Whenever I was sick as a kid, there was always one cure that was better than the rest: MTV reality shows. I would waste away the hours watching all of my favorites and understanding how strategic it was for community college ads to run every commercial break (if I was a young, jobless soul looking for a fresh start, I would probably watch MTV to seek that out.)
Now that time has passed and many of these shows have been off the air for years, I decided to look back and reflect on the best of the best when it came to early 2000’s MTV reality shows. While there have been spin-offs and some revivals here and there, nothing is quite the same as the prime that MTV was in for a whiel. It’s all good though, because Real World will probably never get cancelled so we at least have that going for us. Which one of these was your favorite?
- Room Raiders
- Cribs
- Pimp My Ride
- Next
- Parental Control
- Date My Mom
- Laguna Beach
- The Hills
- Jersey Shore
- Punk’d
- Date My Mom
- My Super Sweet 16
- Viva La Bam
- Meet The Barkers
- Rob & Big
- The Osbournes
- Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
- Made
- True Life
- 16 & Pregnant
- Total Request Live