In the late 2000s, tabloids that had once only featured actors and music icons on their covers started to broaden their offerings to reality TV stars, marking the beginning of the end for glossies like Us Weekly. In this episode, we chronicle the growing popularity of reality TV in the 2000s and hear how the stars of those shows helped and hurt the tabloids.
Host: Clare Malone
Producers: Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Juliet Litman, Vikram Patel, and Kaya McMullen
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