reality TV

British

noun

television programmes focusing on members of the public living in conditions created especially by the programme makers

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Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt is running for Los Angeles mayor after his house burned down in the 2025 Palisades fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Reality TV star Queen Mercy Atang arrived in one of the evening's most attention-grabbing looks, a dress, she said, was made from more than 500 loaves of bread.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Reality TV superstar and fashion mogul Kylie Jenner has put her longtime California mansion on the market for $20.25 million—nearly 10 years after she scooped up the enormous home for almost half that price.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Reality TV loves to generate iconoclastic figures like Paul, turning real people and their issues into characters and storylines.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt entered the race on Jan. 7, the one-year anniversary of the fire, which destroyed his home and thousands of others.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

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