Cooking shows are hot on television now days, creating serious competition among the celebrity cooks as well as prospective winners in various formats on TV. MasterChef features the likes of Gordon Ramsay (Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares) along side Joe Bastianich (restaurateur/vineyard owner), and Graham Elliot (chef/restaurant owner) as judges who oversee the contestants who come from a wide assortment of occupations including housewives, doctors, lawyers, private chefs, realtors, and travel writers. From what appears to be a huge crowd in the initial tryouts they whittle the prospects down to 100, then down to 38 or so and put them all to the test. With each contestant offering their "signature" dish to the judges, the competition begins and so does elimination, one by one. It is amazingly difficult to please all three judges as they are diverse in their likes and taste preferences, and the pressure is on to perform and show they have a talent for cooking. The coveted crown of MasterChef will be given to whomever can best please the judges and keep their head about them in the heat of the kitchen.

"The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch" is a TV show that explores the mysteries surrounding Skinwalker Ranch, a 512-acre property in Utah, USA. The ranch has a long history of strange phenomena, including UFO sightings, animal mutilations, and paranormal activity. The show follows a team of scientists, experts, and researchers as they investigate the ranch using the latest technology and scientific methods

The popular reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills began its second season with a rush to re-edit some of the scenes already shot after the August 15, 2011 suicide of Russell, the husband of Taylor Armstrong. Taylor had previously accused her husband of physically abusing her and she since became an advocate for domestic violence victims and works with the Los Angeles based 1736 Family Crisis Center. Taylor Armstrong has been recently quoted as saying "I have finally found my voice, and now not afraid to use it". In a quote from season one of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she sounded a bit selfish when she said "It may look like I have it all, but I want more!" Her husband, Russell, was a venture capitalist and they were both heavily involved in philanthropy. Other returning members include Lisa Vanderpump, married to Ken Todd for the past 29 years and is now turned 50 years old (making her oldest housewife on the program). Owners of 26 restaurants, Lisa and Ken have both appeared on other TV programs such as Baywatch Nights and Silk Stalkings. Born and raised in Albuquerque Adrienne Maloof-Nassif was the daughter of a Coors distributor and later married cosmetic surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif, now residing in Beverly Hills, California. Kim Richards and her sister Kyle Richards are aunts of Paris and Nicky Hilton through their sister Kathy and have had some experience in acting. They are both married and residing in Beverly Hills.

By the time the Bravo series "Real Housewives of New Jersey" drew to a close during the spring of 2010, it had generated enough buzz, controversy, and water-cooler discussion to make devoted viewers forget the producers' original intention: They had intended this installment of "The Real Housewives" franchise to satirize the characters and lifestyle represented in cable hit "The Sopranos." As "The Real Housewives of Orange County" were supposed to mimic ABC's "Desperate Housewives," so the Jersey Girls were groomed to look, sound, and spend like real-life equivalents of Carmella Soprano. The New York Times summed-up, "[They are] loud, nasal, nouveau-riche wives who raise spoiled children and spend their husbands' money in vast marble and onyx starter palaces in Franklin Lakes, N.J. They boast about everything, including how soon they qualified for the black American Express card. As Danielle Staub puts it, "˜I actually got mine before Madonna did'." They even had the pedigree to support the role: Albert Manzo, husband of mater familia Caroline Manzo, is the son of Albert "Tiny" Manzo, whose body"”all 350 pounds of it"”was discovered in the trunk of his Lincoln Continental; in 1983, police described the body as "perforated" with machine gun bullets.

So You Think You Can Dance TV Show is a competition style reality dance show that enlists 10 aspiring dancers to compete at a shot to make it big. The judging panel that consists of Nigel Lythgoe, Mia Michaels and Adam Shankman will pick five young men and women to compete weekly performing a variety of dances from Hip Hop to Quickstep in order to secure their spot for another week. After their initial performance each week, viewers will vote to determine which couples will be in the bottom three. Those contestants must then perform solo pieces so the judges can decide who stays and who goes. In the end, the winner walks away with a $250,000 cash prize along with other industry offers and perks.

What happens after 16-year-old girls become pregnant? MTV's Teen Mom TV Show chronicles the lives of four American teenagers who struggle early with family life and some juvenile teen issues relating to dating, school and friends. Follow Catelyn, Farrah, Amber and Maci as themselves in the Teen Mom TV Show, where they go through adolescence and adulthood in one giant leap. The Teen Mom TV Show is a sequel to the 16 and Pregnant TV Show which focuses on the unexpected pregnancies of the same teenage girls. Life after giving a baby will never be the same, not in real life and more so, on television. Teen Mom TV series garnered the highest rating for a premiere on MTV of 2009.