House Hunters revelation

[MNNHFLTX]

I could so see that happening to me. I'm also amazed especially on the Asian episode how much smaller many of the kitchens are and how some apartment/condos don't have ovens.

Oh, I know, Cindy! I could not live without an oven! How about the places that have a little loft for a bedroom? And why are the bidets across the bathroom from the toilets?? That's something I've never been able to figure out.

Okay, my observations are digressing into potential potty humor--so sorry.

[AgentC]

Okay, my observations are digressing into potential potty humor--so sorry.

I have a 4 & 6 year old. In my house potty humor is an everyday occurrence.

[Ian]

I've always assumed these shows were scripted to a degree. The unpredictability of actually going out and showing someone three houses and making them choose one would be an almost impossible scenario to "produce" into a 30 minute TV show.

What if they didn't like any of the houses? What if they couldn't get a mortgage? Or didn't have a big enough downpayment? Or the seller changed their mind? Etc.

I pretty much assume all "reality" TV shows are, for the most part, staged. You can tell, especially on some of the hidden treasure shows like Pawn Stars and Storage Wars, that the cast is "acting" out a scene. Also, some of the occurances are just so improbably that it's impossible to believe they happened naturally.

[Scar]

I've always assumed these shows were scripted to a degree.

I've personally seen the opening sequence to an "American Pickers" show shot. It was definitely scripted.

[BrerGnat]

Many moons ago, a high school friend of mine was chosen to be on the cast of Real World Seattle. She dropped out when they presented her with her "character development storyline and script."

Ever since then, I've known that "Reality" TV is about as real as pigs that can fly.

[TheDuckRocks]

My thoughts exactly! I still like watching House Hunters because I love looking at houses and seeing what houses are worth in different areas of the country/world.

You can sometimes tell which house "won" by looking at the female's hair in the shot where they are deciding which house to buy. Sometimes they film vising the houses on different days or will change clothes for the camera but the hair style will be the same on the day/house they choose!

Anyone ever catch the episode where the woman changed the color of her hair from blonde to brown and then back to blonde because of the editing?

[Hammer]

Like most of the posters have said, I realize that these HGTV shows are scripted, but I still enjoy many of them like House Hunters, My First Place, My First Sale and Property Virgins. I crack up at some of the stupid things people fixate on when looking for a home! As someone who just sold her first place and moved up to a larger home (which I only had 5 weeks to find it and finance it), these shows did give me ideas for staging my house for selling and how to configure open concept layouts in my new place.

[Kairi_7378]

A friend of the family was on House Hunters last year. After filming, they had told us about how the process worked. There are so many steps to moving, and in order to squeeze it all into a half hour, I am sure that a lot of it has to be set up beforehand.

I still enjoy the show, though.

[Arielfan98]

I actually heard about this from my sister. It really ruins the fun of the show :P