot hunters and doe-eyed belters have proved that people will watch almost anything a producer can imagine, and will both watch and obsess about it online if it involves winners and losers. But there are almost never clear winners and losers, because the most successful reality contests are imperfect competitions dedicated to judging things that aren’t apparent on television.”
“The episode-concluding eliminations between two shooters generally end in hugs, handshakes and other expressions of mutual respect, pointing up what some reality fans might see as a flaw of “Top Shot.” Aficionados of train-wreck TV won’t have much to embrace.”
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