French Reality TV Nick Spicer reports from Paris that the long-resisted genre of "reality" television has hit the French airwaves. Loft Storyis set in a sealed apartment, where contestants are voted in or out by fellow contestants or millions of viewers. But a great national debate has begun over the program's social value.

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Nick Spicer reports from Paris that the long-resisted genre of "reality" television has hit the French airwaves. Loft Storyis set in a sealed apartment, where contestants are voted in or out by fellow contestants or millions of viewers. But a great national debate has begun over the program's social value.