List of reality television programs


This is a list of reality television series, by general type, listed with the date of their premiere. A few details are added for some shows that do not have their own article. See reality television for further descriptions.

Documentary style

In this genre, camera crews follow the daily interactions of people in ordinary places, such as airports or restaurants, or follow people in a specific profession.

Docusoaps starring celebrities

This genre, launched most successfully by music channel MTV, follows a camera crew into the lives of celebrities.This Is Your Life The Anna Nicole Show The Osbournes Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica *NSYNC: The Best Life Ever Rich Girls The Simple Life Viva La Bam The Surreal Life The Ashlee Simpson Show Blow Out The Gastineau Girls Growing Up Gotti The Simple Life 2 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave Being Bobby Brown Britney and Kevin: Chaotic Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive Next Door Hogan Knows Best I Married a Princess Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Meet the Barkers My Fair Brady Run's House The Simple Life: Interns Tommy Lee Goes to College Totally Scott-Lee #1 Single Chantelle: Living the Dream Gene Simmons Family Jewels Girls Aloud: Off the Record House of Carters The Princes of Malibu Rob & Big Adventures in Hollyhood – Three Six Mafia The Hills The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency Keeping Up with the Kardashians Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane Life of Ryan Snoop Dogg's Father Hood The City Flipping Out New York Goes to Hollywood The Rachel Zoe Project Kourtney and Kim Take Miami New York Goes to Work Brandy & Ray J: A Family Business Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair Real and Chance: The Legend Hunters Audrina Ice Loves Coco Khloé & Lamar Kourtney and Kim Take New York Son of a Gun Tia & Tamera Young Money Diaries Brynne: My Bedazzled Life Married to Jonas Mrs. Eastwood & Company Snooki & Jwoww Chrissy & Mr. Jones Cassadee Pope: Frame by Frame Dog and Beth: On the Hunt One Direction: The Best Life Ever Total Divas Vanderpump Rules Christina Milian Turned Up Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons K. Michelle: My Life The Family Payne Luke Hemmings Crossed His Heart Jared & Miley I Am Cait Stewarts & Hamiltons I Love Kellie Pickler Total Bellas Rob & Chyna Life of Kylie Miz & Mrs. Very Cavallari Crikey! It's the Irwins The Hills: New Beginnings Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club BossBabes

Financial transactions and appraisals

Antiques Roadshow Pawn Stars Hardcore Pawn American Pickers Auction Hunters Storage Wars

Extraordinary people

Real People

Structured reality

The Primetime Emmy Awards, which have given an award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program define structured reality shows as shows that "contain consistent story elements that mostly adhere to a recurring structured template."Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Dragons' Den Kitchen Nightmares Human Wrecking Balls Shark Tank

Historical re-creation

This genre takes modern-day contestants and puts them in the lifestyle of historical people or places.Living in the Past (TV series) The 1900 House Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West The 1940s House The Edwardian Country House aka Manor House Frontier House Lads' Army Quest for the Bay Schwarzwaldhaus 1902 (Blackforest House 1902) The Ship Klondike: The Quest for Gold Le Moyen 1903 2003 That'll Teach 'Em Warrior Challenge Colonial House Infamous Regency House Party Windstärke 8 – Das Auswandererschiff 1855 (Windstrength 8 – Immigration Ship of 1855) The Colony Die Harte Schule der 50er Jahre (The Hard School of the 1950s) MTV's The 70s House Outback House Tales from the Green Valley Coal House Kid Nation Coal House At War Victorian Farm Edwardian Farm Over the Rainbow Turn Back Time – The High Street Victorian Pharmacy Turn Back Time – The Family Wartime Farm Tudor Monastery Farm Victorian slum Back in time for Brixton
  • '' Back in time for the weekend''

Dating

In this genre, couples or singles are brought together in dating or romantic situations.Boer soek 'n vrou The Dating Game Punch de Date Love Connection Neruton Benikujiradan Ainori Blind Date Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? The 5th Wheel Chains of Love Dismissed Farmer Wants a Wife Five Go Dating Temptation Island Who Wants to Be a Princess The Bachelor

[Makeover]

This increasingly popular genre features ordinary people having home or lifestyle makeovers with the assistance of professionals.This Old House Changing Rooms = Trading Spaces Mitre 10 Dream Home Backyard Blitz A Makeover Story What Not to Wear What Not to Wear The Block Extreme Makeover Life Laundry MTV's Made Monster Garage Clean House Clean Sweep Extreme Makeover: Home Edition How Clean Is Your House? Knock First Monster House Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Restoration Born Diva The Complex: Malibu Dr. 90210 Pimp My Ride Style By Jury The Swan Town Haul Trading Spaces: Home Free Queer Eye for the Straight Girl Trinny & Susannah Undress Tabatha Takes Over Bar Rescue Extreme Weight Loss The Renovators Hotel Impossible Botched Just Tattoo of Us

Lifestyle change

Here, ordinary people experience an extraordinary change in their environments or occupations.Girl Friday Castaway 2000 Supersize vs Superskinny Shipwrecked Faking It Celebrity Fit Club Wife Swap Holiday Swap Masters and Servants The Biggest Loser Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan He's a Lady Holiday Showdown My Restaurant Rules Nanny 911 The Resort Supernanny Trading Spouses What the Butler Saw 30 Days Australian Princess Brat Camp Extreme Celebrity Detox FC Zulu – format FC Nerds also made in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Belgium and SpainIntervention It's Me or the Dog Ladette to Lady The Monastery The Convent Shalom in the Home Trust Me – I’m A Holiday Rep The Bad Girls Club Boys will be Girls Survival of the Richest Fat March Charm School

Fantasies fulfilled

Aswamedham Thrill of a Lifetime Wish Ko Lang Are You Hot? No Opportunity Wasted Your Reality Checked Let's Get This Party Started Three Wishes Simpleng Hiling Willingly Yours
  • ''Điều ước thứ 7''

Video cameras/hidden camera

This is perhaps the oldest reality show genre, popular as far back as the early days of television.Candid Camera Dokkiri Camera Star Dokkiri Maruhi Hōkoku Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan Beadle's About America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest People Australia's Funniest Home Videos New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos Tim Conway's Funny America You've Been Framed! Totally Hidden Video I Witness Video Police Camera Action! Police Stop! Busted on the Job: Caught on Tape World's Funniest Videos Real TV The World's Funniest! World's Most Amazing Videos World's Wildest Police Videos Cheaters Funny Flubs & Screw-Ups Just for Laughs Gags Maximum Exposure Trigger Happy TV Qué Locura Spy TV Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape The Jamie Kennedy Experiment Oblivious Girls Behaving Badly Boiling Points Punk'd Scare Tactics Totally Outrageous Behavior! Victim Celebrity Stitch Up Fire Me...Please Hi-Jinks Most Outrageous Moments Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol Disorder in the Court Hot Pursuit Most Shocking Web Junk 20 Whacked Out Sports Video Justice Most Daring Shockwave Video Zonkers Crisis Point Destroyed in Seconds MSNBC's Caught on Camera Rude Tube Whacked Out Videos What Would You Do? World's Dumbest... World's Wildest Vacation Videos Help Me Holy @$%*! It Only Hurts When I Laugh! Moments of Impact Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking Tosh.0 Just for Laughs Gags Asia Laugh Out Loud When Vacations Attack! Impractical Jokers Ridiculousness Sports Show with Norm Macdonald Just Kidding TruTV's Top Funniest The Carbonaro Effect Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon Clipaholics Science of Stupid Utopia What Went Down Almost Genius Chaos Caught on Camera People Behaving Badly RealiTV FailArmy Walk the Prank Kuha Mo! Videos After Dark Deliciousness The Greatest @Home Videos Adorableness America's Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas Kuha All! Messyness Ring Nation Totally Weird and Funny Whacked Out Totally Funny Animals

Reality game shows/reality "playoffs"

This, the biggest and most successful reality genre, features contestants who compete for prizes, while often living together in close quarters. They usually feature the elimination of contestants until a winner is chosen. Sometimes they are considered to be "reality playoffs" since their format is similar to that of a playoff in sports.Beat the Clock Truth or Consequences Fort Boyard Susume! Denpa Shōnen How Do You Like Wednesday? Expedition Robinson Shiawase Kazoku Keikaku The Challenge Susunu! Denpa Shōnen Big Brother Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Big Brother Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother The Mole Survivor No Limite The Amazing Race Boot Camp Robinson: La Gran Aventura Cannonball Run 2001 Dog Eat Dog Fear Factor Lost Moolah Beach Murder in Small Town X Pilipinas, Game KNB? 100 Hours Protagonistas de Novela Beg, Borrow & Deal Big Brother Endurance I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! I'm a Celebrity... US version Model Flat Under One Roof Dog Eat Dog Drop the Celebrity Celebrity Farm The Games Going Straight Paradise Hotel Való Világ The Apprentice Back To Reality The Benefactor The Code Room The Farm Forever Eden Gana la Verde I'm Famous and Frightened! Mad Mad House Peking Express Quest USA Shattered Strictly Come Dancing Actuality TV's Casting Call Beauty and the Geek Infinite Challenge Pinoy Big Brother Vyvolení Deal or No Deal Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Solitary Treasure Hunters Ultimate Challenge Unan1mous Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Britain's Got Talent Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants Pirate Master Celebrity Apprentice I Love Money I Survived a Japanese Game Show Wipeout 13: Fear Is Real A Fazenda The Great American Road Trip Busão do Brasil Minute to Win It Spring Break Challenge Expedition Impossible The Glass House Celebrity Splash! Redneck Island Shipping Wars The Genius Hollywood Game Night King of the Nerds Whodunnit? Capture The Quest Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge Hunted

Talent searches

Often similar to the game show genre in that there are eliminations and a final winner, this genre centers on contestants competing a specific skill or talent, rather than in random challenges.

Before 2000

Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts Original Amateur Hour Opportunity Knocks Star Tanjō! The Gong Show Owarai Star Tanjō! Star Search Stars in Their Eyes Asayan

2000s premieres

BattleBots Search for a Supermodel Bands on the Run Operación Triunfo Idol

2010s premieres

Bridalplasty Just Dance MasterChef Parovi Skating with the Stars Star Anchor Hunt The Tester Top Shot Work of Art: The Next Great Artist Worst Cooks in America America's Best Dance Crew Face Off The Glee Project Live to Dance Project Accessory Platinum Hit The Voice

2020s premieres

America's Top Dog Indonesia's Next Top Model The Masked Dancer King Maker IV

Hoax shows

Reality shows in which one or more participants are tricked into believing they are taking part in a legitimate show when they are actually the victim of a joke. These types of shows are somewhat akin to hidden camera shows.The Joe Schmo Show $25 Million Dollar Hoax Faking the Video Joe Schmo 2 My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance Superstar USA There's Something About Miriam Invasion Iowa Space Cadets Monster House