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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

World's Wildest Police Videos

★ 6.5
310 76 1998–2012
Action · Crime · Reality-TV

Aap Ki Adalat

★ 7.0
267 1534 1992–2024
News · Reality-TV · Talk-Show

Expedition: Robinson

★ 6.7
267 578 1997–present
Adventure · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Trauma: Life in the E.R.

★ 8.3
254 87 1997–2002
Documentary · Reality-TV

Kids Say the Darndest Things

★ 5.4
252 4 1998–2000
Comedy · Family · Reality-TV

Wok with Yan

★ 8.6
239 1 1995–present
Reality-TV

World's Most Amazing Videos

★ 6.3
235 94 1999–2008
Reality-TV

Changing Rooms

★ 6.6
227 20 1996–2004
Family · Reality-TV

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

★ 6.2
200 16 1995–present
Musical · Reality-TV

Ground Force

★ 7.3
195 97 1997–2005
Reality-TV

Wild On...

★ 6.2
194 50 1997–2009
Adventure · Reality-TV

Divine Design

★ 8.0
186 301 1999–present
Reality-TV

Sexcetera

★ 6.6
184 106 1998–present
Reality-TV

America's Dumbest Criminals

★ 5.2
180 107 1996–2000
Crime · News · Reality-TV

Australia's Funniest Home Video Show

★ 4.5
175 100 1990–2014
Comedy · Reality-TV

Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

★ 7.0
171 237 1993–1999
Reality-TV

Big Brother

★ 2.5
160 121 1999–present
Game-Show · Reality-TV

Robinson ekspeditionen

★ 6.0
158 354 1998–present
Adventure · Game-Show · Reality-TV

Martha Stewart Living

★ 6.3
153 203 1996–2004
Reality-TV

Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home

★ 8.9
141 22 1999–2000
Reality-TV

Candid Camera

★ 6.0
137 63 1998–present
Comedy · Reality-TV

House Doctor

★ 4.6
134 40 1998–present
Reality-TV

Candid Camera

★ 5.0
131 137 1991–present
Comedy · Reality-TV

Susana Giménez

★ 4.6
122 1768 1998–2024
Music · Reality-TV · Talk-Show
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