Julie Chen Moonves on the "Big Brother" Season 27 stage (2025) - Matthew Taplinger/CBS It's easy to assume that much of reality TV is scripted. After all, there's proof that "Pawn Stars" is totally ...

Reality TV has come a long way over the years. While the genre gained traction during a previous writers' strike, it has been around for decades. Here are several of the very first reality television ...

Reality TV shaped Bennett Graebner into a sharper storyteller by teaching speed, structure, and authentic character ...

Forget the screenwriting manuals — Bennett Graebner learned how to write a romantic comedy in a mansion full of roses, champagne toasts, and real-life heartbreak. Graebner has spent 17 years as the ...

Discover why networks favor reality TV over scripted shows: lower production costs, high ad revenue potential, and strategic product placements enhance financial profits.

“Clue” is gearing up to make a move from the board to the small screen in two new TV shows, one scripted and one reality. Sony Pictures Television and Hasbro Entertainment are shopping a scripted ...

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The pessimist in me assumed that we watch reality TV because we can’t help but wallow in others’ pain. (That Tom Sandoval is getting what he finally deserves!) But maybe that’s actually a much smaller ...