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re: What are the most "real" reality TV shows?

Posted on 1/27/24 at 3:28 pm to
Posted by LSUfan0420
Lake Chuck
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 3:28 pm to
I sometimes sit around on Sunday afternoons and watch of few episodes of Lonestar Law about Texas game wardens. It is an easy watch and can get sucked in quick.
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 4:39 pm to
None of them, absolutely none of them. I have dealt enough with them behind the scenes to know none of it is real.
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 4:44 pm to
Roadkill


*Although the running out of gas shite has to be planned as often as it happens.
Posted by shamrock
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 4:46 pm to
Married at First sight
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 5:03 pm to
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I think the answer still has to be Survivor. 24 years and 45 seasons...aside from a stray "the producers tried to get me to do this" every now and then over the years, we'd have had a lot more expose type stuff if it were actually fixed.


Not sure about every season, but I was living in Nicaragua when the filmed that season. They were right outside of San Juan Del Sur and the production crew would come and drink in town a few times a week. Sound guys were always bitching about having to reshoot scenes because the site was right alongside the highway and you could hear trucks passing.
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 11:05 pm
Posted by BabyTac
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Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:20 pm to
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Married at First sight


My wife and I got addicted to this show a bit esp since they legit get married, hence a legit divorce if it doesn’t work out. Not sure the details behind it, but most seem genuine. There was an NBA player on one (douche), but he kept delaying signing the divorce papers. I bet that dude was about to get screwed out of his money.

Like 90 Day Fiancé as well.
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 6:31 pm
Posted by The Pirate King
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 6:58 pm to
Survivorman with Les Stroud when it was on air.

Bear Grylls is a phony by the way
Posted by Tigris
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:29 pm to
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Not reality TV.


Because it's actually real?

Posted by Auburn80
Backwater, TN
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 7:58 pm to
Lego Masters is a genuine competition, but the judging is subjective. They build some incredible stuff out of those little bricks.
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:02 pm to
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Swamp People because you can see the Gators POV


Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 1/27/24 at 8:55 pm to
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Because it's actually real?



The genre for those shows (As well as things like COPs, Top Gear, cooking shows, murder mysteries, etc.) is typically called "factual television".
Posted by Tigris
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 5:54 pm to
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The genre for those shows (As well as things like COPs, Top Gear, cooking shows, murder mysteries, etc.) is typically called "factual television".


Wow, this is so Orwellian.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
35934 posts
Posted on 1/28/24 at 8:55 pm to
Drive to Survive is reality, right? It seems pretty unscripted.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:35 pm to
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Alone


Show makes me realize I would die a horrific death if ever put into such a situation.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:38 pm to
I'd certainly have to be less picky eating -wise

It's disgusting most of the time. One season a guy brought salt and I went back and forth about the decision.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:52 pm to
What gets me are the people who eat the teeth of small animals. I'd have to get VERY hungry to get to that point.
Posted by Locoguan0
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:53 pm to
Survivorman
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
39418 posts
Posted on 1/28/24 at 9:54 pm to
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quote:
Alone


Show makes me realize I would die a horrific death if ever put into such a situation.



The show is usually the luck of the draw. Contestants who get dropped off near fertile fishing spots almost always win.

One guy just put out his gillnet, smoked his ransom of fish and slept in his shelter for 3 months. I think they later banned them.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
476737 posts
Posted on 1/28/24 at 10:03 pm to
I've only seen the last two seasons

I always feel bad when people finally get food and it makes them sick, like the guy who caught the beaver
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
39267 posts
Posted on 1/28/24 at 10:20 pm to
Probably get shite on for this but Vanderpump seemed pretty real as far as the events being centered on their real lives and relationships, but obviously the background stuff, activities and side trips, and other things, are pretty contrived.
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