What is Reality TV?  
What is Reality TV?

What is Reality TV?


When you turn on the TV today, it’s easy to flip the channel and find a new program to watch. And compared to just a few years ago, there are more reality shows than ever before. You can watch people live together, try to find love, clean their homes, lose weight, pick out a wedding dress, and more. Reality TV seems to offer a chance for you to see how people live when no one else is watching. Or you can learn about conditions in the world that you may never experience in your own life. It’s real-er than your real life right now, but is it really everything it claims it is?

Popular Reality TV Shows

  • 16 & Pregnant
  • 19 Kids & Counting
  • 30 Days
  • A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
  • Addicted
  • The Amazing Race
  • America's Got Talent
  • America's Next Top Model
  • America's Toughest Jobs
  • American Chopper
  • American Gladiators
  • American Idol
  • Amish In The City
  • The Anna Nicole Show
  • Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
  • The Apprentice
  • Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
  • Are You Hot?
  • The Ashlee Simpson Show
  • Average Joe
  • Ax Men
  • The Bachelor
  • The Bachelorette
  • Beauty And The Geek
  • Being Bobby Brown
  • The Beverly Hillbillies
  • Big Brother
  • The Biggest Loser Boot Camp
  • Born Country
  • Boy Meets Boy
  • Brat Camp
  • Bridezillas
  • Britain's Got Talent
  • Britney And Kevin: Chaotic
  • Cake Boss
  • Carnie Wilson: Unstapled
  • The Celebrity Apprentice
  • Celebrity Duets
  • Celebrity Fit Club
  • Celebrity Mole
  • Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House
  • Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
  • Confessions of a Matchmaker
  • Confessions of a Teen Idol
  • The Contender
  • Cops
  • Criss Angel Mindfreak
  • The Crocodile Hunter
  • Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants
  • Dance Your Ass Off
  • Dancing with the Stars
  • Deadliest Catch
  • Deal Or No Deal
  • Denise Richards: It's Complicated
  • Dirty Jobs
  • Dog The Bounty Hunter
  • Dog Whisperer
  • Eco-Challenge
  • Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke
  • Extreme Makeover
  • Fantasia For Real
  • The First 48
  • Flavor of Love
  • Flip This House
  • Football Wives
  • For Love Or Money
  • Gene Simmons Family Jewels
  • Ghost Hunters
  • Ghost Hunters Academy
  • Ghost Hunters International
  • Ghost Lab
  • The Girls Next Door
  • Giuliana & Bill
  • Gone Country
  • Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live
  • Grease: You're the One That I Want
  • Growing Up Gotti
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • Hey Paula
  • HGTV Design Star
  • High School Reunion
  • The Hills
  • Hoarders
  • Hogan Knows Best
  • I Wanna Be a Soap Star
  • I Want To Be A Hilton
  • I Want to Work for Diddy
  • I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
  • Ice Road Truckers
  • Intervention
  • Iron Chef America
  • The It Factor
  • Jackass
  • Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution
  • Jersey Shore
  • Jesse James Is A Dead Man
  • Joe Millionaire
  • Jon & Kate Plus 8
  • Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  • Kid Nation
  • Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane
  • Kirstie Alley's Big Life
  • Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami
  • LA Ink
  • Laguna Beach
  • Last Comic Standing
  • Last One Standing
  • Little People, Big World
  • Living Lohan
  • Liza & David
  • Making The Band
  • Mall Cops: Mall of America
  • Man vs. Wild
  • Manhunt
  • Manhunters
  • The Marriage Ref
  • MasterChef
  • Meerkat Manor
  • Miracle Workers
  • The Mole
  • My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad
  • My Super Sweet 16
  • My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
  • My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
  • My Fair Brady
  • My Life Is A Sitcom
  • Mythbusters
  • Nanny 911
  • Nashville Star
  • Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica
  • The Next Food Network Star
  • The Next Iron Chef
  • Next Action Star
  • The Next Joe Millionaire
  • Obsessed
  • Omarosa's Ultimate Merger
  • The Osbournes
  • Paradise Hotel
  • Paranormal Cops
  • Paranormal Investigators
  • Paranormal State
  • Paris Hilton's My New BFF
  • Parking Wars
  • The People's Court
  • The Pick-Up Artist
  • Pimp My Ride
  • Pitchmen
  • The Price of Beauty
  • Project Greenlight
  • Project Runway
  • Punk'd
  • Queer Eye For The Straight Girl
  • Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
  • Race To The Altar
  • Raising Sextuplets
  • The Real Gilligan's Island
  • The Real Housewives
  • The Real L World
  • The Real Roseanne Show
  • The Real Wedding Crashers
  • The Real World
  • Road Rules
  • Rock of Love Rock the Cradle
  • Rock Star: INXS
  • Rock Star: Supernova
  • Ruby
  • Say Yes to the Dress
  • Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew
  • Shaq's Big Challenge
  • Shark Tank
  • She's Got the Look
  • Shear Genius
  • The Simple Life
  • Sister Wives
  • Skating with the Stars
  • Skating With Celebrities
  • So You Think You Can Dance
  • Solitary
  • Sorority Life
  • The Spin Crowd
  • Star Search
  • Steven Seagal Lawman
  • Storm Chasers
  • Supernanny
  • The Superstars
  • The Surreal Life
  • The Surreal Life
  • Survivor
  • Survivorman
  • The Swan
  • Table For 12
  • Taxicab Confessions
  • Teen Mom
  • Temptation Island
  • Tim Gunn's Guide to Style
  • Toddlers and Tiaras
  • Tool Academy
  • Top Chef
  • Top Design
  • Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood
  • Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod
  • Trading Spaces
  • Trading Spouses
  • Treasure Quest
  • Treasure Hunters
  • Trick It Out
  • Trista & Ryan's Wedding
  • UFO Hunters
  • Victoria Beckham: Coming to America
  • The Weakest Link
  • What Chilli Wants
  • What Not To Wear
  • While You Were Out
  • Who Wants to be a Superhero?
  • Who Wants To Marry My Dad?
  • Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter
  • Wife Swap
  • The Will
  • Will Work for Food
  • Wreckreation Nation
  • The X Factor