Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
You do, of course, realize that many of those situations are
encouraged if not outright scripted by the producers and directors,
right? After all, would you rather watch a show in which all the
participants get along just hunky-dory, or one in which conflicts,
tension and backstabbing abound?
It's all about ratings. "Reality" shows on American TV are usually
anything [b]but.[/b]
With the prize money and what-not at stake, would the
contestants really want to endanger their own chances of winning it
by acting bitchy and all that? 
How about the backstabbing and all that in Survivor... there's
US$1M to be won... is that all scripted too?
How much of it is scripted and how much is real? 
