You're absolutely correct. Meta Mingle is set up like Big Brother, with one meta getting voted out each week. Weekly challenges can afford immunity from being voted out, and the show runs year-long with new casts cycling in and out.
Like most reality shows, it's technically scripted — the Guardian Alliance media team has a stake in the show and uses it to promote new heroes — so there is studio interference in who sticks around. Similarly, while the camera crew for liability reasons can't follow heroes on real missions, they do script and stage combat scenarios for the camera.
Re: Meta Mingle
You're absolutely correct. Meta Mingle is set up like Big Brother, with one meta getting voted out each week. Weekly challenges can afford immunity from being voted out, and the show runs year-long with new casts cycling in and out.
Like most reality shows, it's technically scripted — the Guardian Alliance media team has a stake in the show and uses it to promote new heroes — so there is studio interference in who sticks around. Similarly, while the camera crew for liability reasons can't follow heroes on real missions, they do script and stage combat scenarios for the camera.
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