Reality TV is a type of television programming which aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the programme makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
...the Americans' current infatuation with reality TV.
reality TV in British English
noun
television programmes focusing on members of the public living in conditions created specially by the programme makers
Examples of 'reality TV' in a sentence
reality TV
So is he to blame for introducing reality TV here?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Most of what the media are covering is just reality TV.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The Finnish reality TV hit is the most likely pop star out of this bunch.
The Sun (2016)
That's enough reality TV for me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And you really don't get lower than reality TV shows.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You can do reality TV, but those reality people will all be gone in a couple of years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which reality TV series uses all nine letters?
The Sun (2015)
Her doomed marriage to the singer became the focus of a reality TV series.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But this was not drama but reality TV.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Give that man a reality TV programme now.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She decided to go on a reality TV show.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Second, these reality TV shows give you a sort of fake drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is making a reality TV series, and is about to host his own chat show.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Reality TV or period drama?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Their approach: a reality TV show in which the two congressmen are stranded on a remote island together for one week.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
reality TV
British English: reality TV /riːˈælɪtɪ tiːˈviː/ NOUN
Reality TV is a type of television which aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the programme makers, which are intended to be like everyday life.