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Cry Baby Cry: How Reality TV Producers Manufacture Drama and Why We Can't Stop Watching

Cry Baby Cry: How Reality TV Producers Manufacture Drama and Why We Can't Stop Watching

Reality TV has never been real, and deep down you've always known it. From suspiciously timed rose ceremony breakdowns to Survivor tribal councils that feel more scripted than a Marvel origin story, producers have been pulling strings since before Jeff Probst owned his first cargo vest. Here's your definitive, unapologetic guide to the most gloriously fake meltdowns in reality television history.