Mister Candid Camera: Allen Funt and the Invention of Reality TV

A son offers a “candid” recollection of the man behind one of the most successful franchises in television history

This intimate, no-holds-barred portrait of one of television’s most misunderstood pioneers reveals for the first time how Allen Funt’s unique vision and private torment led to an iconic program and opened the Pandora’s box that became reality TV. Deeply researched and reported by his son Peter, with first-hand insight into what really went on behind the hidden camera, it’s an en...