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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The television channel which comes up with the idea for [[Ed TVEDtv]] is named "True TV", and its intent is to constantly air what happens in a normal person's life. A case of [[Defictionalization]] occurred in 2008 when the actual television network CourtTV changed it's name to "truTV", which places a heavy focus on "caught-on-video" reality programs, just like the film!

* [[Older Than They Think]]: When it was released, the film was criticized for being a derivative knockoff of ''[[The Truman Show (Film)|The Truman Show]]''. Most people who saw the film didn't realize that Edtv was based off a little-known French-Canadian film called ''Louis 19'', which was made five years before either film was released and dealt with the same subject matter.

* [[Values Resonance]]: In 1999, this film portrayed a world where an individual who tries out for a casting call, and has his life turned into a circus for the benefit of television audiences. Ten years later, in the wake of the [[Reality Show]] concept being played to death, [[Ed TVEDtv]] seems oddly prescient about the entire genre.

* [[Vindicated Byby History]]: The film bombed at theatres when it was released, but has gone on to become a foretelling look at the reality television craze of the 2000's.