Yeah, moms are great but rarely objective.

I don't watch ANW - none of us watch shows that we don't work on, or have friends that work on and the friends that work on ANW aren't that close to me. If I understand it correctly, it's one of those things where they almost don't cover your life more than, say, ABC's wide world of sports would - you gotta get in pretty deep before they give a shit about you but right off the bat they've got a little blurb, right? That'll help. The fact that their ratings aren't dependent on your relationship with other contestants helps immensely.

The basic thing to look out for is this: they need to create a persona for you that will allow the audience to pigeonhole you within about 5 seconds. Once they've created it, they will remind the audience of it with every interaction. Much like color commentary of the NFL is all about the players' wives, schools and families so the football widows have something to connect to, any competition reality show will build you into a "person" so that they have a "human interest" handle on you. It is not necessary nor desired that this persona match you in any way. I mean, it's easier if they match but it takes a lot more care to make this happen but Kent & Arthur don't work that way.

Again, good luck.