Foreclosed Homes Become Reality TV Fodder

Cable networks take advantage of failing real estate

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From self-promoting Z-list celebs to emotionally unstable cat hoarders, what’s bad for America is often good for reality TV. So what trend are they exploiting now? The hundreds of thousands of homes lost in the recession.

Networks are flipping the popular “house flipping” script by launching shows about foreclosed homes, reports The Wall Street Journal. In September, Spike TV will launch Flip Men, a show about a Salt Lake City duo that buys and sells foreclosed houses.

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