EPISODE
SEASON
UnREAL - Season 1
A young reality television producer pushed by her unscrupulous boss to swallow her integrity and do anything it takes to drum up salacious show content. A producer works to manipulate relationships on a dating show in order to film outrageous footage.
24 December 1972, British Columbia, Canada
19 February 1985, Winter Park, Florida, USA
6 May 1986, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 August 1991, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
June 01, 2015
If, despite all you know, you still choose to believe that most "reality shows" are real, stay far away from Lifetime's terrific new comedy-drama from Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro.
June 02, 2015
There's a lot to like about UnREAL.
July 06, 2015
Covering an episode of Everlasting each week, the show's narrative structure allows for the story to move fast and add a bit of fun that comes from each of the show-within-the-show's dates.
June 29, 2015
UnReal is darker than a locked box inside a lightproof cube sitting on the bottom of the ocean at midnight. It is an ice cream sundae laced with ipecac, delectable and poisonous all at once.
June 09, 2015
I simply love the idea that reality TV has spawned something of value, and that scripted TV is "reading" reality TV, owning it as it takes it apart piece by piece. Let us be grateful that these reality satires aren't here to make friends either.
June 01, 2015
On the other side of that terrible title is a show that's both engaging and thoughtful - one that's fun and highly critical and skeptical, but still feels sympathetic to people who make reality shows, people who watch them, and people on them.
May 29, 2015
The balance between comedy and drama shifts toward the latter, which isn't the show's strength.
May 28, 2015
The world behind the camera is one of lies, deceit and grandstanding manipulation, and it's hard to portray that world with characters the audience can also sympathize with... and that's where UnREAL succeeds brilliantly.