Reality TV fan convention to launch in L.A.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A reality TV fan convention is launching in Los Angeles next April.

The Reality Rocks Expo is conceived as a sort of Comic-Con for unscripted television. It's being launched by e5 Global Media, the owners of The Hollywood Reporter.

It will include show floor, live demonstrations, stage performances, celebrity panels and an online Reality TV Awards voted on by fans and hosted at the event.

"It's the only place where they can get up close and personal with their favorite stars from reality, lifestyle, factual television as well as the producers who fill their TV screens with interesting, entertaining and informative programing," said Amy Freeman-Cohen, co-managing director, Reality Rocks. "They may even get a shot at being cast on one of their favorite shows."

Some major names in the reality TV landscape are on the event's advisory committee: Mark Burnett Productions; Shed Media; LMNO Productions; CMT; Oxygen Media; Casting Duo, Inc.; Sundance Channel; RDF USA and A. Smith & Co. Productions.

The event is April 8-10, 2011, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.