Reality television (nonfiction)

Sound crews work in the background of reality TV shows.

Reality television (reality TV) is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate.

Reality TV differs from documentary television in that the focus tends to be on drama, personal conflict, and entertainment rather than educating viewers.

Fiction cross-reference

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  2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars, new reality TV show, gets rave reviews.

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  May 28, 1974: Euglena Junction wins the Prime Time Emmy for Best New Show. Broadcasting live from the Pantages Theater via NBC, host Johnny Carson calls it "an extraordinary study of the genus Euglena, and a brilliant parody of Petticoat Junction."

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  Student auditioning for Tesla! (1909).

Fiction cross-reference

• Minds in a Crystal - a one-act reality play about the minds of individual people assembled into a time-crystalline structure.
• Reality play
• Tesla!
• Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?
• Category:Reality television

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links:

• Reality television @ Wikipedia