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22 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 873 (2004-2005)
A Quizzical Look into the Need for Reality Television Show Regulation

handle is hein.journals/caelj22 and id is 881 raw text is: A QUIZZICAL LOOK INTO THE NEED FOR REALITY TELEVISION SHOW REGULATION TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................... 873 I. REALITY TV GENRE ....................................... 876 II. THE FCC ............................................. 877 A . Background ....................................... 877 B. FCC and Regulation ............................... 878 C. FCC Today ........................................ 879 III. THE QUIZ SHOW SCANDALS ............................... 881 A . Background ....................................... 881 B. Reaction to the Quiz Show Scandals ............... 884 C. FCC Title 47 U.S.C. § 509 ....................... 887 D. What Caused the Quiz Show Scandals? ............ 888 IV. COMPARISON OF REGULATION UNDER 47 U.S.C. § 509 OF QuIz SHOWS VERSUS REALITY TV SHOWS ............ 888 A. Common Characteristics ............................. 889 V. REALITY TV SCANDALS .................................. 890 A. The Survivor Lawsuit .............................. 890 1. Stillman's Likelihood of Success .............. 892 B. The Talk or Walk Scandal .......................... 893 C. The Manhunt Scandal ............................. 894 1. FCC and the Manhunt Scandal ............... 896 VI. WHY FCC REGULATION OF REALITY TV SHOWS Is N EEDED ............................................... 897 CONCLUSION ................................................. 898 INTRODUCTION The five-part documentary series on NBC's Bravo cable net- work, entitled The Reality of Reality,1 exposed lack of reality in the current trend of the reality television (TV) genre.2 This series exposed certain realities of the behind-the-scenes deception of reality shows, specifically the manipulations by certain producers in I The Reality of Reality, a five-part documentary series which aired September 8-12, 2003, examined the history of reality TV from the earliest days of the medium, the instant celebrity culture, and most significantly, the willingness of reality producers to use produc- tion techniques to create an illusion of reality. The Reality of Reality (Bravo television broad- cast, Sept. 8-12, 2003), available at http://www.bravotv.com/The-Reality-OfReality/ about/ (last visited Nov. 1, 2004). 2 Pete Schulberg, Looks Like Reality Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be (Sept. 5, 2003), available at http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=20060 (last visited Jan. 19, 2005).

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