Real People was the NBC show that accidentally invented reality TV ?
and almost nobody remembers it did.

Before Survivor, before COPS, before America's Funniest Home Videos,
there was Real People (1979?1984), the quirky little show where the
stars were ordinary Americans instead of Hollywood celebrities. Hosted
by Sarah Purcell, John Barbour, Skip Stephenson, Byron Allen, Fred
Willard, and a young Peter Billingsley, and produced by Laugh-In
creator George Schlatter, it climbed from a six-episode test run to one
of the highest-rated shows in America ? and quietly launched the entire reality television genre.

00:00 ? Intro
00:36 ? What Was Real People?
02:08 ? Meet the Hosts
03:32 ? The Segments
05:47 ? The Copycats
08:25 ? How It Changed TV Forever
11:06 ? Where Are They Now?

In this video we look back at the segments you probably forgot: the
funny viewer photos, the Casket Queen, the world's loudest man, the
wall walker, the Nielsen family gag, and the corny host banter that
made Wednesday nights on NBC must-watch TV. Then we follow the family
tree of copycats it spawned ? That's Incredible!, That's My Line, Games
People Play, and the decades of bloopers, home videos, and reality competitions that followed ? to show how one gentle little show rewired television forever.

https://youtu.be/H4R0o81sGcY?si=MyuurrOSFg0VeDEs

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