The First Reality Show: An American Family

How Television Can Eat Your Family

Many people believe that there is a reality show curse which either effectively ruins couples or tears apart families. This stems from the fact that many couples that have appeared on various reality shows have divorced after having their own show.

Some famous examples: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey on MTV’s The Newlyweds, Jon and Kate from TLC’S Jon and Kate Plus 8, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown from their reality series, and a whole bunch of the housewives casts. But perhaps the Loud family were the first victims of the so called reality curse. Even son Lance Loud said, “Television ate my family”.