Writer/Producer Troy DeVolld Shares the Secrets of Reality TV 

The guest was awesome, and is a Full Sail graduate, so, I stand somewhat corrected.

I believe Constantin's notes for the interview were on his phone. He's a terrific pro who would never be looking at his phone during something like this.

Given VH1's success with celebrity reality (The Surreal Life, another show I worked on, made its second-season debut there in 2003 as a frontrunner in that wave , having run on WB the first year), Basketball Wives probably seemed tailor-made for it by 2010. Celebrity reality in general had worked well for MTV, starting with The Osbournes -- and yeah, I was there for that, too... it was only my second gig in reality television, and where I learned from the best of the best in reality story. For more than a decade, reality's sort of been ironing out the fabric. Niche networks are trying to expand audiences, and in doing so, have rebranded like crazy. Bravo was a completely different animal in its early days, just like TruTv (formerly CourtTV) and so many others. I do like that MTV and VH1 still air so much music-related stuff and haven't completely abandoned their roots. Great networks.

+lamont lankford I'd suggest that you check out my blog (free)/book (not free) for answers and/or Joke and Biagio's podcasts on how to sell reality shows (free). It's too complicated to go into here. Best of luck!