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Spectacle: True Crime

Spectacle is a series that analyzes the cultural and societal implications of your guilty pleasures. From reality TV to true crime, Spectacle simultaneously celebrates and critiques the media, people ... Read more

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Spectacle: An Unscripted History of Reality TV Trailer

Spectacle: An Unscripted History of Reality TV Trailer

Reality TV is dismissed as guilty pleasure, low brow... even trash. But whether you want to admit it or not, you probabl... Read more

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Reality TV | 1. An American Family

Reality TV | 1. An American Family

In the first episode of season 1 of Spectacle, we'll go back to the show that started it all -- An American Family. Most... Read more

10 Feb 2021

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Reality TV | 3. How Survivor revealed America’s tribalism

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Reality TV | 5. Behind the gates with the ‘Real’ housewives

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Reality TV | 7. Queer Eye, a master class in male vulnerability

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