Is reality tv staged?

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I've heard both sides from different reality stars. Do you think shows like The Bachelor or Jersey Shore are fake?

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Staging = ratings = profit

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Some are, some aren't.

I heard in shows like The Real  Housewives, it's not exactly staged but the producers gossip and talk the ladies into starting drama. Like "so and so said you're fat, you should confront her now". And they often pause during filming to let the ladies think of witty comebacks and sway people to gang up on  someone.

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A friend of mine was on house hunters international and it was totally staged. They hid all her personal belongings and then pretended the apartment where she lived already was the one she chose of many. she had a good time doing it though, because she got to go back to Prague where she had been living

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I think that it may be sometimes not always but if there isn't enough drama going on, I think directors may start some up otherwise it may just be normal being around the same people constantly type thing

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My dad was on Licence To Drill (a reality show about oilfield work) and he said they refused to stage anything. BUT they definitely edited things super heavily to make people seem one way or another. Like my dads good friend who has been in the business for decades was made to look incompetent due to how they arranged bits of the show for airing.  My dad basically avoided the camera crews like the plague because he didn't want that, and also because his entire job is to make sure nothing terrible happens on site and they just waited around for shit to hit the fan.  That show is probably an exception though, as I feel most of them are staged.

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Some are fake and others are not.

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Some things are depends on the show. For sure

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I know reality TV like Made in Chelsea is set up in the sense the people are told to meet at "x" location and talk about "y" subject.

But they don't have lines I don't think.

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Ughhhhhhhhh

Is reality tv staged?

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