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Introduction
Prologue: the cult of tv personality
1979-80: the golden gut strikes again
1980-81: branding a genre: non-fiction, actuality, reality!
1981-82: whackos, freaks, eccentrics' God bless America
1982-83: sliding down the tv food chain: syndicated reality
1983-84: ebb tide
Epilogue from Real people to the real world, 1984-1992
Appendix I. Real people episode guide
Appendix II. List of reality shows, 1978-1992
Appendix III. Map of real people filming locations, 1979-1984.
Prologue: the cult of tv personality
1979-80: the golden gut strikes again
1980-81: branding a genre: non-fiction, actuality, reality!
1981-82: whackos, freaks, eccentrics' God bless America
1982-83: sliding down the tv food chain: syndicated reality
1983-84: ebb tide
Epilogue from Real people to the real world, 1984-1992
Appendix I. Real people episode guide
Appendix II. List of reality shows, 1978-1992
Appendix III. Map of real people filming locations, 1979-1984.