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First Reality Television show on PBS
The show An AMerican Family was a documentary on the life of a family and aired 12 episodes. Is considered the first reality television show. -
Cops gets the ball for reality shows moving
Cops airs and is very successful and is still on today. it brought back reality television and made it popular. -
America Funniest Videos
Was a big hit and although it was reality it was only in short clips but has now turned from television into youtube. -
Real World hits MTV and really has made MTV into what they are today.
MTV went from mainly playing music into a reality televsion show haven. -
Survivor Starts the game show reality series
They lead the way for shows like The Bachelor, Amazing Race and Big Brother. -
A new Emmy is added for the best Reality Show
By making it so you could win an Emmy it made reality shows much moer profitable for networks and made it so that they would be around for many years to come. -
Writers go on strike
By going on strike many networks went towards reality television because you do not need a writer. it made the presence of reality television even more strong. -
Undercover Boss
A new way of reality set at peoples jobs and not knowing theat they are really working for their boss. Was a real big hit when it started. -
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