Is reality TV a new phenomenon?

Is reality TV a new phenomenon?

Reality television has been around literally since the birth of television. The earliest forms of television were game shows, talk shows, and panel shows, where people came on the programs. People don't really count news as reality television, but anything that's showing your life and recording as a real event can be construed as reality television. It's really anything that's not fiction. It's any form of television that is not about made-up characters doing made-up things in a made-up plot. Most of television actually is reality television.