This has NOTHING to do with the "reality trend." It is purely a cost-cutting move. The old pedestal cameras are about $1 million each, the hand-held cameras will cost at the most $200,000 for all of them. The producers are trying to spin it so that it looks like they're doing this voluntarily, but in truth, costs need to be cut to keep GL on the air at all. They've already trimmed several high-paid vets from the cast and reduced the number of sets they use.
dzfan, have you ever introduced yourself
here?