8 Best reality TV shows on Paramount+

BIG BROTHER season 26 July 21 on the CBS Television Network and live streaming on Paramount+ and PlutoTV. Pictured: Makensy Manbeck. Photo: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available.
BIG BROTHER season 26 July 21 on the CBS Television Network and live streaming on Paramount+ and PlutoTV. Pictured: Makensy Manbeck. Photo: CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available.

Although Paramount+ may be mostly known for their scripted content with shows like 1923, Yellowjackets, and School Spirits, this streaming service also has an excellent library of reality TV shows to check out.

So, if you're in between episodes of your favorite scripted series or you're just looking for a new reality show to binge, check out one of these 8 reality shows on Paramount+.

1. Big Brother

Big Brother is a classic reality TV series that's been airing for over two decades. In this show, a group of strangers are put into a house together where their every move is filmed and they have to team up socially to take each other out while competing in physical challenges. Fans that have somehow never dug into the world of Big Brother have got to give it a try -- and it's all available on Paramount+.

2. Celebrity Secret Renovation

If you're looking for some feel-good reality TV to binge, Celebrity Secret Renovation is the perfect show to check out. This is a home renovation series with a heartfelt twist in which celebrities go back to their hometown to surprise someone who had a meaningful impact on them before fame with a home renovation to show their appreciation for helping guide them to success later in life.

3. Love ALLways

Love ALLways is a queer dating series in which the pansexual leading lady tries to find love with the help of a pair of dating coaches. This show takes the typical dating competition series format and spins it around to prove that love has no gender.

4. MADE

MADE is a total throwback of a reality TV show to check out if you're feeling nostalgic for the 2000s. This series first aired on MTV and would feature a teen who wants to turn their life around and revamp their entire identity, turning to MTV in order to be "MADE" into something new. From cheerleader to class president and even pageant queens, this show has transformations into just about anything.

5. The Love Experiment

The Love Experiement is a dating series with a twist in which three women enter a dating app come to life and meet a group of singles who are ready for love. The tagline for this series sums it all up perfectly: "If you're offered everything you want... will you ultimately choose what you need?" This series, which originally aired on MTV, only has one season but it's so much fun for fans of dating shows.

6. RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race has become a reality TV phenomenon that has spawned spin-offs and international versions of the competition and it's not hard to see why. In this iconic reality TV competition series, drag queens come together to compete in unique challenges and lip syncs in order to try to take home the crown.

7. Survivor

Survivor is the American version of a Swedish series, but it's become a reality TV staple in the two decades since it started airing. This series takes a group of people and puts them on a remote island where they have to survive the elements, compete in strenuous challenges that will exhaust them physically and mentally, and work together to vote each other off the island.

8. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta is a spin-off of the original Love & Hip Hop series and follows a cast of people involved in the hip hop music scene in the southern United States. This series features hip hop stars and reality TV figures that have gone on to be on other shows, including Erica Mena and
Joseline Hernandez who both now have their own shows on Zeus Network.