How did game shows influence the creation of reality shows?
The first successful reality shows of the current era were very strong on game elements. Most notably, Survivor, and Big Brother, and American Idol, and Amazing Race. Those four, which have had had tremendous success and popularity and, in the case of Amazing Race, Emmy’s, are all competition shows. They’re sort of game shows blown-up and done in a big way and with an international scope, or with tremendous production values, or with other elements that take them out of being your Grandma’s game show. But they are today’s generation of game show.
