swap_horiz True Life Alternatives

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Locked Up Abroad

Locked Up Abroad, known as Banged Up Abroad in the UK, is a National Geographic Channel docudrama series that premiered...

Travel Documentary 2000S Prison

7.5 Good

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Dating Around

Dating Around is a Netflix docuseries premiered in 2019 that follows a single person on five blind dates in one city, fi...

Netflix Documentary Dating 2010S

7.3 Good

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The Real World

MTV series premiering in 1992 and widely regarded as the prototype of modern reality television, following strangers liv...

Lifestyle 1990S Docu Soap Mtv

7.0 Good

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I Shouldn't Be Alive

I Shouldn't Be Alive is a Discovery Channel docudrama series that premiered in 2005, dramatizing true survival stories o...

Discovery Survival Documentary True Story

7.0 Good

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Run's House

MTV docuseries (2005–2009) following Run-DMC member Rev Run (Joseph Simmons) and his blended family in their Saddle Rive...

Family Celebrity 2000S Musician

6.7 Fair

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Catfish: The TV Show

Catfish: The TV Show is an MTV series launched in 2012, hosted by Nev Schulman, that investigates online relationships w...

Social Media Online Dating 2010S Mtv

6.7 Fair

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Making the Band

Making the Band is a music reality franchise created by Lou Pearlman that began on ABC in 2000, later revived by Sean 'D...

Music Talent 2000S Mtv

6.5 Fair

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Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an MTV reality series that aired from 2009 to 2015, following professional skateboarder...

Business Comedy Celebrity Skateboarding

6.4 Fair

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Teen Mom 2

Teen Mom 2 is an MTV docuseries that premiered in 2011 as a spinoff of 16 and Pregnant, following four young mothers—inc...

Family Relationships Mtv Docusoap

6.3 Fair

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Punk'd

MTV hidden-camera prank series (2003–2012) created by and starring Ashton Kutcher, in which celebrities were subjected t...

Celebrity 2000S Prank Mtv

6.2 Fair

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Teen Mom

Teen Mom is an MTV reality series that premiered in 2009 as a follow-up to 16 and Pregnant, documenting the lives of you...

Family 2000S Mtv Docu Series

6.2 Fair

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Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica

MTV docuseries (2003–2005) chronicling the early marriage of pop star Nick Lachey and singer Jessica Simpson, whose cand...

Celebrity 2000S Docu Soap Mtv

6.0 Fair

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Siesta Key

Siesta Key is an MTV docuseries (premiered 2017) following young adults in Siesta Key, Florida, and is notable for launc...

Florida Beach Teen Mtv

5.7 Mediocre

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Road Rules

MTV adventure series (1995–2007) spun off from The Real World, following cast members completing missions across differe...

Travel Adventure 1990S Ensemble

5.6 Mediocre

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Floribama Shore

Floribama Shore is an MTV reality series (2017–2021) following a group of young adults living together along the Florida...

Youth Beach Mtv Partying

5.6 Mediocre

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Pimp My Ride UK

Pimp My Ride UK is a Channel 4 adaptation of the US MTV series that aired from 2006 to 2007, in which participants' run-...

Design Youth Makeover Cars

5.6 Mediocre

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Pimp My Ride

MTV series (2004–2007) hosted by rapper Xzibit in which custom shops, primarily West Coast Customs, performed extreme ma...

Customization 2000S Mtv Makeover

5.5 Mediocre

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Next (MTV)

Next is an MTV dating show that premiered in 2005 in which a dater could dismiss a candidate mid-date by shouting 'next,...

Youth 2000S Dating Mtv

5.4 Mediocre

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Jersey Shore: Family Vacation

MTV revival series premiering in 2018, reuniting the original Jersey Shore cast for group vacations, continuing the fran...

Lifestyle Celebrity Ensemble 2010S

4.9 Poor

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Date My Mom

Date My Mom is an MTV dating series (2004–2006) in which a single person went on dates with the mothers of potential rom...

Youth Family Dating Mtv

4.9 Poor