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16 and Pregnant
16 and Pregnant is an MTV documentary-style reality series that premiered June 11, 2009, following pregnant teenagers through pregnancy and early motherhood. Produced with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, it spawned the Teen Mom franchise and was studied for effects on U.S. teen birth rates.
Black Ink Crew
Black Ink Crew (Black Ink Crew New York) is a VH1 reality series premiered January 7, 2013, following Ceaser Emanuel's African-American-owned Harlem tattoo shop staff across 10 seasons, with Chicago and Compton spin-offs.
Braxton Family Values
Braxton Family Values is a WE tv reality docuseries (2011-2020, seven seasons, 148-152 episodes) following Toni Braxton, sisters Traci, Towanda, Trina, and Tamar, and mother Evelyn, produced by Magical Elves.
Bring It! (TV series)
Bring It! is a Lifetime reality docusoap (2014-2019) following Coach Dianna 'Miss D' Williams and the Dancing Dolls of Jackson, Mississippi in hip-hop majorette stand battle competition.
BTS: Bon Voyage
BTS: Bon Voyage (본보야지) is BTS's paid travel reality show, four seasons and 32 episodes from 2016 to 2020 in northern Europe, Hawaii, Malta, and New Zealand, on V Live then Weverse.
Buckwild (TV series)
Buckwild was a 2013 MTV reality series, the "Jersey Shore of Appalachia," following nine young adults in Sissonville, West Virginia; renewed after 3 million viewers per episode, then canceled after cast member Shain Gandee's death.
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Carpool Karaoke: The Series is Apple's 2017 spin-off of the Late Late Show segment, produced by CBS Television Studios and Fulwell 73; celebrity pairs sing in cars across five seasons, winning five Emmys.
Chasing Cameron
Chasing Cameron is a 2016 Netflix reality docu-series following Vine star Cameron Dallas and Magcon members Aaron Carpenter, Taylor Caniff, and others on an international meet-and-greet tour across Europe and Australia; ten episodes, one season.
Chelsea (2016 TV series)
Chelsea (2016 TV series): Netflix talk show hosted by Chelsea Handler, premiered May 11, 2016; first talk show released in 190+ countries and 20 languages simultaneously; ran two seasons, ending 2017.
Chrisley Knows Best
Chrisley Knows Best: USA Network reality series (2014-2023, 10 seasons, 204 episodes) following wealthy Georgia real estate developer Todd Chrisley's family; ended after the stars' 2022 fraud convictions and 2025 pardons.
Counting On
Counting On, originally Jill & Jessa: Counting On, was a TLC reality spinoff of 19 Kids and Counting following the older Duggar children; it ran 11 seasons from December 2015 to 2020, was canceled by TLC in June 2021 after Josh Duggar's child-pornography arrest, and was removed from streaming in 2026 after Joseph Duggar's molestation arrest.
Don't Be Tardy
Don't Be Tardy is an American Bravo reality series (April 26, 2012 to December 2020, 94 episodes in 8 seasons), originally Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding, a Real Housewives of Atlanta spin-off following Kim Zolciak-Biermann, her husband Kroy Biermann, and their six children; canceled May 2021.
Duck Dynasty
Duck Dynasty, A&E reality series (2012-2017) about the Robertson family and their Duck Commander duck call business in West Monroe, Louisiana; peaked at 11.8 million viewers, revived in 2025 as Duck Dynasty: The Revival.
Floribama Shore
Floribama Shore is an American reality series that followed eight young adults from the Southeastern United States. It premiered in 2017 and ran for four seasons on MTV.
Jersey Shore (TV series)
Jersey Shore, MTV reality series (2009-2012), also known by catchphrase GTL, followed housemates in Seaside Heights; became MTV's highest-rated series and spawned Family Vacation and international Shore versions.
Kang's Kitchen (강식당)
Kang's Kitchen (강식당) is a tvN Korean reality show, a New Journey to the West spin-off parodying Youn's Kitchen, in which Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won, Ahn Jae-hyun, and Song Min-ho run a real restaurant on Jeju Island from December 2017.
Kid Nation
Kid Nation: CBS reality series (premiered September 19, 2007) in which 40 children aged 8-15 spent 40 days building a society in Bonanza City, a New Mexico ghost town, amid child labor law controversy, injuries, and a dropped state investigation.
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, aka Laguna Beach or The Real O.C., is MTV's 2004-2006 docu-soap about Laguna Beach, California teens Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari, and Stephen Colletti; it created The Hills and shaped modern reality TV.
Living with the Jacksons
Living with the Jacksons: announced 2014 Reelz reality series about Alejandra Jackson, ex-wife of Jermaine Jackson, and her five children after leaving the Jackson estate; later listed as a 2015 Starz documentary.
Magic for Humans
Magic for Humans is a Netflix reality-comedy series (2018–2020, 3 seasons, 19 episodes) starring magician Justin Willman, known for the goat yoga levitation, the invisible-man trick, and camera-trick authenticity debates.
Married to Medicine
Married to Medicine is a Bravo reality series premiering March 24, 2013, following Atlanta women who are doctors or doctors' wives. Created by Mariah Huq, it ran 12 seasons, spawned Houston and Los Angeles spin-offs, and streams on Peacock.
Mommy XXX
Mommy XXX is a 2009 Crackle reality web series, also known as a Demi Delia show, following adult film star Demi Delia (Gina Rodriguez) raising two teens; 13 short episodes, Streamy-nominated, Kraft pulled ads.
Nirvanna the Band the Show
Nirvanna the Band the Show is a Canadian mockumentary comedy by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol, grown from the 2007-2009 web series Nirvana the Band, about two Toronto musicians trying to book a gig at the Rivoli; it aired two seasons on Viceland 2017-2018 and spawned a 2026 time-travel film.
Norm Macdonald Has a Show
Norm Macdonald Has a Show (Norm Macdonald Has a Show) is a 2018 Netflix talk show, a ten-episode adaptation of the Norm Macdonald Live podcast, hosted by Norm Macdonald and Adam Eget with one celebrity guest per episode, premiering September 14, 2018.
Party Down South
Party Down South is a CMT reality series (2014-2016) from 495 Productions, the makers of Jersey Shore, following eight Southern housemates across five seasons in South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida; it became CMT's highest-rated series ever.
Quizmania
Quizmania was a British premium-rate phone-in quiz show (2005–2007) by FremantleMedia, created by Debbie King, Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood, aired on Information TV, ITV1 and ITV Play, ended by the 2007 call TV scandal, briefly revived online in 2008.
Run's House
Run's House, MTV reality series (2005-2009) starring Run-D.M.C.'s Rev Run, wife Justine, and their children; six seasons, created by Russell Simmons, Stan Lathan, and Sean Combs.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked!
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! is the backstage after-show to RuPaul's Drag Race, begun as Under the Hood in 2009, airing after each episode on MTV and streaming on Paramount+, with 18 Emmy nominations.
Siesta Key (TV series)
Siesta Key is an MTV reality series that premiered July 31, 2017, following young adults in Sarasota County, Florida. Made by Laguna Beach's producers, it uses a cinematic, confessional-free format and drew recurring accusations of being staged.
Southern Charm
Southern Charm is a Bravo reality TV series premiering March 3, 2014, following socialites in Charleston, South Carolina. Eleven seasons, spinoffs Southern Charm New Orleans and Southern Hospitality, streaming on Peacock, renewed for Season 12.