Renovation Realities
Renovation Realities is not scripted, according to host Farr, and the homeowners’ reactions to renovation realities and bad news are very real. Whether you like it or not, it’s hardly the first show that’s been chastised for a perceived lack of authenticity.
Paternity Court
Is Paternity Court a staged production? All televised ‘courts’ are pre-recorded. It’s not a court, and it’s a binding arbitration in which the arbitrator is paid from advertising sales rather than arbitration costs because the binding arbitration will be televised. The two people are real. They signed a contract with the station and production business, and they are entitled to no more than $5,000 in compensation, with the possibility of receiving nothing if the Judge determines they are simply trying to scam the system.