Continuing this retroactive exposé of the show, last year saw the release of a podcast, Curse of: America's Next Top Model, which is now followed by a three-part Netflix series Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. "There were cruel aspects of ANTM," says Danielle Lindemann, author of True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us. It was indeed a pioneering TV show, in a world where reality TV was in its relative infancy. Fly-on-the-wall series Big Brother had started just four years earlier, while competition shows Survivor and Fear Factor were the other reality TV shows of the moment. The BBC approached ATNM's lead production company 10x10 entertainment for comment on allegations included in the Netflix documentary series, but they did not respond.

Source: GhanaWeb February 15, 2026 15:32 UTC