Editing Reality television (section)

=== 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>