Video cameras/hidden cameras

This is perhaps the oldest reality show genre, popular as far back as the early days of television.

• Candid Camera (1948)

• Dokkiri Camera (どっきりカメラ) (1970) (Japan)

• Star Dokkiri Maruhi Hōkoku (スターどっきり（秘）報告) (1976) (Japan)

• Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders (1984)

• TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (1984)

• Beadle's About (1987) (UK)

• America's Funniest Home Videos, Penguins of Madagascar Edition (1989)

• America's Funniest People (1990)

• Tim Conway's Funny America (1990)

• Totally Hidden Video (1991)

• Impractical Jokers

• I Witness Video (1992)

• World's Funniest Videos (1996)

• Real TV (1996)

• The World's Funniest! (1997)

• World's Most Amazing Videos (1998)

• Cheaters (2000)

• Funny Flubs & Screw-Ups (2000)

• Maximum Exposure (2000)

• Trigger Happy TV (2000) (UK; launched comedian Dom Joly)

• Qué Locura (2001)

• Spy TV (2001)

• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002)

• Oblivious (2002)

• Girls Behaving Badly (2003?)

• Punk'd (2003)

• Scare Tactics (2003)

• Victim (2004) (Philippines)

• Celebrity Stitch Up (2005) (UK)

• Fire Me...Please (2005)

• Hi-Jinks (2005)

• Boiling Points (US) MTV

• Just For Laughs Gags (Canada)

• Help Me (Minta Tolong) (Indonesia)

• Laugh Out Loud (LOL) (Philippines)