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[[File:Production sound mixer.jpg|thumb|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.
[[File:Production sound mixer.jpg|thumb|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.
== Description  ==


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


Reality TV programs also often bring participants into situations and environments that they would otherwise never be a part of. The genre has various standard tropes, including "confessionals" used by cast members to express their thoughts, which often double as the shows' narration and competitive elements.
== Fiction cross-reference ==


Reality TV shows often have a host who asks questions to the participants or comments on the participants.
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File:Dennis Paulson of Mars closeup.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars]], new reality TV show, gets rave reviews.
In competition-based reality shows, a notable subset, there are other common elements such as one participant being eliminated per episode, a panel of judges, and the concept of "immunity from elimination."
File:Euglena Junction.jpg|link=Euglena Junction|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 (nonfiction)|Euglena]]'', and a brilliant parody of ''[[Petticoat Junction (nonfiction)|Petticoat Junction]]''."
 
File:Student_demonstrates_Tesla_discharge_1909.jpg|link=Tesla!|Student auditioning for [[Tesla!]] (1909).
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


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* ''[[Minds in a Crystal]]'' - a one-act reality play about the minds of individual people assembled into a [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time-crystalline]] structure.
File:Student_demonstrates_Tesla_discharge_1909.jpg|Student auditioning for [[Tesla!]] (1909).]]
* [[Reality play]]
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* [[Tesla!]]
* [[Tesla!]]
* [[Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?]]
* [[Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?]]
* [[:Category:Reality television]]
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


== External links ==
External links:


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television Reality television] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television Reality television] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 14:47, 23 June 2019

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

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

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

  • 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."

    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."

  • Student auditioning for Tesla! (1909).

    Student auditioning for Tesla! (1909).

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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