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Is 'Live!' a look at the future of reality TV?
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, at least 20 new reality shows have premiered or will premiere. (Admittedly, I might have missed a few.) They cover everything from funeral parlors and custom bra shops to washed-up celebrities and redneck kids. They add to the glut of profession-based, socialite, auction and ghost shows. There's even one that's a reality show about a guy duped into thinking he's on a different reality show -- which is actually a reboot of a series that ran for two seasons about 10 years ago.
That last one doesn't seem like it should be real, does it? Is that how far we've fallen in the reality TV world that we're rebooting a reality show that sounds like a parody of reality shows, like something Mike Judge would spoof in a movie?
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Is 'Live!' a look at the future of reality TV?
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, at least 20 new reality shows have premiered or will premiere. (Admittedly, I might have missed a few.) They cover everything from funeral parlors and custom bra shops to washed-up celebrities and redneck kids. They add to the glut of profession-based, socialite, auction and ghost shows. There's even one that's a reality show about a guy duped into thinking he's on a different reality show -- which is actually a reboot of a series that ran for two seasons about 10 years ago.
That last one doesn't seem like it should be real, does it? Is that how far we've fallen in the reality TV world that we're rebooting a reality show that sounds like a parody of reality shows, like something Mike Judge would spoof in a movie?
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