The Reality Machine

The End Of Reality?!

2026-11-01

As we reach the end of our journey, we confront the severe economic storm that has been threatening the future of local television. With traditional broadcast advertising collapsing and global tech platforms taking the lion's share of revenue, broadcasters , and the production companies who make their shows, are facing an existential crisis.

Greenstone’s Rachel Antony outlines the sharp contraction in local screen funding, while others consider where we go next, and how we can continue to make and watch a variety of unscripted shows in the future.

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9

Latest episode

2026-11-01

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After 20+ years in the TV industry, including inside some of the country’s biggest reality shows, Dylan Reeve is pulling back the curtain on what makes Reality TV what it is.