1.   Bouton and Canseco, a pair of bookends in the sports reality genre?

2.   Alas, the movie becomes the very kind of tabloid flameout so beloved of the reality TV genre it denounces.

3.   In fact, network programmers, still lured by the chance to find a quick ratings remedy, show no signs of abandoning the reality genre.

4.   In just one year, the reality genre has developed its own set of cliches.

5.   Nonetheless, its clever and simple setup and relative lack of kowtowing to viewer prurience makes it a nominally intriguing addition to the now-overloaded reality genre.

6.   That may be what some critics of the reality genre are hoping for.

7.   The show, more than any other in the reality genre, has been beset by trouble stemming from incidents in the backgrounds of its contestants.

8.   There seems to be no end to the number of twists on the reality television genre.

9.   To that end, the reality genre is evolving into more extreme forms.

10.   Wright questioned why NBC Entertainment was the only network that had not picked up programs in the reality genre.