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4 unusual facts about Real TV


Joe Francis

Francis’ first business venture began when he was working as a production assistant for Real TV, a reality television program that aired footage of extraordinary events that were not usually covered in mainstream news.

Real TV

Featured correspondents included Sibila Vargas, Michael Brownlee, John Johnston, Lisa G., and Ellen K. William B. Davis, best known as Cigarette Smoking Man from the sci-fi TV series The X-Files, also made occasional appearances.

The show was canceled in 2001, and was replaced in many markets by the similar Maximum Exposure, which ran original episodes until 2002 and continues to air in syndication (Maximum Exposure was produced under the RTV News banner).

Rick Rose

Rose started his television career working on the reality based television shows World's Wildest Police Videos for 20th Century Fox Television, Real TV, The Mole and Murder in Small Town X.



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Act One, Inc.

The Writing Program was created the same year as Act One, and until 2009 was an intensive one-month course devoted to teaching the rigors of screenwriting; a TV track was added in 2002, allowing a select group of writing students to participate in a mockup of a real TV writer's room.

Suhit Gosain

REAL TV, a short-lived TV channel, launched a Music Reality show named Sitaron Ko Choona Hai, which is anchored by Suhit.His co-host is Sunanda Wong.This show had a former Indian Idol 3 contestant named Padmanav Bordoloi, who happens to be Suhit's best friend.

Talkback with Jerry Galvin

(Late Night with David Letterman, a real TV talk show which was finding its footing around the same time, had a similar parodical feel, but was somewhat reined in by its celebrity guest format.)