Sarah Kickler Kelber, an editor in the features department since 1999, got sucked into reality TV with the first episode of MTV's The Real World in 1992. Then came Survivor and American Idol, and suddenly, the genre was everywhere. She started blogging about it for The Baltimore Sun in January 2006 and has logged more hours watching and writing about such shows as Dancing With the Stars, Big Brother and, of course, Idol, than she'd like to admit. At the moment, she's getting a true reality check on maternity leave with her first child.

Other guest bloggers are filling in for Sarah Kickler Kelber and writing about reality television.

TELEVISION AND MEDIA NEWS • TV section

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