For Real: The Story of Reality TV Recap for April 1, 2021 Tonightâs episode of For Real: The Story of Reality TV talks about how reality TV made real people famous and the early years of the genre.
The episode opens with several people in reality TV (both on camera and behind the scenes) talking about what is real and what is fake. We then get a flashback to MTV at Daytona Beach, where people would go on spring break in hopes of getting discovered.
This led to people at MTV wondering how they could make this a thingâ¦..hence the birth of The Real World and reality TV.  Everyone, including Kim Kardashian West, wanted to be a part of the show.