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Anything which is a contrived scenario but not dramatised. So yes, home reno is reality TV.
I mean yes it is reality TV, and does serve the same purpose of telling boomers "Yes, everything is fine", but it's from the opposite direction of a freak show.
Instead of atypical people getting punished, it's folk conservatives would approve of getting rewarded by buying million dollar houses.
Hmm. I haven't really watched anything like that but presumably the contestants face various dilemmas to make the show interesting.
In that case it would be the same. Commoditising the angst of contestants.
Not really, the dilemmas are "He wants something mid-century-modern, she wants something more traditional" and then they buy or renovate a house and both people explain why this house fulfills their requirements (or forget about them) and how happy they are with their new house.
But also those shows are just adverts for the various retailers of construction supplies, fixtures, and furniture used in them.
All free to air is mostly product placement. That's why reality TV is so popular.
Of course it goes without saying that most if not all tv as we know it wouldn’t exist without advertising