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Reality Television 
Reality television is a genre of television programming which, it is claimed, presents
unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and
features ordinary people rather than professional actors. It could be described as a
form of artificial or "heightened" documentary. Although the genre has existed in
some form or another since the early years of television, the current explosion of
popularity dates from around 2000. 
 Reality television covers a wide range of television programming formats, from
game or quiz shows which resemble the frantic, often
demeaning programmes produced in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s (a modern
example is Gaki no tsukai), to surveillance- or voyeurism- focused productions such
as Big Brother. 
 Critics say that the term "reality television" is somewhat of a misnomer and that
such shows frequently portray a modified and highly influenced form of reality, with
participants put in exotic locations or abnormal situations, sometimes coached to
act in certain ways by off-screen handlers, and with events on screen manipulated
through editing and other post-production techniques. 
 
Part of reality television's appeal is due to its ability to place ordinary people in
extraordinary situations. For example, on the ABC show, The Bachelor, an eligible
male dates a dozen women simultaneously, travelling on extraordinary dates to
scenic locales. Reality television also has the potential to turn its participants into
national celebrities, outwardly in talent and performance programs such as Pop
Idol, though frequently Survivor and Big Brother participants also reach some
degree of celebrity 
 
Some commentators have said that the name "reality television" is an inaccurate
description for several styles of program included in the genre. In competition-
based programs such as Big Brother and Survivor, and other special-living-
environment shows like The Real World, the producers design the format of the
show and control the day-to-day activities and the environment, creating a
completely fabricated world in which the competition plays out. Producers
specifically select the participants, and use carefully designed scenarios,
challenges, events, and settings to encourage particular behaviours and conflicts.
Mark Burnett, creator of Survivor and other reality shows, has agreed with this
assessment, and avoids the word "reality" to describe his shows; he has said, "I tell
good stories. It really is not reality TV. It really is unscripted drama." 

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