Reality television
It is a kind of television programming that captures apparently unscripted real-life occurrences, frequently featuring unknown individuals rather than professional actors, and is shown on television networks worldwide. Reality television first emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as The Real World, and then gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s with the success of series such as Survivor, Idols, and Big Brother, all of which went on to become global franchises. Reality television has been categorised as follows: It is most usual to see "confessionals" on American reality television series, which are brief interview pieces in which cast members reflect on or offer context for the events seen on-screen. In most competition-based reality programmes, competitors are gradually eliminated, either by a panel of judges, by the show's audience, or by the contestants themselves throughout the course of the show's running time.
Generally speaking, reality television does not include programmes such as documentaries, news broadcasts, sports broadcasts, chat shows, and classic game shows. The reality television boom has spawned a slew of genres of television programming that were previously unclassified as reality television. These include hidden camera shows, talent hunt shows, documentary series about ordinary people, high-concept game shows, home improvement shows, and courtroom dramas based on real-life cases.
Since its meteoric ascent to popularity, reality television has drawn a great deal of criticism. Reality television programmes, according to critics, do not correctly represent reality in ways that are both implicit (participants are put in fake scenarios) and deceitful (participants are presented in natural situations) (misleading editing, participants being coached on behavior, storylines generated ahead of time, scenes being staged). Some programmes have been accused of fixing the results in order to benefit the favourite or underdog. Among the other complaints levelled against reality television programmes are the claims that they are meant to humiliate or exploit participants, the assertion that they produce stars out of untalented individuals who are undeserving of recognition, notorious persons, or both, and the assertion that they glamorise filth.