Reality isn't really Reality

Reality television is something I used to look so forward to in the past. I say past because it no longer helps me engage with the individuals on those shows. I sense a lack of reality in programming nowadays. Shows that once caught my attention like “The Real World” and “Survivor” have evolved in something far from reality.
When the “Real World’ first came on television it was ground breaking because it would show the real lives of young adults from different areas throughout the United States. They would live in a house paid for by MTV (Music Television back in those days). They would have everything they did throughout their stay recorded and it was entertaining. The roommate battles, distant relationships and personal struggles adjusting to different individuals was at that time entertaining. One couldn’t help but put themselves in their shoes and say “If I was there I would do this or I would have hooked up with him/her”. Has the show remained on air, it changed locations and with that it changed my enjoyment. I couldn’t relate to locations and individuals anymore. But then something caught my attention and gripped me hard with excitement. Every week was better than the next due to the backstabbing, lies and false friendships, it was called “Survivor”. Every week you could see behind the scenes of what people are plotting and planning to do to each other on a desolate island. These stranded castaways fight and plunder each other’s lives for a chance at winning one million dollars. Sounds like entertainment to me. But after a year so and several episodes I lost my taste in watching that too. What was it that made me change? Why did I stop watching “Reality Television”?
The simplest reason on why I stop is because it wasn’t “Reality” anymore. It became some choreographed story that wasn’t reality but a staged television show. I found out the hard way that these shows are now planned stories on a “Reality” show. My brother-in-law is a freelance production assistant and has work on several of these shows. I wish I could give out names but if word got back he opened his mouth he would not work there long. He explained to me that every event, place and story is staged. They recon sights for every episode, brainstorm ideas and stage/plant every event. I was in shock, really how could you call this “Reality’? The only reality is that the star of these shows gets paid. He explained to me that do you think the star of the show would bake over one hundred cookies for a bake sale? Would she really pick up a stray dog in the middle of designer store and keep it? The cookies were bought at a bakery and that stray dog is actually a trained animal. They wouldn’t risk any actor or actress getting bit by some strange dog in the streets. So knowing all this and knowing all these shows on television I now wonder what “Reality television” is.
I no longer watch anything with the term “Reality” in it. Why do I want to watch young adults act a fool during the summer on the Jersey Shore? Does anyone remember the first five winners of “Survivor”? Does anyone remember the first three winners of the “Amazing Race”?