The

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Owned and operated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the P ...

for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program is handed out annually at the

Creative Arts Emmy Award The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as production designers, ...

ceremony. In 2014, Outstanding Reality Program was separated into two categories – Outstanding Structured Reality Program and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. The category of "unstructured reality program" is defined as consisting of

reality show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

s that "contain story elements driven by the actions of characters and lacking a consistent structured template." In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

Outstanding Reality Program

2000s

2010s

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

2020s

Programs with multiple wins

;3 wins * ''

Deadliest Catch ''Deadliest Catch'' is an American reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing ...

'' * '' United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell'' ;2 wins * '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List'' * '' Welcome to Wrexham''

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominations for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. ;22 nominations * ''

Antiques Roadshow ''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people ( ...

'' ;13 nominations * ''

'' ;8 nominations * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' ;6 nominations * '' Intervention'' * '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List'' ;5 nominations * ''

United Shades of America ''United Shades of America'' is a CNN American documentary television series starring comedian W. Kamau Bell. Bell visits communities across America to understand the challenges they face. The show was named Outstanding Unstructured Reality Prog ...

'' ;4 nominations * '' Born This Way'' * ''

Project Greenlight ''Project Greenlight'' is an American documentary television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt ...

'' ;3 nominations * '' Selling Sunset'' ;2 nominations * '' Alaska: The Last Frontier'' * '' American High'' * ''

Cheer Cheering involves the uttering or making of sounds and may be used to encourage, excite to action, indicate approval or welcome. The word cheer originally meant face, countenance, or expression, and came through Old French into Middle English" ...

'' * '' Gaycation with Ellen Page'' * ''

Indian Matchmaking ''Indian Matchmaking'' is a 2020 Indian reality television series produced by Smriti Mundhra that premiered on Netflix on 16 July 2020. In August 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. In March 2022, Netflix renewed the series fo ...

'' * '' Love on the Spectrum U.S.'' * ''

Million Dollar Listing New York ''Million Dollar Listing New York'' is an American reality television series that aired on Bravo from March 7, 2012, to August 26, 2021. The show follows the lives of several luxury real estate agents as they represent property owners in New ...

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Naked and Afraid ''Naked and Afraid'' is an American reality series that airs on the Discovery Channel. Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 ...

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The Osbournes ''The Osbournes'' is an American reality television series featuring the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family—his wife Sharon, their daughter Kelly, and their son Jack. The series premiered on MTV on March 5, 200 ...

'' * '' Trauma: Life in the E.R.'' * '' Vanderpump Rules'' * ''

Wahlburgers Wahlburgers (stylized as wahlburgers) is a casual dining burger restaurant and bar chain. It is owned by chef Paul Wahlberg and his brothers, actors Donnie and Mark. , there are 90+ Wahlburgers locations in the United States, Canada, Aus ...

'' * '' Welcome to Wrexham''

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