Editing Reality television (section)

== Pop culture references ==
Some scripted and written works have used reality television as a plot device:

=== Films ===
* ''[[Real Life (1979 film)|Real Life]]'' (1979) is a comedic film about the creation of a show similar to ''[[An American Family]]'' gone horribly wrong.
* ''[[Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves]]'' (1994) is a [[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]] film about a man who signs up to star in a 24-hour-a-day reality television show.
* ''[[The Truman Show]]'' (1998) is a film about a man ([[Jim Carrey]]) who discovers that his entire life is being staged and filmed for a 24-hour-a-day reality television show.
* ''[[EDtv]]'' (1999) was a remake of ''[[Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves]]''.
* ''[[Series 7: The Contenders]]'' (2001) is a film about a reality show in which contestants have to kill each other to win.
* ''[[Halloween: Resurrection]]'' (2002) is a horror slasher film that takes place in a wired house full of surveillance cameras. Each "contestant" is recorded as they attempt to survive and solve the mystery of the murders.
* ''[[American Dreamz]]'' (2006) is a film set partially on an ''American Idol''-like show.
* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2008) is a film in which a contestant on the Indian version of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'' is interrogated because he knows all the answers.

=== Television ===
* ''[[The Comeback (TV series)|The Comeback]]'' (2005) satirizes the indignity of reality television by presenting itself as "raw footage" of a new reality show documenting the attempted comeback of has-been star [[Valerie Cherish]].
* In the [[Nip/Tuck season 5|season 5]] episode "Damien Sands" of American TV show ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (2007), [[Christian Troy]], jealous over [[Sean McNamara (Nip/Tuck)|Sean McNamara]]'s newfound fame, convinces Sean to tape a reality show based on their careers as plastic surgeons, with disastrous results.
* ''[[Dead Set]]'' (2008) is a British television program featuring a zombie apocalypse affecting the ''[[Big Brother (British TV series)|Big Brother]]'' house. Part of the film was shot during an actual eviction with host Davina McCall making a cameo appearance.
* ''[[Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice]]'' (2008) is a British comedy special that satirized reality music competitions, and in particular the reliance on emotional backstories, depicting the series finale of the fictitious reality competition ''Britain's Got the Pop Factor'' (an amalgamation of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', ''[[Pop Idol]]'', and ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]])''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-22 |title=Peter Kay returns with reality show spoof |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/23/comedy.television |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615065658/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/23/comedy.television |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-13 |title=Organ Grinder: Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor was a pure delight |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/13/realitytv-channel4 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615065413/https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/oct/13/realitytv-channel4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Rock Rivals]]'' (2008) is a British television show about two judges on a televised singing contest whose marriage is falling apart.
* "[[Fifteen Million Merits]]" (2011) is an episode in the first season of British television [[anthology series]] ''[[Black Mirror]]'', set in a dystopian future in which appearing on reality television is the only way in which people can escape their miserable, jail-like conditions.
* ''[[Unreal (TV series)|Unreal]]'' (2015) is an American television show that depicts the behind-the-scenes drama on a show similar to ''The Bachelor''.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Bad Wolf]]" is set in a space station, Satellite Five, where residents of Earth are randomly abducted and forced to participate in lethal incarnations of game and reality shows, such as'' Big Brother'' and ''[[The Weakest Link]]'' (hosted by a robot modeled after the real show's then-host [[Anne Robinson]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scott |first=Cavan |date=25 July 2013 |title=The Way Back Part One: Bring Me to Life |journal=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |location=Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent |publisher=[[Panini Comics]] |issue=463 |page=17}}</ref>

=== Literature ===
* ''[[Chart Throb]]'' (2006) is a comic novel by [[Ben Elton]] that parodies ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' and ''[[The Osbournes]]'', among other reality shows.
* ''[[Dead Famous (novel)|Dead Famous]]'' (2001) is a comedic [[whodunit]] novel, also by Ben Elton, in which a contestant is murdered while on a ''Big Brother''-like show.
* ''[[Oryx and Crake]]'' (2003), a speculative fiction novel by ''[[Margaret Atwood]]'', occasionally makes mentions of the protagonist and his friend entertaining themselves by watching reality television shows of live executions, ''[[Noodie News]]'', frog squashing, graphic surgery, and [[child pornography]].<ref>Coral Ann Howells, "The Cambridge companion to Margaret Atwood", Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-521-83966-1}}, p.186</ref><ref>John Moss, Tobi Kozakewich, "Margaret Atwood: The Open Eye", ''Re-appraisals, Canadian writers, volume 30'', University of Ottawa Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-7766-0613-1}}, p.398</ref><ref>Sharon Rose Wilson, "Myths and fairy tales in contemporary women's fiction: from Atwood to Morrison", Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, {{ISBN|0-230-60554-0}}, pp.43,49</ref>
* ''L.A. Candy'' (2009) is a young adult novel series by [[Lauren Conrad]], which is based on her experiences on ''Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County'' and ''The Hills''.