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What was the first reality show?
COPS has been said to be the first true reality show without a cast. What was the first reality show with a cast (participants) in the last 5 years? I can't remember because there's been so many.
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MTV's "The Real World" comes to mind, but it is older than that.
Maybe you can find what you're looking for in this list: http://www.realitytvlinks.com/ There is also reality tv mag (might have info somewhere): http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/ |
Yep, Real World started back in 1991 or so. I shouldn't have said in the last 5 years but I meant when it really got heavy in the programming on the networks.
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Wait a second James...
Are you saying The Brady Bunch wasn't the first one ? |
Oh yeah, that's back when everybody minded their parents and punishment was a reality!
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Candid Camera?
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This is Your Life!
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Anyone one remember "An American Family" on PBS in the 70's. They followed a LA family around with cameras.
Debuted January 1973. |
I think that's the one that I originally mentioned in my first post but I removed it because I didn't think anyone would remember it. I never knew about it until I saw a show tlalking about it actually being the first reality show. Wasn't it kind of controversial, especially for that time period, because of how violent and unpredictable it was?
When I say reality show, I mean not in a studio and not with a live audience. |
As I recall...The family had a rich liberal father, society mother and and one of their sons was realllllly gay. His name was Lance, I think.. I remember watching this each week. I was in High School. I am surprised I remember this much. I thought the show was compelling. Like nothing else on TV at the time. Good production also.
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Yeah..Wearing womens clothing, make-up and nail polish equals reallllllllllllllllllllly gay. Extra-Shocking Gay for TV in the 70's.
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Ohhhhh
That is really gay LOL |
IMO, BBC had the first "reality show". They had a camera crew documenting, for several weeks, an English family with very "difficult to raise" children in the heart of London. Something about unemployment...such and such.
I was just a kid watching this so this was filmed around the mid 70's. As far as I recall, they were there filming from morning to night and even while the family slept. |
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