Reality TV is No Passing Fad
The Los Angles Times reports that reality shows were “about 40% of all on-location TV production,” for a collective total “of 8,397 days filming.”
The article goes on to state:
“Los Angeles economist Jack Kyser estimates at least 30,000 local jobs are tied to reality television.”
However, “reality shows don’t pack the same economic punch as scripted shows, which have larger budgets, bigger crews and longer runs. A typical one-hour drama that runs 22 episodes costs close to $50 million, compared with about $7 million spent on a 10-episode reality show,” according to the Times.
Sounds to me like reality TV is popular, gets good ratings, but costs a lot less to make. I think we’re going to see that reality TV will continue to hold its own in the industry. We won’t be seeing it go away for a very long time. (Thank goodness!) ;-)
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