I'm not sure if the shows I like are 'reality' shows or not...I think they are. I like shows like deadliest catch and american chopper... used to like junkyard wars when that was on. Although mostly I just watch the news, occasionally i'll watch things like south park or chapelles show or something funny like that. if i catch a good cooking show i might watch that... ('good eats' is the only one i can think of though)
as far as everything else goes... its not a big deal to me really, i used to love sitcoms like 'friends' and 'frasier', 'king of queens' etc... but recently they havn't been appealing to me at all...in fact I loath 'friends'. Maybe I don't like them because of what you said... they are all the same basically and about mostly idiots. I'm sure my tastes will change eventually though, so we will see.