The 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
This is a list of the best reality TV shows on television, the most (sometimes embarrassingly) addictive reality TV series. From guilty pleasures to shows that really do teach us how to live our lives a little bit better, this list contains only TV shows you would openly recommend to good friends of yours - the best of the best reality shows. Reality fans will also be interested in these juicy reality TV scandals and secrets from the sets of reality TV shows.
Good reality TV shows come in every style of reality - from competition to cooking, quasi-educational to quite weird - and this list has them all. You can vote for fashion competitions like RuPaul's Drag Race, obstacle course shows like Wipeout, food travelogues like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and of course the classics like Big Brother.
Even reality stars have their own picks, as you can see in this Ranker video featuring the stars of Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs:
What are the top reality TV shows? From Top Chef to The Biggest Loser, this list contains only the best and actually-watchable in reality television. Time to vote: what are the best reality shows ever?
- Premiered: May 31, 2000
- Network: CBS
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Antiques Roadshow
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- Premiered: September 5, 2001
- Network: CBS
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- Premiered: January 23, 2003
- Network: Discovery Channel
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- Premiered: December 1, 2004
- Network: Bravo, Lifetime
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MasterChef
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- Premiered: December 12, 2009
- Network: 18179, NBC
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- Premiered: April 23, 2007
- Network: Food Network, Discovery+
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- Premiered: February 2, 2009
- Network: Logo, VH1, MTV
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- Premiered: July 6, 2000
- Network: CBS
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Kitchen Nightmares
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- Premiered: April 26, 2011
- Network: NBC
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- Premiered: January 7, 2011
- Network: ITV1HDV, CW
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Cash Cab
Ben Bailey- Premiered: December 5, 2005
- Network: Discovery Channel, Bravo
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Jay Leno's Garage
Tim Allen, Erica Enders, Frank Hawley- Premiered: October 7, 2015
- Network: CNBC
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- Premiered: November 7, 2003
- Network: Discovery Channel
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- Premiered: March 11, 1989
- Network: FOX, Paramount Network
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- Premiered: January 13, 2009
- Network: Food Network
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- Premiered: February 1, 2022
- Network: FOX
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- Premiered: January 11, 2022
- Network: MTV
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BattleBots
- Premiered: June 21, 2015
- Network: ABC, Discovery Channel
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- Premiered: January 31, 2022
- Network: A&E
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- Premiered: November 2, 2016
- Network: Lifetime
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- Premiered: November 19, 2021
- Network: ROKUCH
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- Premiered: July 25, 2016
- Network: Channel 4
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- Premiered: January 13, 2011
- Network: A&E
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- Premiered: April 14, 2013
- Network: CNN
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- Premiered: June 10, 2003
- Network: NBC
- Premiered: February 8, 2020
- Network: 9SYDANZ, Nat Geo Wild
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- Premiered: January 3, 2010
- Network: Food Network
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Hotel Hell
Gordon Ramsay- Premiered: August 13, 2012
- Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
- Premiered: May 3, 2010
- Network: TLC
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- Premiered: January 2, 2019
- Network: FOX
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- Premiered: July 19, 2009
- Network: History
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- Premiered: January 27, 2016
- Network: Lifetime
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Donnie Loves Jenny
Jenny McCarthy, Donnie Wahlberg- Premiered: January 7, 2015
- Network: A&E
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Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
- Premiered: July 8, 2013
- Network: NBC
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- Premiered: January 26, 2011
- Network: Syfy
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- Premiered: January 17, 2012
- Network: Paramount Network Spanish, Paramount Network, Paramount+
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- Premiered: September 30, 1999
- Network: HGTV
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- Premiered: January 12, 2014
- Network: TLC
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- Premiered: December 15, 2011
- Network: truTV, TBS
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- Premiered: March 5, 2023
- Network: Bravo
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- Premiered: January 11, 2022
- Network: MTV
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- Premiered: 2014
- Network: HGTV
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- Premiered: February 20, 2019
- Network: MAKEFL, Netflix
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- Premiered: December 27, 2009
- Network: Food Network
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- Premiered: February 20, 2006
- Network: HGTV
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- Premiered: August 17, 2009
- Network: A&E, Lifetime
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- Premiered: February 26, 2008
- Network: ABC
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Broke Straight Boys TV
Paul Canon, Johnny Forza, Jimmy Johnson- Premiered: December 19, 2014
- Network: Here TV
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- Premiered: February 24, 2021
- Network: Discovery+
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- Premiered: April 4, 2019
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- Premiered: April 6, 2011
- Network: TLC
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- Premiered: November 9, 2021
- Network: Cooking Channel
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- Premiered: April 12, 2005
- Network: Discovery Channel
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- Premiered: 2005
- Network: MyNetworkTV, CNBC, NBC
- Premiered: July 25, 2022
- Network: National Geographic
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- Premiered: November 19, 2021
- Network: Netflix
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The Hairy Bikers Bakeation
- Premiered: March 13, 2012
- Network: BBC Two
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- Premiered: August 15, 2010
- Network: Food Network
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- Premiered: 2004
- Network: Style Network, Channel 4, W Network, E4, American Broadcasting Company
- Premiered: May 29, 2013
- Network: CBS
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- Premiered: July 27, 2006
- Network: Syfy
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Ladies of London
- Premiered: June 2, 2014
- Network: Bravo
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- Premiered: 2003
- Network: Animal Planet