The Studios don't want to pay the Reality Show Writers. I see their point when it's couched like that but what the studios don't want you to know is that the damn things are for a large part scripted. The Infinite Monkey Screenwriter goes after Tyra Banks for not standing up for her writers on strike:

"You, on the other hand, twiddle while the writers who make your show burn. I went down to the picket line. I walked with these people. They love their job. They're good at it. Some of them have been with the show for FIVE SEASONS. You know them. You like bringing your mom on the show? These people are your family, too."

As always, funny stuff.