Real TV

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Real TV
Genre Reality
Starring John Daly (1996-2000), Ahmad Rashad (2000-2001)
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) RTV News Inc.
Location(s) Mesa, Arizona
Running time 30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication
Original run September 9, 1996 – September 7, 2001

Real TV (commonly known as America's Best Caught on Tape) is a reality television program that ran in syndication from September 9, 1996 - September 7, 2001. It aired footage of extraordinary events that were not usually covered in mainstream news. It is currently being aired on Superstation WGN on Sundays, on Fox Reality. It was often played on Spike TV until 2006 when it stopped playing very often, but sometimes it still plays on Spike TV around late night.

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[edit] The Idea

Real TV usually showed home and amateur video. The types of incidents portrayed were often daring rescues, escapes, stunts, and accidents. Clips containing violence or injury were not shown often. The clips had a narration provided by the host of the show, and were commonly set to a soundtrack to heighten the drama. Other clips have included TV show bloopers, human interest stories, and inventions.

[edit] Hosts

The show was hosted by John Daly (no relation to the golfer of the same name) from its beginning in 1996 - 2000. During Daly's run, various correspondents were featured to present the stories along with him. Featured correspondents included Sibila Vargas, Michael Brownlee, Lisa G., and Ellen K. William B. Davis, best known as Cigarette Smoking Man from the sci-fi TV series The X-Files, also made occasional appearances.

When Daly quit the show, he was replaced by Ahmad Rashad, who was the host until the show's end. Rashad's version of Real TV had a new set, introduction, and announcer. The correspondents from Daly's run did not appear. The show became targeted towards younger viewers, and featured more extreme sports footage. The show was cancelled in 2001, and was replaced in many markets by the similar (though more humorous) Maximum Exposure, which ran original episodes until 2003 and continues to air in syndication (Maximum Exposure was produced under the RTV News banner).


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