Unscripted television — from reality and game show formats to longform documentaries and true crime — is the unsung hero of the pandemic.
That might be taking it a bit far, but nonscripted formats — the likes of The Bachelor, The Voiceand The Masked Singer — helped get broadcast networks through a rough patch last year when COVID-19 shut down production and scripted series went on an indefinite hiatus.
Fiction production is up and running again, but the unscripted business has only picked up the pace, helped by new investment by the studios and streamers.
Disney and Fox recently launched in-house alternative (read: reality) TV units to supply their SVOD services with shows, and Warner Bros.' unscripted division — producer of The Bachelor.
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