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    So Much Reality TV It's Unreal!

    TV was already getting more and more into unscripted fare before the strike.  Now, there's so much reality programming it's unreal! We get the lay of the unscripted landscape with Joel McHale of E! Entertainment's show The Soup. Plus, while most of the industry suffers, video games rock on (redux).

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Ben Fritz

      Wall Street Journal

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