HBO Home Entertainment will release the Emmy-nominated TV movie Cinema Verite on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download April 24 (order date March 20). The film chronicles the making of the 1973 PBS documentary “An American Family,” the landmark series often credited as the beginning of reality TV by following the lives of the family of [...]

The HBO movie focuses on the true, behind-the-scenes story of “An American Family,” the 1973 PBs series that is widely regarded as the very first reality show. By extension, the family the series focused on — aptly named the Louds — became the prototype for the Osbournes, Simmonses, Kardashians and every other reality family that’s [...]

HBO will premiere its latest TV movie, Cinema Verite, on April 23, the network announced Thursday. Starring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini, the film follows the precursor of reality TV back — PBS’ 12-part documentary, An American Family. The 1973 series documented a supposedly typical American family, but ended up broadcasting the family’s [...]

HBO Films Presents A Pariah Production; Directed By Shari Springer Berman And Robert Pulcini; Written By David Seltzer; Gavin Polone And Zanne Devine Executive Produce; Karyn McCarthy Produces In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the [...]