What is the standard episode order in reality TV?

What is the standard episode order in reality TV?

If it's a weekly reality show on cable, you will probably get 6-8 episodes ordered by the network. If you are lucky and it's an elimination show of some sort, you might get 10 or a little bit more. If it's for network, they try to do the same thing actually. Most networks try to pickup only 8 episodes, to see how it goes, and then pickup what they call the back half to get the 13. In the old days, the initial episode order was 13, and then the rest of the series was 26. Those days are gone. Nobody commits to 13 upfront anymore. They try to order a much lower number of episodes to see how it goes, to see if they want to fund the rest of the series.