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editorial | ‘WICKED TUNA’

Bringing reality to reality TV

  April 08, 2012

A subset of reality shows about blue collar jobs has grown popular, perhaps as a result of the economic downturn. The latest is “Wicked Tuna,’’ about fisherman in Gloucester, which premiered on Sunday to a million viewers. When so much of television involves over-the-top displays of wealth and glamour - often without reference to any actual work - it is refreshing to watch the daily struggles of real people doing a real job, and loving it.

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