exactly how fake is this show???

Very fake. Read the small print at the end of the show.

What do you mean by fake?

Most colleges have a system where you can "audit" a class. You are allowed to sit in the class and take the tests, but it does not count towards anything. So, he was in the class, was presented with the material, and took the tests.

The fine print following the show says that he was not enrolled, and that's true, but, otherwise, he was in the class probably under an audit status.

It was great publicity for the University of Nebraska. I know I have a more favorable opinion of the school after seeing the show.

I'm a student at the University of Nebraska, and it's loosely scripted. It's not very real, and I don't think that the producers tried very hard to hide that fact...which I appreciated.

I had several friends that ran into him on campus and said he was a nice guy to boot. Motley Crue is going to be back in town to play next month, and although I'm not a fan of their music I would like to see if he does anything special for his "alma mater" of sorts :-p

It was very, very fake. I mean, look at the books he was buying. No way someone has to buy all of those books. He would not take those type of classes as a Freshmen. I didn't go to UNL, but I go to the sister campus University of Nebraska at Omaha, so I can't vouch for how things went there, but the stunts they pulled would never happen.

It was just a show, not about college life. Unfortunately, I wish it happened at my campus instead of Lincoln. That show was hilarious, I can't wait to get the DVD.

Not real, but funny, good TV.

A lot of the scenes were indeed staged but as far as college life is concerned, it is very real. I missed my college days a lot after watching that show. The book buying part is totally true. I have had to buy a lot of books for 1 semester in the past. If you take 15 plus credits, there are some classes that can have up to 4 or 5 books. This was for sure a feel-good show and I have new respect for Tommy Lee.

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It was pretty much entirely scripted. If they didn't like how something came out "spontaneously" they went back and completely re-shot it.

While I guess that getting a "do-over" was intended to be kind of the point of the whole show, it doesn't strike me as being very "real" - oddly ironic considering that it calls itself "reality" television.

Additionally, the specific course of classes he ended up taking would not represent any known degree program that I could identify. If he needed a generic science credit, he would likely have ended up in 100 level classes, rather than the upper level classes he ended up in. Instead, he basically got into classes with professors who were comfortable "selling out" to make a PR statement about UNL. Several prospective professors refused to have him in their classes, so his course selection was based around *that* fact, not based on his needing to fill specific course requirements for a degree.

...he got no college credit or degrees as a result of this.

It was *entirely* a put-on. I would personally suggest thinking of it as just another sitcom... but *not* in any way "reality" television.

I thought him having difficulty playing the tri-toms in the marching band was staged. Once a drummer (with a strong grasp of rythym), always a drummer. Those guys can keep beats and play anything.