Was mainstream Kiwi reality TV at its best 20 years ago? Photo / The SpinoffThis story was originally published by The SpinoffOPINION:From Flatmates to Popstars to Celebrity Treasure Island, New Zealand reality television was at its best when nobody really knew what they were doing. Appropriately, the black mirror of locally produced reality TV did its job by producing shows that were almost always cheap versions of overseas shows with much bigger budgets. I'm pretty sure I watched a whole episode of New Zealand's Next Top Model set at the Howick historical village. New Zealand reality TV in the late 90s and early 00s might have been a bit shit, but that's what made it ours.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 15, 2021 03:56 UTC