15 Reality Shows So Terrible They Were Canceled Immediately

A lot of people are addicted to reality television shows. They usually offer a fascinating look into people's lives that are very different from our own. It is easy to get hooked on a show that is supposedly real and has non-stop drama. There are so many different types of reality shows out there and they all provide their own version of entertainment.

Since reality shows can be huge hits, networks have been desperate to put new ones on air. Sometimes it seems like they just throw out wacky ideas and somehow manage to create a show. It is no surprise that many reality television shows failed before they even got a chance to show the world what they were all about. Some shows were canceled after the very first episode. Talk about bad.

Let's take a look at 15 reality tv shows that were canceled before they really ever began.

15 Osbournes Reloaded

The Osbourne family is no stranger to reality television. In fact, The Osbournes, which aired on MTV was actually pretty successful. The show followed Ozzy Osbourne, the heavy metal singer, and his entertaining family. The Osbournes made it to four seasons and 52 episodes. Osbournes Reloaded did not share the same fate. The awkward variety show only ever aired one episode, despite six being filmed. The show also got cut from being an hour long show to being 35 minutes. Many local stations did not want to air the program because they thought it was a bit inappropriate and would do better as a late night show. Apparently, Ozzy had dressed in drag for many of the filmed episodes and played other famous people including Audrina Patridge. The show was also set to have live musical acts. Could this show have been great? We'll never know! Worst of all, we'll never get to see what other celebrities Ozzy would have dressed up as.

14 Secret Talents of The Stars

In theory, Secret Talents of The Stars should have been a successful reality show. Who doesn't want to see a celebrity showing off their hidden skills? Unfortunately for the creators, this show got canceled after one episode. Yep, only one episode of this show aired. The show was supposed to be similar to American Idol - judges gave their opinion, but the audience had to vote for their favorite act to determine who would stay another week. The celebrities on the show were definitely not A-listers, but there were a few notable names. Singer Mya showed off her tap dancing moves on the show and actor George Takei belted out some country tunes. The judges were Debbie Reynolds, Brian McKnight, and Gavin Polone. Dancing With The Stars had been on the air and was doing quite well when Secret Talents of The Stars aired, so maybe the creators thought there was an audience for this type of show. Clearly, there was not.

13 Breaking Boston

Mark Wahlberg has had many successes in his career, but Breaking Boston is not one of them. The actor produced the reality show about a group of women in Boston trying to 'make it'. The show had a very small audience and only made it one week on A&E. The show seemed staged and fell flat. I guess people were not interested in the Boston female struggle since only about 300,000 viewers tuned it. Although only one episode made it to television, six more episodes made it to the internet. Surprisingly, Hulu decided to pick up the remaining episodes. The show was also available on the A&E website. Do not feel too bad for Marky Mark. His other reality show, The Wahlburgers, just finished airing its seventh season this January. Maybe if Mark was in Breaking Boston, the show would have lasted more than 7 episodes. That's just our opinion.

12 The Hasselhoffs

David Hasselhoff might have set a Guinness World Record for the most watched man on television, but his short-lived reality show did not contribute to that title. The Hasselhoffs was yet another A&E reality show flop. The show only aired two episodes before being canceled. The show was supposed to follow the well-known actor as he tried to help his daughters Taylor Anne and Hayley break into the entertainment industry. Viewers dropped from roughly 700,00 to about 500,000 by the time the second episode aired. Ouch, talk about a big hit. I guess being famous was not enough to make David Hasselhoff an interesting reality tv star. The girls did end up being on television again. Hayley was on the ABC Family series, Huge, and Taylor Anne returned to reality tv on the Rich Kids of Beverly Hills. We are pretty sure David's reality days are behind him, but who knows what the future will hold.

11 Kid Nation

Kid Nation was one of the few reality television shows that featured a lot of children. 40, to be exact. The premise of the show was to put kids in their own private town with minimal adult supervision. The creators were hoping the mini-society the children put together would provide enough entertainment to be a successful reality show. Sadly, the show only lasted one season that consisted of 13 episodes. Unlike many of the other shows on this list, Kid Nation actually received some positive reviews from critics. Generally, people had mixed opinions, but the show has become a bit of a cult classic. The concept of the show was enough to hook many viewers, but CBS decided not to renew the show due to its controversial premise. A lot of people were not cool with the idea of having children try to create a government on a reality show.

10 I Wanna Marry Harry

Who would be dumb enough to think they are on a reality dating show with Prince Harry? Apparently no one. The short lived I Wanna Marry Harry show was supposed to be a dating show in which contestants believed they were competing for Prince Harry's affections when in reality, they were going on dates with a redheaded look alike. The show didn't go quite as planned since many of the women figured out pretty quickly that it wasn't really the prince. The show consisted of eight episodes, only four of which ever aired on television. Viewers felt like the premise of the show was mean-spirited. After all, the cast and crew were straight up lying to the contestants about the identity of the man they were dating. We're not sure how all of the women feel, but the winner of the show, Kimberly Birch, says she would do it all again.

9 NYC Prep

A real life Gossip Girl sounds amazing, but apparently, NYC Prep missed the mark when they tried to put together a show about six wealthy Manhattan teenagers. A big part of what made Gossip Girl a great show were the provocative scenes and school drama, both of which are not allowed to be shown on a reality show starring teens. The show tried a little too hard to be like the popular scripted drama which left viewers feeling disappointed. It aired on Bravo and only lasted for nine episodes. NYC Prep did touch on a few fascinating aspects of the rich kid lifestyle like attending exclusion fashion shows, vacationing to get away from high school stress, and visiting Ivy League colleges. Even though they tried, NYC Prep was just not as interesting as Gossip Girl. It seems that high school dramas about wealthy teenagers are better when they are scripted.

8 Utopia

Utopia was supposed to be an amazing reality show that filmed a cast of fifteen people all day long for a year while they lived in a remote place and learned to live amongst each other. It also had a Survivor aspect - contestants were to be eliminated every month. The show was created after a Dutch version of the show proved to be a hit. The U.S. version was far from a success. After spending roughly $50 million to create the show, Fox canceled it after airing 12 episodes. So, what happened? Apparently the Fox team had a lot of internal problems when producing the show and just couldn't get it together. The viewership wasn't terrible, but it did fall from an average of 1.4 million viewers in January to 963,000 by March. The network decided to end the show before spending any more money on a show with a declining audience.

7 Mr. Personality

Mr. Personality was a failed Fox dating show that had a woman, Hayley Arp, chose a husband from twenty men who kept their faces hidden under masks for the whole show. It gets weirder - Monica Lewinsky was the host. The premise of the show was to promote choosing a partner based on solely their personality. They did not want to take looks into consideration at all. It was kind of like The Voice auditions, only for the whole show. Not surprisingly, it didn't last long. Only five episodes ran before the show was canceled. We're guessing viewers got tired of seeing the poor bachelorette hanging out with dudes in scary masks. At least the viewers got the satisfaction of seeing what the contestants looked like when Hayley wasn't around. It was also a very strange move for Fox to have Monica Lewinsky be the host. Not sure anyone knows why she was chosen for the job.

6 Celebrity Boxing

Not sure how Celebrity Boxing even became a reality television show, but I am not surprised that it only made it two episodes. The title says it all. The show's premise was to have celebrities (more like people who were once sort of famous) get in a boxing ring and fight it out. Some of the more recognizable contestants included rapper Vanilla Ice, ice skater Tanya Harding, actor Dustin Diamond and wrestler Chyna. The show gave each has-been celebrity a corny boxer name before they got into the ring and judges determined the winner of each fight. The first episode featured three fights, and the second episode featured four fights. All in all, people tend to agree that this was a terrible show. It even made it to number six on TV Guide's list of 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time. Talk about really, really terrible.

5 Bridalplasty

Bridalplasty combined two things that usually grab people's attention - bridezillas and plastic surgery. This reality show had brides participate in weekly competitions to win a plastic surgery procedure in order to look their best for their dream wedding. The show began with 12 contestants and eliminated someone each week. The winner of the show got a lavish wedding and all the plastic surgery her heart desired. Of course, the winner's husband did not see her until she walked down the aisle. I will be honest - I kind of liked this show. Yes, it was ridiculous, but it was definitely entertaining. It seems like viewers or the network did not agree with me. The show ended after one short season that consisted of ten episodes. Shanna Moakler, who has her own reality television show fame from Meet the Barkers, was the host and Giuliana Rancic was a producer. This one we kind of miss.

4 Pretty Wild

Considering the star of Pretty Wild was already known for her bad behavior before the show aired, we all thought it was going to be a hit. Unfortunately, the show was super boring. How can a show about Alexis Neiers, who was infamously a part of the group that robbed celebrity homes, be boring? We are not sure, but ultimately the show was uneventful and did not hook a large audience. The other stars of the show, Bunny Cyber Girl Tess Taylor, Alexis' younger sister Gabby, and their laid back mom Andrea Arlington did not add enough to the show to make it worth watching. In theory, this show could have been another Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but it never got there. Ironically, the movie The Bling Ring, which was about the robberies Alexis was allegedly a part of, did really well and grossed $19.1 million. Maybe she should have played in the movie instead.

3 Splash

Splash was a super weird reality television show that featured celebrities competing in a diving competition. No, we are not joking. The show was based on a Dutch show, Celebrity Splash!, that surprisingly did well. Each week, the celebrities had to do a difficult dive into a pool from a pretty scary height and were scored by judges. Based on how they performed, someone was eliminated in each episode. Some of the recognizable cast members include Kendra Wilkinson, (who seems to really love being on reality television shows) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who is 7'2” in case you are wondering) and Drake Bell (who suffered a concussion and two black eyes from a dive). I guess Americans do not like watching semi-famous people dive as much as the Dutch because the show was canceled after one season that consisted of eight episodes. Professional skier Rory Bushfield wound up winning the competition. No kidding.

2 Armed & Famous

Armed & Famous took five celebrities and tried to make them into police officers. This reality show starred Erik Estrada, Jason Acuña (Wee-Man from Jackass), La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, and Trish Stratus. We're kind of surprised that they agreed to do the show. It originally aired on CBS, but then moved to VH1. Only six episodes ran on television. The cast members were officially sworn in as reserve officers, but one of the people they approached on the show did file a lawsuit claiming her home was illegally searched. The celebrities weren't on their own on the show, they were accompanied by real cops. The show took place in Muncie, Indiana and the cast did complete local reserve police officer training. Although the show had an interesting concept, it didn't last a full season. Despite having millions of viewers tune into the first few episodes, the network decided to cancel the show.

1 Boy Meets Boy

Boy Meets Boy was sort of like The Bachelor for gay men, but with a twist. The bachelor didn't know that some of the 15 contestants weren't actually gay. Another twist, if at the end of the show he chose to be with someone who was only pretending to be gay, the straight guy walks away with a $25,000 cash prize and the bachelor gets nothing. If he chose someone who is really gay, the two of them get cash and a trip to New Zealand. At the end of each episode, the viewer finds out what the eliminated cast member's orientation is. Does this premise sound offensive to you? You're not alone. Many viewers disagreed with the idea of the bachelor and gay contestants not knowing that there were people pretending to be gay on the show. This controversial show only lasted 6 episodes, and we're happy to report that the winner of the show was actually gay.