Top 10 Reality TV Shows

MTV's The Hills, a spinoff of the original, Laguna Beach, blurred the lines between reality and scripted television by setting the stage for dramatic encounters and heated conversations between their cast of characters.
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The Hills
MTV's The Hills, a spinoff of the original, Laguna Beach, blurred the lines between reality and scripted television by setting the stage for dramatic encounters and heated conversations between their cast of characters. It also launched the careers of author and fashion designer, Lauren Conrad and recording artist and plastic surgery addict, Heidi Montag.

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