Reality legal programming

• All Worked Up (TruTV, October 19, 2009–present)
• Big Brian The Fortune Seller (TruTV, March 11, 2011–present)
• Caught Red Handed (TruTV, November 5, 2012–present)
• Hardcore Pawn (TruTV, August 16, 2010–present)
• Inside American Jail (TruTV, August 3, 2007–present)
• Las Vegas Jailhouse (TruTV, January 31, 2010–present)
• Lizard Lick Towing (TruTV, February 7, 2011–present)
• Ocean Force (TruTV, August 27, 2007–present)
• Operation Repo (TruTV, April 1, 2008–present)
• Party Heat (TruTV, December 31, 2007 – November 23, 2010, first-run; November 24, 2010–present, reruns)
• Police POV (TruTV, April 17, 2011–present)
• South Beach Tow (TruTV, July 20, 2011–present)
• Southern Fried Stings (TruTV, April 12, 2010–present)
• Speeders (TruTV, June 7, 2007 – September 3, 2009, first-run; September 4, 2009–present, reruns)

• Disorder in the Court (TruTV, September 29, 2006–present)
• Impractical Jokers (TruTV, December 15, 2011–present)
• It Only Hurts When I Laugh! (TruTV, October 22, 2009–present)
• Most Daring (TruTV, September 12, 2007 – July 14, 2010, first-run; July 15, 2010–present, reruns)
• Most Shocking (TruTV, October 4, 2006 – November 10, 2010, first-run; November 11, 2010–present, reruns)
• Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking (TruTV, October 3, 2009–present)
• truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... (TruTV, March 13, 2008–present)
• Clipaholics (TruTV, May 3, 2012 – present)
• World's Wildest Police Videos (TruTV, 2007–present)
• Video Justice (TruTV, April 26, 2006 – March 23, 2007)

• Forensic Files (TruTV, September 1, 2000–present)
• The Investigators (TruTV, July 9, 2004 – March 17, 2008, first-run; March 24, 2008–present, reruns)
• North Mission Road (TruTV, February 24, 2003 – August 10, 2007)
• Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice (TruTV, June 6, 2002 – September 25, 2009)
• Hot Pursuit (TruTV, July 9, 2002- November 20, 2009)
• Masterminds (TruTV, 2003–2011)

• Over the Limit (TruTV, April 21–October 24, 2010)
• Cops (Fox, Spike, March 11, 1989–June 9, 2020): Also a documentary
• Bait Car (TruTV, August 6, 2007–October 23, 2012)
• Police Women (TV Series) (August 6, 2009 – April 13, 2013)

Comedy legal

• Snap Judgment (TruTV, April 1, 1999 – 2000)

talk show

• Star Jones (TruTV, August 20, 2007 – February 1, 2008)
• Justice with Judge Jeanine (Fox News Channel, January 2011–present)

Investigative

• Haunting Evidence (TruTV, December 21, 2005 – October 25, 2008)
• City Confidential (A&E, August 17, 1999 – March 1, 2006)
• Suburban Secrets (TruTV, January 29, 2007 – September 20, 2008)
• Tiger Team (TruTV, special: December 25, 2007)

Reality court shows

Another subgenre of reality legal shows are "reality court shows", which is a category of court shows that were next to nonexistent in the genre's first four decades. Originally, court shows were all dramatized, staged programs with actors playing the litigants, witnesses, lawyers, and sometimes the judges. Cases were either reenactments of actual real-life cases or altogether made up cases. Among examples of dramatized court shows include Famous Jury Trials, Your Witness, the first 2 runs of Divorce Court, etc. These types of court shows fall under legal dramas. The People's Court, however, revolutionized the court show genre by introducing a reality show format, known as arbitration-based "reality", in 1981. This was later adopted by the vast majority of court shows. Not all court shows have used the arbitration-based reality format however. Some are unaffected realities that draw on footage from real-life trials in real-life courtrooms. Below is a list of the reality court shows that have been produced:

• Parole (First-run syndication, Telestar, 1959)
• The People's Court (Syndicated, Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions, 1981–1993, 1997–present)
• On Trial (Syndicated, 1987–1988)
• Jones and Jury (Syndicated, 1994-1995)
• Judge Judy (Syndicated, 1996–present)
• Judge Joe Brown (Syndicated, 1998–2013)
• Judge Mills Lane (Syndicated, 1998–2001)
• Judge Wapner's Animal Court (Animal Planet, 1998–2000)
• Judge and Jury (MSNBC, 1998–1999)
• Divorce Court (Syndicated, 1957–1969 [dramatized], 1985–1992 [dramatized], 1999–present [reality])
• Judge Mathis (Syndicated, 1999–present)
• Judge Hatchett (Syndicated, 2000–2008)
• Power of Attorney (Syndicated, 2000–2002)
• Curtis Court (Syndicated, 2000–2001)
• Texas Justice (Syndicated, 2001–2005)
• State v. (ABC, 2002)
• Crime & Punishment (NBC, 2002–2004)
• Judge Alex (Syndicated, 2005–2014)
• The Law Firm (NBC, 2005)
• Cristina's Court (Syndicated, 2006–2010)
• Judge Maria Lopez (Syndicated, 2006–2008)
• Judge David Young (Syndication, 2007–2009)
• Jury Duty (Syndicated, 2007–2009)
• Judge Jeanine Pirro (CW Network, 2008–2011)
• Family Court with Judge Penny (Syndicated, 2008–2009)
• Judge Karen (Syndicated, 2008–2009)
• Street Court (Syndicated, 2009–2010)
• Swift Justice with Jackie Glass (Syndicated, 2010–2012)
• Judge Karen's Court (Syndicated, 2010–2011)
• L'Arbitre (V television network, 2011–present)
• Last Shot with Judge Gunn (Syndicated, Trifecta Entertainment & Media, 2011–present)