They were messy, ridiculous, and sometimes downright terrible, but we couldn’t stop watching. Here are 19 objectively bad TV ...

Reality TV’s bad behavior dates back to its early days. When the genre was still new in 2000, the competition series Survivor debuted, and its first winner, Richard Hatch, quickly became ...

Alan Cumming may technically be a reality star now, but he has not always been a fan of the TV genre.. Speaking with The New Yorker staff writer Emily Nussbaum at the 25th Annual New Yorker ...

Reality TV originally took off because producers were willing to take risks — and even occasionally offend public sensibility — but the present-day focus on franchises leaves less room for ...

To find the other flops in reality TV history, Stacker analyzed IMDb data as of June 2024 to compile a list of the lowest-rated reality TV series since the genre's inception, focusing on shows ...

Reality TV gets a bad rap. I’ve said it again and again, and again. Believe me, I’ve heard it all before. “I don’t watch reality TV.” “I think it’s all scripted.” “There’s ...

Reality TV shows can sometimes promote dangerous or irresponsible financial advice, leading to serious consequences. This risk is particularly significant when the audience includes impressionable ...

Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spinoffs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse. ‘Love Is Blind ...

Extreme as some reality TV shows are, they can reflect back our social preoccupations, our fault lines, our deep-rooted conservatism. “These shows show us ourselves in amplified forms, and we ...