Just how much reality inhabits the Heene family home in Colorado is open to some debate.
In fact, reality generally gets a good working over this week, and if you lose sight of it completely by Sunday, don't be too surprised.
Richard Heene was the man behind last month's "balloon boy" hoax.
The hoax became worldwide news after 6-year-old Falcon Heene was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage after it was feared he was aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 80km through the sky on live television.
The giant silvery balloon floated away from the family's yard, sparking a frantic rescue operation that involved military helicopters and briefly halted departures from Denver International Airport.
It soon emerged Heene was pulling a swifty in search of that all important 15 minutes of fame, and that he was also finding that lasting, respected fame that can only come from being on Wife Swap USA.
That episode of Wife Swap is on Prime this Thursday at 8.30pm.
Heene comes out of the show looking like what can only be described as a sexist pig.
While his wife runs after him doing all the housework he "researches" his "theories" into "magnetic fields" as he chases storms.
He is, in fact, a "researcher".
That is, if you believe what you see.
The show swaps two families, one the chaotic storm chasers, the other a safety-obsessed family from Connecticut, with the expected, manufactured tension resulting.
But the Heene family, acting or not, make fascinating - if somewhat appalling - viewing.
They yell a lot, often through loudspeakers, even when they are inside.
Mr Heene gets up in the morning and demand's his "wife" provides him with pants.
News reports following the hoax show it was only one of many strange goings-on Mr Heene has been involved in over the years, usually with publicity the motive.
Wife Swap gives us a twisted version of reality that allows a twisted view of a twisted man in a twisted, fame-obsessed society.
Enjoy.
One of the problems Dunedin has always battled is the lack of a vibrant, sustainable community of drag queens.
Fortunately, famous American drag queen RuPaul brings us another version of reality with his Ru Paul's Drag Race.
Drag Race takes the tried and true reality show genre, complete with contestants voted off each week, and applies it to his hobby, resulting in some terrific drama.
Catwalks, karaoke and much, much more, bring the dramatically exaggerated world of the drag queen to our screens on Vibe, Sundays at 7.30pm, and allows us, briefly, to forget that we lack such a community.
Enjoy.
