EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Reality TV comes in many shapes and forms. Far from the wannabe hordes of American Idol and America's Got Talent, miles from the travails of the fame-hungry Kardashian clan, AMC's Small Town Security traced the fortunes (and misfortunes) of JJK Security, a family-owned firm in Ringgold, Georgia. Produced by the makers of This American Life, it aired after Breaking Bad in the summer of 2012 and won a small but loyal audience across two seasons. Though it had little in common with the TV singing competitions, Small Town Security showed that Ringgold has talent, too. Joan Koplan, matriarch and head of JJK, is an actress, singer, and public access TV host. In fact, she claims, her route to stardom was only cut short when she turned down Farah Fawcett's role in the camp 1970 movie, Myra Breckinridge.