{"product_id":"reality-television-richard-m-huff-9780275981709","title":"Reality Television","description":"\u003cp\u003eReality programming--a broad title for unscripted shows that involve non-actors--is really an updated version of a classic television genre that had its first successes decades before \u003ci\u003eThe Real World\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSurvivor\u003c\/i\u003e made their premieres. NBC launched \u003ci\u003eTry and Do It\u003c\/i\u003e, a show in which audience members attempted to complete tasks such as whistling with a mouthful of crackers, in 1949. In the 1950s \u003ci\u003eQueen for a Day\u003c\/i\u003e crowned the most down-trodden of its four contestants, draping her in a sable-trimmed robe and granting a previously declared wish. The wild success reality television has achieved of late has pushed the envelope of such programming ever further away from the genre's innocuous beginnings. The time is now ripe for a look back on how this genre has developed, what it reveals about us, and what has transformed it into one of the most powerful forms of entertainment on television today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReality programming--a broad title for unscripted shows that involve non-actors--is really an updated version of a classic television genre that had its first successes decades before \u003ci\u003eThe Real World\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSurvivor\u003c\/i\u003e made their premieres. NBC launched \u003ci\u003eTry and Do It\u003c\/i\u003e, a show in which audience members attempted to complete tasks such as whistling with a mouthful of crackers, in 1949. In the 1950s \u003ci\u003eQueen for a Day\u003c\/i\u003e crowned the most down-trodden of its four contestants at the end of each show, draping her in a sable-trimmed robe and granting a previously declared wish. The wild success reality television has achieved of late has pushed the envelope of such programming ever further away--from the genre's innocuous beginnings. The time is now ripe for a look back on how this genre has developed, what it reveals about us, and what has transformed it into one of the most powerful forms of entertainment on television today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing interviews with network insiders, reality producers, and other experts, Richard Huff supplies fascinating insights into the diverse content and often erratic development of reality television programming, augmenting this information with illuminating general connections between the past and present forms these shows assume. From \u003ci\u003eQueen for a Day\u003c\/i\u003e through \u003ci\u003eExtreme Makeover, \u003c\/i\u003e from \u003ci\u003eCops\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eFear Factor, \u003c\/i\u003e the genre is placed before us in this exhaustive and many-sided account, an account that uncovers the foundations and the future potential of the compelling and dominating phenomenon that is reality television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Huff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275981703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275981709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.76w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 286","brand":"Richard M. Huff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152953946367,"sku":"9780275981709","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e90456d-62c5-4a61-87d5-2b65ca905062.jpg?v=1770780312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reality-television-richard-m-huff-9780275981709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}