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Authors present differing opinions on whether reality television benefits society more than scripted television does, whether reality TV has lowered standards for television and society as a whole, and whether reality TV intentionally subverts social progress and gender equality.

Seventeen-year-old Jacey Chandliss has just won America's Top Actress Award for her role in a major motion picture, and is now in the Hollywood spotlight; however, best friends Dash and Desi are with her to help keep her from going too "Hollywood.".

Taking part in the reality show "The Challenge," twins Lizzie and Shane's college scholarship hopes could be dashed if they cannot get past their differences for the sake of the team.

Geronimo's friend Champ Strongpaws enrolls him as a contestant in "Mouse Island Idol," despite his strenuous objections, but when the CD he makes is pirated, he enlists the aid of his old friend Hercule Poirat.

Now a reality show celebrity, nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts learns that not all of her new friends are trustworthy.

Jane's efforts to avoid drama and scandal are thwarted with the simultaneous arrival of her high school sweetheart, Caleb, and her Los Angeles crush, Braden, but a shocking discovery will change everything.

When two sisters get their own fashion-focused reality television show, vivacious Paige is excited, but Erin, a Christian who is more interested in being behind the camera than in front of it, has problems with some of the things they are asked to do.

Thirteen-year-old Mickey, jealous when her friends start dating and anxious about the reality television show filming in her mother's salon, gets caught on camera sharing confidential information.

Nancy Drew heads to Paris to film a reality TV show searching for the next world-famous sleuth, but as she plays the game, Nancy begins to wonder how far the other contestants might go to win the grand prize.

Superpowered humans, known as NEXT, control crime in the city of Stern Bild while, at the same time, promoting their sponsors on the hit television show "Hero TV." Veteran hero Wild Tiger, whose ratings have begun to slip, is unwillingly paired with newcomer Barnaby Brooks Jr., and they will have to overcome their differences and learn to work together if they are to defeat the city's superpowered bad guys.