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The Man Behind Your Favorite Guilty Pleasure TV Shows

NPR
Published May 20, 2016 at 2:18 PM EDT

We speak with Cris Abrego, the co-CEO of one of the largest reality TV empires in the U.S. and creator of hits like The Surreal Life, Flavor of Love and I Love New York.

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