I turn to historicity-the affective perception of history-to describe the spectator's investment in reality TV's historical authenticity. The creation of a programme's history legitimises it as commodity, with the 'history' of a reality television series further extending the brand of a gamedoc. This article examines this historicity and the production of microcelebrity within game-docs. ![]() ![]() Nearly two decades after the explosion of primetime reality programming, many reality series claim a stylised historicity: an intentional and constant citational practice that stages the seasons, contestants, and events from a programme's past as a way of reminding its audience about the programme's impact on popular culture.
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