Reality TV?
Here's an account of a reality TV show moving in upstairs, and how the reality differed from the reality TV show. The article was written by the downstairs neighbor of one of the apartment in The Apprentice's apartment renovating and rental show.
The whole thing is interesting, but the juicy bit's about 3/4 of the way through the article:
The tenant who rented the apartment on the show had already rented the place before the show taped, at a lower price. For being on the show, she received $2000 in new furniture and the no-cost renovations. The landlord got some unspecified compensation and the downstairs neighbors a couple of $100 gift certificates for the disturbance during the 48 hours of renovating and shooting. The final rent agreed to on air seems to have been purely fiction, so obviously, the results of the entire episode were essentially scripted.
Yeah, ok, I know you're not all shocked.