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TheFogan@programming.dev 1 hour agoSo… did this scientists great grandchildren invent reality TV?
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TheFogan@programming.dev 1 hour agoSo… did this scientists great grandchildren invent reality TV?
vrek@programming.dev 49 minutes ago
Fun fact a lot of people, including myself, believe the invention of reality TV was actually the writer strike in early 2000s. Basically TV writers went to the producers and said “you make all these millions and only pay us this small amount when we are the reason people watch these shows”. The producers basically said “fuck you we will make TV shows without writers”
That created reality TV in America and panel shows in the UK.
FryHyde@lemmy.zip 25 minutes ago
This is widely credited as the origin of modern reality tv, but it’s not completely true. The earliest reality shows I can remember are Road Rules and The Real World, and those both predate the strike.