5. The Birth of Scripted Reality: Laguna Beach & The Hills Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV

Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale tread a nostalgic path back to their teenage years and The Hills, which birthed reality’s first wave of lifestyle influencers. Featuring interviews with Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, and many more.

Producer: Hannah Hufford
Executive Producer: Pandora Sykes
Executive Editor: James Cook
Content Producer: Hannah Robins
Technical Producer: Giles Aspen

Archive credits:
The OC, Wonderland Sound and Vision
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, Go Go Luckey Productions
The Hills, Done and Done Productions
Nightline, ABC News Productions
Velvet’s Edge with Kelly Henderson, Nashville Podcast Network