Anne-Elizabeth Robin
Contestant
Dark Side of Reality TV (2024)
Season 1
Dive deep beyond the infamous makeovers, romances and eliminations that helped define an entire TV genre, to bring you stories you've never heard before from producers, contestants and crew, painting a realer version of the reality world.
Released Sept. 3, 2024
Episode 44 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.professional-ethics, imdb.reenactment
Watch Providers: Hoopla, Vice TV , Spectrum On Demand, Philo
Network: Vice TV
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Swan
"The Swan" is supposed to be fairytale makeover television, but when the cast discover they're really contestants in a plastic surgery face-off, it becomes a grueling nightmare.
Sept. 3, 2024, midnight
S1E2 - Kid Nation
When 40 children are chosen from America's best and brightest to form their own society in the middle of the New Mexico desert, it quickly descends into Lord of the Flies 2.0.
Sept. 17, 2024, midnight
S1E3 - Joe Millionaire
It's TV's biggest ever bait and switch - 20 women are deceived into believing their would-be suitor is worth millions, and made to look like gold diggers in front of 70m viewers.
Sept. 24, 2024, midnight
S1E4 - The Surreal Life
Seven celebs spend ten days together in a Hollywood mansion, but what starts as a social experiment gets out of hand after producers cast personalities that explode on contact.
Oct. 1, 2024, midnight
S1E5 - Hell's Kitchen
The meanest man on television runs his contestants through a verbal assault course as they vye for a dream job working under him. But is this a cooking contest, or just a game show?
Oct. 8, 2024, midnight
S1E6 - Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Gifting new homes to families in dire straits seems anything but dark; but viewers don't get to see how the houses become money-pits, that lead to family fallout and massive debt.
Oct. 15, 2024, midnight
S1E7 - Survivor - Season One
It kickstarted a TV revolution, and gave rise to reality's first villain. But was the real winner of Survivor's first season Richard Hatch, or the show's creator, Mark Burnett?
Oct. 22, 2024, midnight
S1E8 - The Real Housewives
Over 20 years after it first aired, and with a franchise on almost every continent, how did a show about housewives create some of the most compelling and controversial TV ever?
Oct. 29, 2024, midnight
S1E9 - Toddlers & Tiaras
TLC's tantrum-filled pageant show was controversial from the start, but were these toddlers and their moms organically outrageous, or did producers juice things up for television?
Nov. 12, 2024, midnight
S1E10 - America's Next Top Model
Tyra Banks promises to give aspiring models the tools they needed to succeed in a tough industry; exploring how the show impacted their careers and lives.
Nov. 19, 2024, midnight
Network: Vice TV
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 440 min.
Released: Sept. 3, 2024
Last Air Date: Nov. 19, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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