Ready for another reality show? Showtime hopes you are, however, the reality show they’re bringing you is one with a twist. Reality Show, an 8-episode miniseries, is set to debut on November 1, 2012 at 11:30pm (ET/PT) and is described as “darkly satirical” – a description not often associated with a reality series.
Adam Rifkin (Mousehunt, Underdog) wrote, directs, executive produces, and stars in the miniseries. The cast also includes Scott Anderson and Kelly Menighan Hensley.
The Plot:
Reality Show follows Mickey Wagner (Adam Rifkin), a down-on-his-luck reality show producer, as he crafts a sensational comeback. Fed up with how staged and phony reality shows are, Mickey hatches a revolutionary idea to pick an average American family and put them under all-encompassing surveillance…without the family’s knowledge.
The concept is to let real life unfold before the cameras. However, the family is numbingly boring. And the studio wants more sizzle. So Mickey starts to introduce drama into the unwitting family’s lives. Temptation to cheat, drinking, work problems…. chaos ensues. Everything unravels in a big, big way with shocking consequences.
Watch the (not safe for work) trailer:
