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Side Hustle School

#1809 - Writing About Reality TV Becomes Rite of Passion

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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A journalism teacher’s love of reality TV brings success from The Real World to the real world.   

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0:34.9

I am not a huge fan of Reality TV myself.

0:38.6

Just not into all the drama, you know, the manufacturer aspect of it and such.

0:43.3

But business-wise, I know it is a juggernaut.

0:46.9

Business-wise, you know, and you probably know this too, like why are there so many reality TV shows now?

0:51.2

Just because audiences love drama and studios love the low production cost of most shows.

0:57.2

You know, with reality TV, you don't usually have to pay the talent.

0:59.7

There are sponsorships galore.

1:02.2

You know, everything you see in a reality TV show has been paid for in some fashion.

1:06.0

And in some cases, the script just kind of writes itself.

1:09.0

Like the crews are there to just kind of shoot whatever happens.

1:11.6

And then of course, it goes into editing and, you know, there's much more to be done there.

1:14.8

But the point is, compared to lots of other production, it can be a much lower cost.

1:18.8

And then people like it.

1:20.0

So, you know, today's featured side hustler is much more of a fan than I am of reality TV.

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