[TChris]

Is there anyone who doesn't know that "reality" shows are staged?

The only things about reality shows that are real are 1) no written script, and 2) no professional actors. That's it. The rest is absolutely set up.

[Straight Vermonter]

The only things about reality shows that are real are 1) no written script, and 2) no professional actors.

During the Hollywood writers strike a couple of years ago the writers for reality shows wanted the same pay as other writers. I assume that means that they do actually have scripts. Probably not all the dialogue is written out though.