This is What Reality Looks Like
July 30, 2004
Honest souls may disagree about what the Americans have brought to Iraq - freedom, or just more suffering. But one product of the invasion is indisputable: reality TV. The genre's first hit in the cradle of civilization is called "Labor and Materials," and airs weekly on satellite channel Al Sharqiya. Essentially a home makeover show, it aims to clean, fix, and furnish Iraqi homes destroyed in the war. Christian Science Monitor correspondent Annia Ciezadlo tells Bob that the renovations are winning over a big audience.
