HELPING THE OTHERS REALIZE THE ADVANTAGES OF TV TV SHOWS

Television critic James Poniewozik wrote in 2008 that fact shows like Deadliest Catch and Ice Street Truckers showcase working-class folks of the kind that "was once routine" on scripted community television, but that grew to become a rarity inside the 2000s: "The higher to woo upscale viewers, TV has evicted its mechanics and dockworkers to collec