What Is Reality on Reality TV?
Marshall Fine
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Posted 05.26.2012
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Indeed, all these shows had their forebears in the days of radio. But, for the sake of argument, let's leave our family-tree tracing to the early days of TV. There are really only four models for most reality shows, four shows from which all others spring.
