Confession was a crime and police show that aired from June 1958 to January 1959, with interviewer Jack Wyatt questioning criminals from assorted backgrounds. In the 1950s, game shows Beat the Clock and Truth or Consequences involved contestants in wacky competitions, stunts, and practical jokes. In 1948, talent search shows, such as Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour and Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, featured amateur competitors and audience voting. Debuting in 1948, Allen Funt's hidden camera show Candid Camera (based on his previous 1947 radio show, Candid Microphone) broadcast unsuspecting ordinary people reacting to pranks. The 1946 television game show Cash and Carry sometimes featured contestants performing stunts. Queen for a Day (1945–1964) was an early example of reality-based television. Precedents for television that portrayed people in unscripted situations began in the late 1940s. In the 21st century, the series is often considered a prototype of reality television programming. Producer-host Allen Funt's Candid Camera, in which unsuspecting people were confronted with funny, unusual situations and filmed with hidden cameras, first aired in 1948. Television formats portraying ordinary people in unscripted situations are almost as old as the television medium itself. Other criticisms of reality television shows include that they are intended to humiliate or exploit participants that they make stars out of untalented people unworthy of fame, infamous figures, or both and that they glamorize vulgarity. Some shows have been accused of rigging the favorite or underdog to win. Critics argue that reality television shows do not accurately reflect reality, in ways both implicit (participants being placed in artificial situations), and deceptive (misleading editing, participants being coached on behavior, storylines generated ahead of time, scenes being staged). Reality television has faced significant criticism since its rise in popularity. Some genres of television programming that predate the reality television boom have been retroactively classified as reality television, including hidden camera shows, talent-search shows, documentary series about ordinary people, high-concept game shows, home improvement shows, and court shows featuring real-life cases and issues. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves.Äocumentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not classified as reality television. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as The Real World, then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series Survivor, Idols, and Big Brother, all of which became global franchises. Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. For other uses of "Reality Show", see Reality Show (disambiguation). For the channel formerly known as "Reality TV", see CBS Reality. "Reality TV" and "Reality Show" redirect here.
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