13 Reality Shows We Really Wish We Were Making Up

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Television is a dichotomous animal.

The same week HBO aired the True Detective finale, USA debuted Chrisley Knows Best and WEtv announced Sex Box, a program that features married couples having sex... in a box. And then talking about it with experts.

We wish we were making that up.

We also wish we were making up every reality show on the following list, all of which either have existed or currently exist - and all of which make us fear that the Apocalypse is nigh.

Click through them now... and go horde a few canned goods.

13 Reality Shows We Wish We Were Making Up
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I’m writing in the paper that Kingfisher is on the verge of bankruptcy … which it is. The next morning, I get slapped with two lawsuits from Natey Flint. He takes out a liable suit against the Sunrise Herald and a one-million-dollar liable suit against me.

Frank Kovick

Stacey: Do you know of any fires in this area?
Frank Kovick: There was one in ’41.
Stacey: There was one in ’41? Where?
Frank Kovick: In Sunrise.
Stacey: Sunrise…
Frank Kovick: It was huge, it destroyed most of the town.
Stacey: Really?!
Frank Kovick: Founders Day fire. They called it the “Miracle Fire” because nobody died.

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