''Reality Obsessed'' is a Canadian half-hour documentary television series produced by
Peace Point Entertainment Group
Peace Point Entertainment Group was a Canadian Toronto-based independent television production company,
with a long list of popular television series seen in Canada, United States and with extensive worldwide distribution. It acquired DIDtv, rela ...
that airs on
TVtropolis
DTour (styled as DTOUR) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment.
The channel was originally established by Canwest in 1997 as Prime, a cable companion to Global Television Network, Glob ...
. In each episode, host
Murtz Jaffer attempts to demystify the underpinnings of
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
by trying to recreate events that took place on ''
Big Brother'', ''
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...
'', ''
The Apprentice
''The Apprentice'' is a Reality competition, reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States.
Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with variou ...
'' and numerous other American reality television series past and present.
The series has featured many reality television stars, including
Brian Drolet
Brian Thomas Drolet (born July 2, 1980) is an American actor, producer and writer. He is best known for acting, producing and writing ''Dumbbells''.
Early life
Drolet was born and grew up in Queens, New York. He graduated from the University of ...
from
''The Hills'' and
''Damage Control'',
Johnny Fairplay
Jonny Fairplay (born Jon Dalton, March 11, 1974) is an American former art consultant, professional wrestler, and reality television personality. He has twice competed on the reality competition TV show '' Survivor'', coming in third place on the ...
from ''
Survivor'', Dave Olsen from ''
Beauty and the Geek
''Beauty and the Geek'' is an American reality television series that premiered on The WB on June 1, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and J.D. Roth. The show's ti ...
'', and Jason Peoples from ''
Average Joe
The terms average Joe, ordinary Joe, Joe Sixpack, Joe Lunchbucket, Joe Snuffy, Joe Blow, Joe Schmo (for males) and ordinary Jane, average Jane, and plain Jane (for females), are used primarily in North America to refer to a completely average p ...
''.
References
External links
Official Site''Reality Obsessed'' Downloads
2008 Canadian television series debuts
2000s Canadian documentary television series
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