'Counting Cars' Isn't 100 Percent Real, but Then Again, Neither Is Most Reality TV

Home > Television > Reality TV > Counting CarsBy Mustafa GatollariFeb. 18 2021, Updated 3:02 p.m. ETNearly every reality TV program happens to have some level of production to it. Whether it's staging of cameras, asking on-air talent to repeat certain lines, or creating scenarios and situations for them to participate in, there's always a team "guiding" the action behind-the-scenes. However, there's a fine line between outright staging things for ratings, and doing some light production work here and there. So how much fakeness goes on in Counting Cars?Article continues below advertisementIs 'Counting Cars' entirely fake?The History channel series follows Danny Koker and his team of gearheads at Count's Kustoms, an auto restoration and custom company that creates some pretty memorable and unique whips. The program's been around since Aug. 13, 2012 and has featured a litany of memorable guests like Elvira aka "Mistress of the Dark," Dee Snider, Ziggy Marley, among many others.Sometimes,...