That show, American Pickers, looks like a couple of guys driving around making deals with people they happen to stumble upon. Well, they filmed three episodes at a buddy of mine's place, a car museum, and they hired people to play parts. They did part of it in the car storage area, making sure that never did the camera show the showroom floor of the museum, and they actually arranged parts of it like a set. All fake. Absolutely none of that show is real. They had teleprompters for all of the paid actors to look like they were dickering on prices, etc... And, I imagine none of the other "reality shows" are real either.