--- description: Reality series aren’t exactly well respected; critics, social scientists, and even fans never stop unearthing revelations about their crass manipulations and toxic tropes. Yet despite all the antipathy directed at these programs, they’ve conquered the culture and claimed their prize: our attention. title: How Reality TV Reshaped Our World image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt498ca11f3fc4886f/698a347fb3fce379220c9897/TIME_REALITY_TV_VIDEO.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: How Reality TV Reshaped Our World  by [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/)  ## Joey Lautrup Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2022 3:36 PM CUT  Jayson Jimenez--Getty Images  by [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/)  ## Joey Lautrup Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2022 3:36 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6204935/watch-how-reality-tv-reshaped-our-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6204935/watch-how-reality-tv-reshaped-our-world/"},"headline":"Watch: How Reality TV Reshaped Our World","datePublished":"2022-08-10T15:36:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T14:36:01.213Z","description":"Reality series aren’t exactly well respected; critics, social scientists, and even fans never stop unearthing revelations about their crass manipulations and toxic tropes. Yet despite all the antipathy directed at these programs, they’ve conquered the culture and claimed their prize: our attention.","url":"https://time.com/6204935/watch-how-reality-tv-reshaped-our-world/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt498ca11f3fc4886f/698a347fb3fce379220c9897/TIME_REALITY_TV_VIDEO.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joey Lautrup","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt498ca11f3fc4886f/698a347fb3fce379220c9897/TIME_REALITY_TV_VIDEO.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME_REALITY_TV_VIDEO","caption":"","creditText":"Jayson Jimenez--Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6204935/watch-how-reality-tv-reshaped-our-world/","name":"Watch: How Reality TV Reshaped Our World"}}]}] ```