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Dancing With the Stars is breaking voting records even after 35 seasons, cringe Love Is Blind clips are breaking the internet, and Love Island is still breaking hearts week after week... It seems we are having a reality TV renaissance. But what's behind it?
Are we yearning for people to be “real” and "messy" in an online world so otherwise polished? Or are we falling for a trap? Is reality TV the furthest thing from reality of all?
CBS News correspondents Vlad Duthiers and Kelly O'Grady are breaking it down in the very first episode of the new series, "Straight Up."
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JIANG MIDTERM BLITZ: Four days left until election.
STRASSMANN MECHANICS AND THE ECONOMY: Cutting the cost of car care.
ON THE ROAD: Steve Hartman finds a Halloween display that's become a source not of fear but of connection.

DUTHIERS PATRICK STEWART OBIT: Actor Patrick Stewart dies at the age of 86
HANSON TIKTOK MONEY SCAM: Cruel prank sweeping social media
THE GOOD STUFF: Strangers paying to crash weddings

OKEEFE DAN SULLIVAN CONTROVERSY: New York Times: Democrats recruited candidates to influence Alaska senate race.
BENAVIDES STRANDED CRUISE SHIP: Americans stranded in Cambodia after cruise ship goes broke.
THE GOOD STUFF: A U.S. sailor returns from Ukraine and surprises his sixth-grade son at school.

The worst violent protests in years expose France’s stagnant economy and its romance with revolt. Thomas Chatterton Williams says the country is on a knife's edge.
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