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Paranormal television is a genre of reality television. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows and movies as ''The Ghosts of Motley Hall'', ''Ghostbusters'', ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''Rentaghost''. ==History== Accounts of supernatural occurrences have always been common in the print media. The 1705 pamphlet "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal" by Daniel Defoe is a well-known example. Local TV news programs in the UK and USA have featured ghost stories since the 1960s. Paranormal television arose from this tradition. One of the earliest paranormal TV shows was ''In Search Of...'', hosted by Leonard Nimoy which ran for six years from 1976. Rod Serling was originally slated to host the series, but he died in 1975. ''In Search Of...'' explored many paranormal topics, including UFOs, cryptozoological creatures (cryptids), lost civilizations, and other mysteries. Though the subject matter gradually lost popularity, the show gave way to future TV series following the same genre. ''Ghostwatch'', a fictional news broadcast about a haunted house in the UK that aired in 1992, created controversy when a majority of viewers believed the televised show was real. Discovery Channel started to explore the genre with some success from 1996. The Fox Broadcasting Company had a news-style oriented show, ''Sightings'', that was hosted by Tim White and this show lasted for six years. MTV's Fear premiered in 2000, establishing the visual look and editing style followed by most paranormal reality television show. In 2002, the British satellite channel Living TV launched the ghost-hunting series ''Most Haunted''. Its success helped spawn other shows on the channel, including ''Dead Famous'' and ''Jane Goldman Investigates'', and the channel developed a distinctive identity based on paranormal programming. The production company responsible for these programs, Antix, also produced two series of ''Spook School'' which followed the investigators of Para-Projects as they teach members of the public how to become paranormal investigators themselves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paranormal television」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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