Many thought the halt of scripted programming would lead to a reality boom, but even as fall schedules rely heavily on unscripted, workers still grapple with diminished job opportunities, long hours and a lack of union support: “We get starved out all the time.”
I sometimes wonder if the need to turn the “news” division into another “entertainment” group led to this. Most “reality television” boils down to a camera on the scene, with some faceless person asking “So, how do you feel about that?”.