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Why Can't We Quit Reality TV?

And why is gossiping so fun?

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Ben Christenson
Jun 24, 2024
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I finished and reviewed a 400-page history of reality TV. It was much less fun than I was expecting.

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How do you make this boring?

The book’s author is a TV Critic at The New Yorker, and she’s interested in reality’s impact on the medium and unionization efforts among reality cast and crew. Which is of interest to a tiny minority of reality viewers, I ima…

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