What makes a reality show a hit?

What makes a reality show a hit?

The answer to that question is very tricky and requires predicting the future a little bit. Often it's either one of two things. A reality show can be a hit because it's so new, it's never been seen before, or it is a hit because it hits exactly where some other show hit: if that other show hit with that, maybe I can hit with that too. That happens a lot. It's one or the other usually, though: the reality show is either so new that nobody's tried it and maybe it's going to make a bit splash and a lot of noise and be a hit, or it's so not new that it's got to be a hit because every other show like it is a hit.