Nick Martell

We've talked about this before.

Reality TV has no CGI, no A-list stars, no script writers.

They're dramatically lower costs than scripted TV is.

But what we haven't told you is the level of those costs.

Because according to the Writers Guild of America, the average scripted TV show costs $2 to $3 million to make per an episode.

But the average reality TV episode costs $100,000 to make.

Jack, did you see what the profit margin is on American Idol?

77%, which is better than Apple's iPhone, the most profitable product of all time.

That's reality TV, and that's a true story.

By the way, Summer House scandal?

The Kravici-Kramer house is Team Sierra, no question.

And we won't be commenting any further on that.

So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over in reality TV?

Reality TV isn't one episode a week anymore.

It's 24-7, 365, and you participate.

Yeah, do you know the Summer House scandal going on right now?

Like, if you don't know, it's two long-term cast members who cheated on two other long-term cast members with each other.

It was confirmed this week in a cryptic Instagram story that disappeared 24 hours later.

So now we're all racing to watch last season's Summer House to search for signs of all that infidelity.

Nick, I went back to season eight.