Best North American reality series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch reality shows from North America, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Beast Games

    Beast Games 2024

    I gathered 1,000 people to fight for $5,000,000, the LARGEST cash prize in TV history! We're also giving away a private island, Lamborghinis, and millions more in cash throughout the competition! Go watch to see the greatest show ever made!

    Prime Video
    63
  • Poster for The Traitors

    The Traitors 2023

    The entertainment industry’s most competitive reality stars and famous faces play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by award-winning actor Alan Cumming at an ancient castle set deep in the Scottish Highlands, contestants work together on a series of exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. Hidden amongst the Faithful are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.

    Peacock
    73
  • Poster for The Kardashians

    The Kardashians 2022

    The family you know and love is here with a brand new series, giving an all-access pass into their lives. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie bring the cameras back to reveal the truth behind the headlines. From the intense pressures of running billion-dollar businesses to the hilarious joys of playtime and school drop-offs, this series brings viewers into the fold with a rivetingly honest story of love & life in the spotlight.

    Hulu
    43
  • Poster for Million Dollar Secret

    Million Dollar Secret 2025

    In this cutthroat competition series, an undercover millionaire must hide in plain sight and evade elimination to keep the money and win the game.

    Netflix
    76
  • Poster for Love is Blind

    Love is Blind 2020

    Nick and Vanessa Lachey host this social experiment where single men and women look for love and get engaged, all before meeting in person.

    Netflix
    63
  • Poster for Perfect Match

    Perfect Match 2023

    Couples who prove their compatibility gain the power to make or break other matches in this strategic and seductive dating competition.

    Netflix
    62
  • Poster for Love on the Spectrum

    Love on the Spectrum 2022

    In this romantic docuseries, people on the autism spectrum look for love and navigate the changing world of dating and relationships.

    Netflix
    79
  • Poster for Love Island USA

    Love Island USA 2019

    The matchmaking begins as a group of single "Islanders" come together in a stunning villa on a beautiful tropical island, ready to embark on a summer of dating, romance, and ultimately, relationships. Every few days the Islanders pair up and those who are not coupled are at risk of being dumped from the island. Islanders are on the lookout for romance, but the road to love doesn't always run smoothly.

    Peacock
    53
  • Poster for Unlocked: A Jail Experiment

    Unlocked: A Jail Experiment 2024

    At an Arkansas detention facility, a sheriff implements a radical social experiment to grant men who are incarcerated more agency in this reality series.

    Netflix
    74
  • Poster for The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch

    The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch 2020

    There is a ranch in northern Utah. It is considered the epicenter of the strangest, and most disturbing occurrences on Earth: For two decades, the federal government investigated the property. Their findings have never been made public. Now a new team of independent scientists and researchers are taking over. They are uncovering evidence that the countless stories, of unidentified aerial phenomena, Bizarre energies, and portals that lead to other dimensions Might actually be true. They will stop at nothing to reveal The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.

    History
    68
  • Poster for The Masked Singer

    The Masked Singer 2019

    Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.

    FOX
    59
  • Poster for LEGO Masters

    LEGO Masters 2020

    Teams of LEGO enthusiasts go head-to-head, with infinite possibilities and an unlimited supply of LEGO bricks. Teams of two will compete against each other in ambitious brick-building challenges to be crowned the country's most talented amateur LEGO builders. Based on the hit British reality-competition series of the same name.

    FOX
    70
  • Poster for Game Changer

    Game Changer 2019

    In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win.

    Dropout
    87
  • Poster for Selling Sunset

    Selling Sunset 2019

    The elite agents at The Oppenheim Group sell the luxe life to affluent buyers in LA. Relationships are everything, and that often means major drama.

    Netflix
    66
  • Poster for Below Deck Mediterranean

    Below Deck Mediterranean 2016

    Follow crew members living and working aboard a 150’ mega-yacht as it undertakes a charter season in the Mediterranean. Providing unparalleled service to wealthy and uncompromising guests is made even more difficult as the team faces everything from love triangles to seeing fellow crew members shockingly cross the line with guests.

    Bravo
    70
  • Poster for Queer Eye

    Queer Eye 2018

    An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and design in this modern reboot of the Emmy Award-winning reality series.

    Netflix
    72
  • Poster for Alone

    Alone 2015

    Hardcore survivalists are put by themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness, without camera crews, teams, or producers – on a single mission to stay alive for as long as possible.

    History
    76
  • Poster for Forged in Fire

    Forged in Fire 2015

    Competitors re-create weapons from historical periods ranging from Japanese katanas to medieval broadswords to ancient throwing blades. Each entry is judged on its artistry as well as its functionality and accuracy.

    History
    71
  • Poster for The Curse of Oak Island

    The Curse of Oak Island 2014

    Follow brothers Marty and Rick Lagina through their effort to find the speculated - and as of yet undiscovered - buried treasure believed to have been concealed through extraordinary means on Oak Island.

    History
    70
  • Poster for Somebody Feed Phil

    Somebody Feed Phil 2018

    "Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more.

    Netflix
    75
  • Poster for Below Deck

    Below Deck 2013

    The upstairs and downstairs worlds collide when this young and single crew of "yachties" live, love and work together onboard a luxurious mega yacht while tending to the ever-changing needs of their wealthy, demanding charter guests.

    Bravo
    70
  • Poster for 90 Day Fiancé

    90 Day Fiancé 2014

    Getting through customs is just the beginning. With just 90 days to wed on a fiancé visa, follow international couples as they attempt to overcome cultural barriers and family drama while in search of true love that knows no borders.

    TLC
    58
  • Poster for The Voice

    The Voice 2011

    The strongest vocalists from across the United states compete in a blockbusters vocal competition, the winner becomes “The Voice.” The show's innovative format features four stages of competition: the blind auditions, the battle rounds, the knockouts and, finally, the live performance shows.

    NBC
    64
  • Poster for Naked and Afraid

    Naked and Afraid 2013

    What happens when you put two complete strangers - sans clothes - in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item each as they attempt to survive on their own.

    Discovery
    66
  • Poster for Gold Rush

    Gold Rush 2010

    Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new claims, new machines and new ways to pull gold out of the ground, the stakes are higher than ever. But will big risks lead to an even bigger pay out?

    Discovery
    74
  • Poster for Ink Master

    Ink Master 2012

    A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.

    Paramount+
    70
  • Poster for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2012

    The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.

    Paramount+
    71
  • Poster for MasterChef

    MasterChef 2010

    This hit cooking competition series sees award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs put a group of contestants through a series of challenges and elimination rounds, in order to turn one home cook into a culinary master.

    FOX
    67
  • Poster for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 2010

    A reality series that follows some of the most affluent women in the country as they enjoy the lavish lifestyle that only Beverly Hills can provide.

    Bravo
    58
  • Poster for Shark Tank

    Shark Tank 2009

    Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch various business ideas to "The Sharks" -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- in hopes of landing an investment.

    ABC
    71
  • Poster for Storage Wars

    Storage Wars 2010

    When rent is not paid on a storage locker for three months in California, the contents can be sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items in the form of a cash-only auction. The show follows professional buyers who purchase the contents based only on a five-minute inspection of what they can see from the door when it is open. The goal is to turn a profit on the merchandise.

    A&E
    64
  • Pawn Stars 2009

    Go inside the colorful world of the pawn business. At the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas, generations of the Harrison family run the family business, and there’s clashing and camaraderie every step of the way.

    History
    68
  • Poster for RuPaul's Drag Race

    RuPaul's Drag Race 2009

    Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

    VH1
    71
  • Poster for American Pickers

    American Pickers 2010

    Pickers like Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz are on a mission to recycle America, even if it means diving into countless piles of grimy junk or getting chased off a gun-wielding homeowner’s land. Hitting back roads from coast to coast, the two men earn a living by restoring forgotten relics to their former glory, transforming one person’s trash into another’s treasure.

    History
    68
  • Poster for Ghost Adventures

    Ghost Adventures 2008

    Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.

    discovery+
    69
  • Poster for America's Got Talent

    America's Got Talent 2006

    A weekly talent competition where an array of performers – from singers and dancers, to comedians and novelty acts – vie for a $1 million cash prize.

    NBC
    61
  • Poster for Hell's Kitchen

    Hell's Kitchen 2005

    Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.

    FOX
    70
  • Poster for Top Chef

    Top Chef 2006

    An American reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges and are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode.

    Bravo
    73
  • Poster for Deadliest Catch

    Deadliest Catch 2005

    Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet their quota and make it home safely.

    Discovery
    73
  • Poster for Project Runway

    Project Runway 2004

    Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.

    Freeform
    66
  • Poster for Survivor

    Survivor 2000

    A reality show contest where sixteen or more castaways split between two or more “Tribes” are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for roughly 39 days. Frequent physical challenges are used to pit the tribes against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for “Immunity”, forcing the other tribe to attend “Tribal Council”, where they must vote off one of their players.

    CBS
    74
  • Poster for The Amazing Race

    The Amazing Race 2001

    This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.

    CBS
    74
  • Poster for Big Brother

    Big Brother 2000

    American version of the reality game show which follows a group of HouseGuests living together 24 hours a day in the "Big Brother" house, isolated from the outside world but under constant surveillance with no privacy for three months.

    CBS
    61
  • Poster for The Challenge

    The Challenge 1998

    Each Challenge pits numerous cast members from past seasons of reality shows against each other, dividing them into two separate teams according to different criteria, such as gender, which show they first appeared on, whether or not they're veterans or rookies on the show, etc. The two teams compete in numerous missions in order to win prizes and advance in the overall game.

    MTV
    75
  • Poster for WWE Raw

    WWE Raw 1993

    A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

    The New TNN
    69
  • Poster for Ridiculousness

    Ridiculousness 2011

    Rob Dyrdek takes the funniest amateur internet videos and builds them into an episode of edgy, funny, and most importantly, timeless television.

    MTV
    68
  • Poster for Jeopardy!

    Jeopardy! 1984

    This classic game show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions. After an 11 year run on NBC daytime, the show resurfaced in a modified format in 1978 and then came back in syndication in 1984, where it continues to enjoy long-term success.

    Syndication
    77
  • Poster for Whose Line Is It Anyway?

    Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1998

    The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and often does.

    ABC Family
    83
  • Poster for Keeping Up with the Kardashians

    Keeping Up with the Kardashians 2007

    A peek inside the exploits and privileged private lives of the blended Kardashian-Jenner family, including sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé.

    E!
    43
  • Poster for Kitchen Nightmares

    Kitchen Nightmares 2007

    Chef Ramsay attempts to do the impossible: turn one ordinary and empty restaurant into the most popular, sought-after venue in town. There's no time for polite small talk as he embarks on his mission to turn around the fortunes of each restaurant in just one week and save them from their living nightmares.

    FOX
    73
  • Poster for Drawn Together

    Drawn Together 2004

    The world's first animated reality series gathers icons from all corners of the cartoon universe and lets them loose, with plenty of cameras to catch their exploits. Here's what happens when eight cartoon characters stop being polite and start getting real.

    Comedy Central
    72
  • Poster for The Circle

    The Circle 2020

    Status and strategy collide in this social experiment and competition show where online players flirt, befriend and catfish their way toward $100,000.

    Netflix
    68
  • Poster for Catfish: The TV Show

    Catfish: The TV Show 2012

    Nev and his co-hosts -- from Max to Kamie to celebrity guests -- help people in dubious online relationships track down their baes IRL so they can sort out what's fact and what's fiction.

    MTV
    69
  • Poster for Jersey Shore

    Jersey Shore 2009

    Eight people live together as housemates in a vacation home, party, work in the area and compete with each other to win the grand prize.

    MTV
    54
  • Poster for American Idol

    American Idol 2002

    Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?

    FOX
    55
  • Poster for Dirty Jobs

    Dirty Jobs 2005

    Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.

    Discovery
    77
  • Poster for The Mole

    The Mole 2022

    A high-stakes competition series where twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated "the Mole" and tasked with sabotaging the group's money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

    Netflix
    73
  • Poster for America's Next Top Model

    America's Next Top Model 2003

    Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.

    VH1
    59
  • Poster for Nailed It!

    Nailed It! 2018

    Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It's part reality contest, part hot mess.

    Netflix
    68
  • Poster for Duck Dynasty

    Duck Dynasty 2012

    At first glance the Robertsons look like a typical Louisiana family who lives for duck hunting season. A closer look, however, reveals they live very well because of duck hunting season. The Robertsons own and operate Duck Commanders, which specializes in fabricating duck calls and decoys out of salvaged swamp wood. The company has grown from a mom-and-pop operation to a multimillionaire sporting empire, established in 1973 by family patriarch Phil (aka the Duck Commander) and now run by his business-savvy son, Willie. "Duck Dynasty" follows the Robertsons and their booming business, which also employs Willie's wife, Korie, his brother Jase and Uncle Si, a Vietnam vet and colorful character who keeps the guys in the workshop occupied with his many stories.

    A&E
    63
  • Poster for Cops

    Cops 1989

    COPS is one of the first (and only) true and UNSCRIPTED reality shows, it follows the activities of police officers by embedding camera crews with police units. The show’s formula follows the Cinéma vérité convention, with no narration or scripted dialog, depending entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact. COPS has followed officers in 140 different cities in the United States and also has been shot in Hong Kong, London, and the former Soviet Union. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes in length and typically consists of three segments, with each segment being one or two self-contained police incidents.

    Fox Nation
    73
  • Poster for So You Think You Can Dance

    So You Think You Can Dance 2005

    Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

    FOX
    69
  • Poster for Tidying Up with Marie Kondo

    Tidying Up with Marie Kondo 2019

    In a series of inspiring home makeovers, world-renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo helps clients clear out the clutter -- and choose joy.

    Netflix
    66
  • Poster for Comic Book Men

    Comic Book Men 2012

    A show for Fanboys by Fanboys. Set in uber-geek Kevin Smith's iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, the show explores every nook and cranny of Fanboy culture from A to Z. Endless circular debates about the technical accuracy of the USS Enterprise's warp-core schematics? Snarky comic aficionados with an encyclopedic knowledge of every Marvel back issue? You bet.

    AMC
    73
  • Poster for Hotel Hell

    Hotel Hell 2012

    Chef Gordon Ramsay, along with a team of hospitality experts, travels the country applying his high standards to struggling hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts in an effort to get the owners and staff to turn their establishments around. Ramsay's signature no-holds-barred style will make it clear to those he coaches that there is no place for dirty rooms or incompetent staff if one hopes to remain in business.

    FOX
    71
  • Poster for Is It Cake?

    Is It Cake? 2022

    Skilled cake artists create mouthwatering replicas of handbags, sewing machines and more in a mind-bending baking contest inspired by a popular meme.

    Netflix
    63