What is 'reality television'?

What is 'reality television'?

Mark Cronin (Founder & Producer) gives expert video advice on: Is reality TV a new phenomenon?; What were the first reality shows?; How popular are reality shows? and more...

To me, reality television is the portrayal of real life, in some way, in some unscripted way. The closest thing to reality television is documentary. What a documentary is to films, reality television is to television. I guess that's the easiest way to say it. Although all of reality television, and to be honest with you, all of documentary work, even in film, is manipulated in some way.