Panel Discussion: “Reality TV: Confessions from the Inside”

What goes into the development of your favorite reality television shows? This special panel discussion event brings together producers and personalities from some of television’s most popular reality shows for a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about the craft of the genre. Featuring professionals who have worked on such shows as Love Island, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Biggest Loser, Bar Rescue, and many others, the discussion will explore the creative and editorial decisions that shape these programs, and the experiences of those who appear on them. Presented in the spirit of our benefactors Marcy Carsey and Dick Wolf, two major television producers who believe in opening up thoughtful conversations about the medium of television, this panel offers a rare opportunity to hear from the reality television professionals on the complex process of crafting reality for the screen.

In this special panel discussion event, we will be joined by Sol Dean (reality television personality, Love Island USA), Jeff Jenkins (president of Jeff Jenkins Productions; producer, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives), John Polly (co-executive producer, RuPaul’s Drag Race), JD Roth (founder of 3 Ball Productions and GoodStory Entertainment; executive producer, The Biggest Loser), and moderator Hunter Hargraves (California State University, Fullerton).