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Reality TV and game shows are two different things. MTV's first game show (and first non-music programming) was "Remote Control" begun in the late 1980s.[1]

I used to watch regularly -- funny how I remembered the names of Colin Quinn and Kari Wuhrer, but couldn't remember the host's name without looking it up.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Control_(game_show)

>>PopAlo+(OP)
I would argue Reality Shows are indeed a new form of low budget Game Show (someone is always trying to "win" something).

>>erickh+b21
> I would argue Reality Shows are indeed a new form of low budget Game Show (someone is always trying to “win” something).

Reality competition shows are definitely a kind of game shows, but not all reality ahows are reality competition shows; MTV’s The Real World was not – nor was its loose inspiration, PBS’s An American Family. Expedition Robinson from 1997 (and the international version, Survivor, from 2000) really kicked off the reality competition format.