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 admitted that he "was a bit judgy" of reality TV shows prior to hosting 'The Traitors' while speaking at the New Yorker Festival on Friday, Oct. 25.

So far in 2025, it seems the biggest television stinkers are half-baked reality TV shows. At least, that's according to viewers on IMDb.

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 ...

Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or scripted series with countless spin-offs, reality TV has become more reliant on proven franchises as the industry becomes more risk-averse.

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 ...

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 ...