"For me, he was the whole promo campaign, " says Michael Darnell, head of reality programming at Fox.
John the Baptist's video gets the nod for Steelroots, a teen TV program featuring Christ-friendly sports, music and reality programming.
It doesn't look like the channel's beyond reality programming altogether, with its first two shows being a cooking competition named Knife Fight and its other being a celebrity-based travel show named The Getaway.
To save money, broadcast networks are likely to keep lots of cheap reality programming in their schedules, which will mean less work for writers, says Michael Nathanson, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, a research firm.
Everybody loves robots, but the initial ardor for building one can quickly be snuffed out by the complex reality of actually programming it to do anything.
It just happens to be smothered and covered by reality shows and scripted programming.
Their grand announcement of a programming lineup was two reality shows and reruns of other programs.
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Since then it has become clear that sports programming has become the ultimate content in a reality television world, resulting in booming valuations.
So sporting events, competition reality shows and award shows have often out-performed other types of programming because viewers want to enjoy the immediacy of the event and not get spoiled by headlines revealing the outcome the next day.
Scripted programming will always be at the heart of this brand, but reality is an interesting area for us.
Despite efforts by the Guild, most reality shows aren't covered under the current contracts, making them attractive programming options and providing networks leverage at the bargaining table.
In addition to ordering up more reality fare (reality shows are not covered by the current contracts) and preparing news and sports programming, that means stockpiling scripts of current shows and scurrying to order straight-to-series scripts for others.
But until--and if--that caliber of reality success happens again for CBS, Carat's Senior Vice President and Director of Programming Shari Anne Brill says the network should focus on its other offerings: drama and comedy.
Looking to expand beyond its stable of popular reality shows, MTV executives have been open about their aggressive push into scripted series, which included bringing programming chief David Janollari aboard early last year.
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