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A friend of mine was on the reality TV show “Colonial House” some 20 years ago, more or less on a lark. He showed up every day and worked hard, did all the historically reenacted household tasks he was supposed to do — and did a good job. Most of the people on the show did.

As a result, you hardly even see him on the show, mostly in the background of a few shots. People doing a good job were boring. The show mostly focused on this one family having an interpersonal meltdown. Made for good TV!

And this was a ••PBS•• reality show. PBS!