How real is reality TV? And what actually happens when the cameras start rolling?

This week on Unglamorous in the City, I sit down with Lauren Nicholas, a former NBC producer and production professional who has worked across television, reality TV, sustainability and digital media — and recently launched her own production consulting business.

Lauren pulls back the curtain on reality television, including how producers create storylines, push for soundbites and manufacture drama for the camera. She also opens up about navigating the media industry, starting her own business, dating as an ambitious woman, and why successful women can sometimes feel like the dating pool gets smaller as their careers grow.    

We also talk about:
• What reality TV really looks like behind the scenes
• Why you lose control of your narrative once you enter reality television
• Dating fatigue and the endless options of dating apps
• Why Lauren finally stopped putting off entrepreneurship
• Building a career as a woman of color in media
• Starting at the bottom — and what our early media salaries actually looked like
• Why mentors matter
• Lauren’s advice to young professionals: be the squeaky wheel
• Reinvention, ambition and taking the first step toward the career you actually want
It’s funny, candid and very Unglamorous — a conversation about what glamorous industries and lives actually look like when you get behind the scenes.

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