Yianni Stamas Video Diary NYC was launched more than a year before “The Real World” which is generally thought of as the first reality genre program.

Yianni wanted to find out what would happen if he started to film his life and creative process in an experiment he called “Life is a Reality Show”.

Yianni Stamas did this in the form of a half hour program starting in 1991 that was broadcast weekly on New York City cable TV for approximately ten years nonstop until 2000.

Video Diary NYC, the first reality show in history?

Video Diary NYC Yianni Stamas Pioneering Cable TV Show and Decade Long Media Experiment 1991 to 2000 Starting Before Reality Television was a Reality

Before reality television became a recognized genre, Yianni Stamas embarked on a unique media and arts experiment debuting in 1991....
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