Why is New Jersey reality tv central?

Recent New Jersey Real-Time News stories with the most comments in the last 7 days. New Jersey: reality TV's Shangri-La Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 6:00 AM Updated: Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 8:57 PM Why is New Jersey reality tv central? Ledger Live for Thursday June 10th, 2010 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue. On today's show: We try to answer the question "Why is New Jersey such a hot bed for reality tv?" We turn to business reporter Leslie Kwoh and arts and entertainment editor Anthony Venutolo for their confessionals. Watch video With Cake Boss, Jerseylicious, Jersey Couture, MTV's Jersey Shore, The Real Housewives of New Jersey and who-knows-what's-next, you can't turn your television on without seeing some reality TV show based on life in the Garden http://www.obdii.co.uk/ecu-chip-tuning-tool/psop-44p State these days. "Jersey Couture" the newest in the NJ reality tv family.Face it, world. You love http://www.obdii.co.uk/obd-code-scanner/checker-vchecker-v500-malaysia-auto us. Star-Ledger Business reporter Leslie Kwoh examined the trend and found reality TV projects jumped by more than 50 percent, to a total 54 shows, between 2007 and 2008, even as the overall number of television and film shoots dropped 14 percent. And Robert Galinsky, who teaches aspiring performers at the New York Reality TV School, told Kwoh producers have recruited more cast members from New Jersey than any other part of the country, other than Los Angeles. Kwoh wrote:"Everyone understands what kind of personality works now on reality TV, and people from New Jersey are often misinterpreted as not as - what's the word - sophisticated," said Galinsky. Still, some New Jerseyans do seem to possess a unique sense of confidence, he said. Take Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro, for instance. In a recent interview, the 33-year-old Hoboken bakery owner made no apologies for the know-it-all persona he exudes on the TLC reality series, which is filming its third season. They love my taste, they love the show, they love the family, he said, referring to what fans say in the 50 to 100 letters he gets each day. I m really gifted at what I