Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel is an American reality television docudrama on TruTV that premiered on November 11, 2008. It focuses on the staff of the Rehab pool party hosted at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and also chronicles the staff as they attempt to keep the partygoers under control while trying to do their jobs well and avoid their bosses' anger.
In December 2010, truTV cancelled Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Caught Red Handed is an American reality television series on truTV. The series debuted on November 5, 2012.
Overcoming such things as antiquated surveillance systems, no floor security, and even their own cashiers, store owners enlist the help of professional “loss prevention agents” to start a crackdown on store theft. These bold bandits don't realize that their every move is being watched, and soon begin to display their shameless shoplifting skills.
Bear Swamp Recovery is an American reality series debuted on August 22, 2011 on truTV. The show's title is the name of the repossessing agency, which is located in Mercerville, New Jersey. Similar to other truTV shows, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of some scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by showing the scenes of the cast conducting repossession of automobiles for finance companies. In the show, they also perform repossession of other exotic and strange items such as luxury boats, buses, limousines, ATVs, Zambonis, tow trucks, hot air balloons and diggers.
Suburban Secrets is a 2007 American non-fiction television series created by truTV. It is produced by Sirens Media. The show is described as being a cross between City Confidential and Desperate Housewives.
Some cities that the show has documented:
⁕Pleasant Garden, North Carolina
⁕Grapevine, Texas
⁕Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
⁕Little Compton, Rhode Island
⁕Marion, Virginia
⁕Red Bluff, California
⁕Bridgton, Maine
⁕Olathe, Kansas
Notable cases documented:
⁕Sarah Marie Johnson
⁕Christopher McCowen
⁕Hope Schreiner
⁕Rachelle Waterman
⁕Diane King
⁕Mark Mangelsdorf and Melinda Harmon Raisch
Video Justice is a reality television primetime program produced by John Langley airing on the television cable station truTV, and is part of network's truTV RED lineup. The program focuses on criminals who were captured on camera in the act of the crime. The crimes are often "life or death" situations that may involve one of the two parties, either law enforcement or the criminals, being killed or seriously injured. It often displays pictures of the suspect in most of its footage, and tells you the name of that suspect who of which committed that crime and describes their punishment. The primetime show runs for 30 minutes.
Cameras used in the footage in Video Justice include dashboard cameras, spy cameras, news cameras, and others taped by various people, sometimes including criminals themselves.
The Investigators is a true crime television series that airs on TruTV.
The series involves sit-down interviews with the people involved in the investigation of a murder as well as family members of the victim. As each of these already-solved crimes is reinacted, the details of the crimes are narrated, describing the procedures taken by the police, the evidence found, and other details which lead to a conviction and sentencing accused murderer.
What started with a single turd and a simple concept, Mary’s moose-poop creations took America by storm after a local news story went viral. Helping Mary bring her art to the masses are her longtime partner Deb, teenaged daughter Katie, and a colorful cast of locals.
Breaking Greenville takes viewers behind the cameras of two real-life rival TV news stations in one of the smallest TV markets in America: Greenville, Miss. The character-driven, comedic docu-soap spotlights the playful - and at times cut-throat - rivalry between two local news stations and the dynamic newscasters who are determined to take their jobs seriously, even when some of the news they cover is less than serious.
Man vs. Cartoon is an American popular science television program airing on truTV. The premise of the show is that students and researchers at New Mexico Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center attempt to re-create contraptions and situations found in Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons. Each episode begins with one or two cartoon clips that the competitors then try to re-create, attempting to succeed in killing the Road Runner where the Coyote had failed. In the first episode, for example, the students re-create a Rube Goldberg machine featured in Wild About Hurry that begins with a slingshot and involves a large number of steps, culminating in a cannon shot.
Speeders Fight Back is a nontraditional court show on TruTV that began airing in the fall of 2008 and is a spin-off of Speeders.
Offending motorists that were shown on the original Speeders show challenge the officers that pulled them over and take their cases to the Oak Lawn, Illinois courthouse in front of Mayor and Judge David Heilman. From there, the said individuals use visual aids, alibis, emotional and offbeat excuses to get out of their traffic tickets. New episodes aired on October 1, 2009.
The first season of Speeders Fight Back took place at the Broward County, Florida courthouse with Chief Magistrate Brenda Di Ioia as the magistrate. The first season of the show is actually real. The Magistrate, the officers, the defendants and the court personnel are all actual. There are no scripts. In fact, the production company taped entire court sessions for 4 months from beginning to end then selected the ones they wanted to air.
The second season with the Mayor was scripted and contained some actors who playe
Disorder in the Court is a reality series airing on TruTV that was based on The Three Stooges episode of the same name.
Each episode features brawls and other chaos inside of real court rooms or similar events videotaped elsewhere used as evidence in real court cases.
Over the Limit is an American reality television series that premiered on March 21, 2010 on TruTV. The final episode aired on October 17, 2010. The series takes viewers alongside police officers during various calls, whether the suspects are driving too fast, drinking too much, fighting in public, and other belligerent behavior. Some segments may include high speed chases or confrontations with the officers at the scene.
Police POV is an American documentary television series that airs on TruTV and shows police officers in action from a unique perspective: as if the viewer is watching the action through the eyes of the police officer While it is common practice for police activities to be recorded for training purposes or to be used in a trial, the act is most often performed with fixed cameras mounted on the dashboard of a police vehicle or through the use of a videographer holding a hand-held camera. Police POV instead uses headset-style cameras called a AXON camera with the recording lens close enough to the wearer's eye to give the viewer a direct sightline of the events. The show features officers from the Cincinnati, Fort Smith, and Chattanooga police departments.
Ma's Roadhouse is an American reality television series airing on the truTV network. The series provides an inside look at the Strokers Dallas biker bar located in Texas. Rick Fairless is the owner of Strokers Dallas, a Texas motorcycle shop, tattoo parlor and biker bar. His greatest asset is his 71-year-old mother, who's also his best, but most outspoken, employee.
Extreme Evidence is an American reality television series that premiered on Court TV on September 29, 2003. Each half-hour episode attempts to use forensic science to uncover the cause of a catastrophic event. 3-D animation, and first-hand accounts from eyewitnesses, are also used to illuminate the investigations.
Star Jones is a talk show hosted by former prosecutor Star Jones. A guest-driven live broadcast covering recent stories from the worlds of pop culture, entertainment, crime, and justice, it premiered on August 20, 2007 on Court TV. On January 31, 2008 TruTV announced the show would be canceled. The last episode aired on February 1, 2008.
The premiere included a discussion of the pros and cons of the CBS reality series Kid Nation and an interview with actor Isaiah Washington. Geraldo Rivera, Shaun Robinson of Access Hollywood, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, and former CBS morning host Rene Syler were additional guests. Jones ended the program with an "open letter," a regular segment in which she addresses the audience with a closing statement a la Jerry Springer.
In his review in Variety, Brian Lowry described Jones as "utterly off-putting . . . delivering yet another reminder that Oprah Winfrey's skills aren’t easily cloned." He referred to her "scant facility for moderating but an unerring knack for uttering non se