A new ad campaign for WNET (or "Thirteen," as they are presently branded) not only takes shots at the unscripted genre with fake posters for fictional reality shows, but the former cable culture channels that are now airing those shows (check the logos for the fictitious channels)--the surprisingly cogent EW comments make appropriate note that PBS did invent reality TV with "An American Family," that the Scripps how-to channels are the offspring of Julia Child and Bob Vila (and WGBH) and, uh, "Antiques Roadshow?":
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