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Article: 'Regency House Party' high-brow reality entertainment from PBS
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- November 3, 2004
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TELEVISIONIt would be too easy to call "Regency House Party" the
PBS version of ABC's "The Bachelor." But there are similarities.
"Regency House Party" is the latest in a string of PBS programs
that can only be called highbrow reality shows. There's no prize to
compete for and no challenges that lead to people being voted off the
show, but like its commercial brethren, the appeal, in part, is the
voyeur factor.
To be sure, there is some educational value in these PBS shows.
Both the homegrown American editions ("Frontier House," "Colonial
House") and the British imports ("The 1900 House," "Manor House" and
now "Regency House Party") cultivate a greater understanding of the
culture in a ...