| Description |
xii, 185 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Praeger television collection, 1549-2257 |
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Praeger television collection.
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| Contents |
1. Survivor : the start of it all -- 2. Where does this stuff come from? -- 3. Casting : finding the freaks, the geeks, and the stars -- 4. Celebrities sing, dance, and claw their way into reality -- 5. Altered reality : the makeover craze -- 6. All is not what is seems : reversed reality -- 7. This show seems awfully familiar -- 8. Love is in the air -- 9. Singing for fame, fortune, or just attention -- 10. Liars, cheaters, and scandals -- 11. Working for a living -- 12. There is a life after reality -- 13. Real or not, it doesn't matter -- 14. The gift that keeps giving |
| Summary |
"Using interviews with network insiders, reality producers, and other experts, Richard Huff supplies insights into the diverse content and often erratic development of reality television programming. Those insights are augmented with general connections between the past and present forms reality shows assume. From Queen for a Day through Extreme Makeover, from Cops to Fear Factor, the genre is placed before us in an exhaustive and many-sided account, an account that uncovers both the foundations and the future potential of the phenomenon that is reality television."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Reality television programs -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2006007247 |
| ISBN |
0275981703 |
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9780275981709 |
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