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For Real: The Story of Reality TV

Name: For Real: The Story of Reality TV
Genre: Reality, Mini-Series, Documentary
Released: 2021

2021 · E! · Ended · 43 min

The series delves into the origin story of one of the most intriguing and polarizing subsects of the entertainment landscape. Host Andy Cohen explores different themes including celebreality, dating, competition and extreme makeover series, among others, and shares shocking revelations from those industry executives, producers and journalists who helped catapult reality programming into the pop culture zeitgeist.

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