Restaurant Stakeout
Willie Degel is a restaurant owner who installed security cameras in a failing establishment. This was done in order for him to figure out what the problem was. The system will catch employees who aren’t doing their jobs correctly, if at all. He’d confront them and, if necessary, dismiss them immediately. It’s an almost entirely made-up story. Before filming the first season, the restaurant owner admitted that the Food Network contacted him and then screen-tested his employees. Customers were also told to be as loud as they could.
Dance Moms
Did you think all of the drama and fighting on Dance Moms was just for show? You’re correct if that’s the case. Some of the show’s dramatic moments aren’t real, according to little Maddie Ziegler, who told USA Today in 2015 that some of the show’s dramatic moments aren’t real. According to the young lady, “It’s hard to do a reality show when there’s so much crying and drama. The producers set it up to make us all yell at each other… The moms have a fake fight sometimes. Afterward, they just start talking and laugh about it.”