Second, . Netflix's Catfish meets Bandersnatch . Imagine a show where viewers vote via their remote or phone to influence who gets eliminated or what challenge happens next. The line between The Truman Show and video game is dissolving.

While scripted shows offer the comfort of a beginning, middle, and end, reality TV offers the chaos of life—edited, amplified, and set to a pulsing commercial break. As long as humans remain messy, dramatic, and vain, reality TV will not only survive; it will rule the remote.

See that girl, Maya? Sarah whispered to her assistant. She’s too happy. Go tell her that the guy she likes, Leo, was seen whispering to the redhead behind the equipment shed. But he wasn't, the assistant replied, checking his notes.

From a business perspective, reality TV is the perfect product. There are no expensive writers' rooms (outside of story producers, who are paid significantly less), no A-list actor salary demands, and no costly location scouting. A single episode of The Office (scripted) cost millions. An episode of Million Dollar Listing costs a fraction of that.

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