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| | Reality TV |
 | | Reality TV is typically defined as, non-fictional programming in which portrayal is presumed to present current, historical events or circumstances. |
 | | Reality TV has allowed for the first time since the 1991-92 season networks to maintain their primetime audience that was normally lost to cable. |
 | | Mark Burnett (producer of “Survivor,” “Survivor: The Australian Outback,” “Eco-Challenge,” “Combat Missions,” and “Destination Mir”) is guaranteed to receive 50% of “Destination Mir,” “Eco-Challenge,” and “Combat Missions” advertising revenues, which surprised everyone and is breaking a media rule (Carter, Survival of the Pushiest, 2001: 24). |
| oregonstate.edu /instruct/soc499/cordray/media/Realitytv.html (3061 words) |
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