'Fabulous Dads' A look at the top reality TV formats at the 2021 digital MIPTV market aiming to be the next big thing in non-scripted entertainment. "Buyers are very open to the crazy idea, nothing is too crazy right now." 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 Voice and T he 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.