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RealScreen magazine is, as it says on its web site, “the only publication written specifically for and about the business of factual and non-fiction programming.”

For four years, from 2006 to 2010, I wrote regular columns for the magazine about unscripted TV—its shows and its practices.

  • The sound and the fury / 10.10
  • Is summer still reality’s season in the sun? / 5.10
  • Hard Work and Hard Words / 3.10
  • A salute to a Survivor / 1.10
  • Falling back down to Earth / 12.09
  • Daring to be different [Sundance Channel’s Brick City] / 9.09
  • America’s next integration model / 5.09
  • Wither the [fourth] wall? / 3.09
  • Recession reality / 1.09
  • Building a better mousetrap [behind the scenes of a Survivor challenge] / 11.08
  • Stand-ins [Can producers successfully take over another prodco’s formats?] / 9.08
  • Time for change [new TV viewing habits] / 6.08
  • The Hills have lies [manipulated reality TV] / 12.07
  • Yesterday’s outrage [viewers’ connection to programs they hate] / 1.08
  • The voice of God [reality TV narration] / 10.07
  • When reality gets too real / 7.07
  • When good ideas go bad / 4.07
  • Oh, snap! [reality TV stars who become successful] / 1.07
  • From pen to sword [the job of story producers] / 11.06
  • Hosts with the most / 10.06
  • Culture Clash [Emmy categories] / 9.06
  • Stop Faking Reality / 6.06

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Hi! I'm Andy, a writer and teacher who obsessively and critically covers reality TV and unscripted entertainment, focusing on how it’s made and what it means. Learn more about me.

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