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Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business in this runaway hit. Created and executive-produced by supermodel Tyra Banks, its formula of beautiful women plus unappealing behavior make it enormously popular and one of the more intriguing reality shows, with its wannabe cover girls living together in a house and, between catfights, going out on photo shoots while they vie for a modeling contract.

The loves and ex-loves of current and former NBA players are followed.

The Real World met The Hollywood Squares and E! True Hollywood Story on this adroitly contrived reality series. Created by Rick Telles, Cris Abrego, and Mark Cronin, The Surreal Life assembled a group of B-list celebrities (a less polite correspondent might call them "has-beens") who, over a ten-day period, all lived in the same Hollywood Hills mansion. Denied such perks as cell phones and sauna baths, the formerly famous tried their best to get along, and as expected, their best was often none too good. Among those present were ex-Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, former child star Emmanuel Lewis, Survivor alumnus Jerri Manthey, and the inevitable Corey Feldman. Though the participants insisted that they were not mocking their fall from professional grace, the producers had no qualms about promoting the series with the tagline: "When the stars fall from sight...this is where they crash." The Surreal Life debuted on January 9, 2003.

Singles bare all when they go on nude dates in this reality series shot at a remote island resort.

Romance, struggle and competition amid Atlanta's music realm are charted in this reality spin-off from "Love & Hip Hop."

Women compete to win the affections of Poison front man Bret Michaels. In the first two seasons, the ladies lived in Michaels' Hollywood Hills home, while Season 3 found the girlfriend wannabes traveling with the rocker aboard a tour bus.