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“It’s Been Brutal”: Reality TV Producers Lament Conditions as Networks Remain Frugal During Strikes (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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Many thought the halt of scripted programming would lead to a reality boom, but even as fall schedules rely heavily on unscripted, workers still grapple with diminished job opportunities, long hours and a lack of union support: "We get starved out all the time."

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[–] InverseParallax 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, they're literally the problem, networks turned to reality TV because it was cheap and to get around the last writers strike and the one before that.

[–] HollandJim 2 points 1 year ago

I sometimes wonder if the need to turn the "news" division into another "entertainment" group led to this. Most "reality television" boils down to a camera on the scene, with some faceless person asking "So, how do you feel about that?".