No, TV needs character development first and foremost.
Your right it u want pool to succeed in a reality TV series but as far as it capturing a audience at the turny level it would be very hard to accomplish because there simply not that many entertaining pool players ,, So it's important to "Real Eyes "to have something more entertaining than watching grass grow such as 2 shot push out
That's why they have made for TV games like 9 ball
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