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While many viewers associate reality TV with the turn of the millennium, the roots of the genre stretch back to the early days of broadcasting. Radio and early television featured unscripted human behavior through shows like "Candid Camera" in 1948 and amateur talent contests. In 1973, PBS broadcasted "An American Family," a documentary series that captured the raw, unscripted dissolution of a nuclear family, laying the foundational blueprint for modern docuseries.