From The Bachelor’s problematic take on gender to The Real World’s casting for conflict, Spectacle unpacks the wild and hyper-real history of unscripted television, one moment at a time. We examine how the genre has changed over time, and how the country has changed along with it. 

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Hosted by writer, comedian and producer Mariah Smith along with reality stars each week like:

• Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk
• The Real World New York’s Norman Korpi
• The Bachelor and The Bachelorette’s Jen Schefft Waterman
• The Great British Baking Show’s David Atherton 
• The Circle US’s Chris Sapphire

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