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Best Reality-TV TV Series of the 1990s

218 Reality-TV series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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218 series

Judge Judy

★ 6.1
6K 7283 1996–2021
Legal · Long-runner · Episodic

The Real World

★ 5.3
4K 656 1991–present
Lifestyle reality · Long-runner

Grand Designs

★ 8.5
4K 256 1999–present
Docuseries · British TV

House Hunters

★ 6.7
2K 3636 1999–present
Reality-TV

Iron Chef

★ 8.5
2K 302 1993–2002
Game-Show · Reality-TV

Gladiators

★ 6.6
2K 113 1992–2000
Action · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Antiques Roadshow US

★ 7.4
1K 582 1997–present
Reality-TV

Old Enough!

★ 8.2
1K 31 1990–present
Adventure · Documentary · Reality-TV

Who Is the Mole?

★ 8.3
1K 295 1999–present
Game-Show · Reality-TV

The People's Court

★ 6.5
1K 288 1997–2023
Crime · Reality-TV

GameSpot TV

★ 8.1
1K 780 1998–2022
Comedy · News · Reality-TV

De Mol

★ 8.7
1K 129 1998–present
Adventure · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Naked News

★ 6.5
919 549 1999–present
Comedy · News · Reality-TV

Judge Mathis

★ 5.5
764 4037 1999–2023
Reality-TV

The Crocodile Hunter's Croc Files

★ 7.5
729 30 1999–2001
Reality-TV

Bug Juice

★ 7.7
662 35 1998–2002
Family · Reality-TV

Road Rules

★ 5.3
638 223 1995–2007
Adventure · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Taxicab Confessions

★ 6.7
510 21 1995–present
Comedy · Reality-TV

Blind Date

★ 6.1
477 51 1999–2006
Comedy · Reality-TV · Romance

Judge Joe Brown

★ 4.5
476 1582 1998–2013
Crime · Reality-TV

The Naked Chef

★ 7.5
459 25 1999–2001
Reality-TV

Ramsay's Boiling Point

★ 7.4
444 5 1998–1999
Reality-TV

Divorce Court

★ 4.5
408 2503 1999–present
Crime · Drama · Reality-TV

Under Arrest

★ 7.4
354 65 1993–present
Crime · Reality-TV
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