The Best TV Shows on TruTV

Every TruTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from January 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. From 1996 through to 2019, TruTV has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Premiering in 1996 and 2008, Forensic Files and Operation Repo are among TruTV’s most celebrated shows.

  • Chris Webber's Full Court Pranks
    Chris Webber's Full Court Pranks (2017)10.0

    A hidden-camera series that features some of the nation's biggest athletes and sports celebrities playing elaborate -- but good-natured -- pranks on their most adoring fans.

  • Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura
    Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura (2009)8.5

    Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura is an American television series hosted by Jesse Ventura and broadcast on truTV. It premiered on December 2, 2009. The second season premiered on October 15, 2010, with the third season premiering on November 7, 2012. In May 2013, Ventura stated that the show has been discontinued and a fourth season will not air.

  • Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes
    Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes (2016)8.3

    Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes packs classic, fan-favorite episodes of the show with shareable pop-up facts directly from the Jokers themselves, giving viewers a unique and unprecedented look behind the curtain.

  • Impractical Jokers: After Party
    Impractical Jokers: After Party (2017)8.2

    Joey Fatone hosts a behind the scenes look at Impractical Jokers.

  • Impractical Jokers
    Impractical Jokers (2011)7.9

    This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano -- who take dares to an outrageous level. To find out who is best under pressure, the guys compete in awkward and outrageous hidden-camera hijinks with the loser performing what is deemed to be the most-mortifying challenge yet.

  • Forensic Files
    Forensic Files (1996)7.8

    Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.

  • Tacoma FD
    Tacoma FD (2019)7.7

    There's not a lot of fires to fight in one of the rainiest cities in America, leaving the crew at the Tacoma Fire Department tackling the less glamorous elements of the job. Light on blazes that need extinguishing, this squad keeps itself entertained with creative competitions, friendly first responder rivalries, and bizarre emergency calls.

  • The Carbonaro Effect
    The Carbonaro Effect (2014)7.5

    Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.

  • Adam Ruins Everything
    Adam Ruins Everything (2015)7.4

    Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.

  • World's Dumbest...
    World's Dumbest... (2008)7.2

    truTV Presents: World's Dumbest... is a cable television series produced by Meetinghouse Productions, Inc. and is airing on truTV. Originally known as World's Dumbest Criminals, it is a weekly countdown that takes a comedic look at 20 half-witted and offbeat events caught on camera and sometimes by 911 dispatchers. These events are now broken down into topics such as Criminals, Drivers, Daredevils, Partiers, etc. and features commentary from B to C-list comedians and writers such as Jared Logan, Chris Fairbanks, Kevin McCaffrey, Jaime Andrews, Brendon Walsh, Ted Jessup, Brad Loekle, Daisy Gardner, Billy Kimball, Mike Trainor, John Enos, Jamie Lee, Rachel Feinstein, Mike O'Gorman, Amanda Landry, and Gilbert Gottfried. Because the series' original focus was on criminals bungling their acts of crime, commentary used to rely heavily on celebrities who have been known for their own past brushes with the law, including Danny Bonaduce, Leif Garrett, Tonya Harding, Todd Bridges, Daniel Baldwin, and Gary Busey. Often times, and when video clips have no audio track, sound effects and mock commentators are added to enhance the humor of the events.

  • At Home with Amy Sedaris
    At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)7.0

    Comedian Amy Sedaris cordially invites you into her home, where she will show off diverse but necessary homemaking skills, from death-bed etiquette, to gutting a fish, to crocheting miniature sweaters for a mice infestation, to entertaining your husband's business associates. As always, Amy will give it her best shot to entertain guests, increase her know-how and her can-do, and attempt to work out personal issues.

  • I'm Sorry
    I'm Sorry (2017)6.8

    Andrea is a seemingly confident comedy writer, wife and mom, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations.

  • Billy on the Street
    Billy on the Street (2011)6.6

    Comedian Billy Eichner, unfiltered and unapologetic, hits the streets of New York City to test unsuspecting strangers on their knowledge of music and pop culture. With microphone in hand and money in tow, Eichner gives contestants the chance to win cash by answering a series of hilarious and spontaneous questions. The catch? The final round is subjective - Don't agree with Billy? You lose.

  • Those Who Can't
    Those Who Can't (2016)6.4

    There are teachers who inspire, enlighten, and challenge us. These are not those teachers.

  • Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters
    Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters (2018)5.5

    This scripted anthology series mashes up wildly different genres to tell suspenseful stories with funny, imaginative twists. Each episode turns familiar tropes inside out to create a curated and eclectic collection of stories filled with equal parts nostalgia and modern satire.

  • Hardcore Pawn
    Hardcore Pawn (2010)5.4

    Meet the Gold family. As owners of Detroit's biggest pawn shop, they've bought and sold things you can't begin to imagine. Every day brings new danger as the Golds operate in the heart of one of America's most troubled cities. With 50,000 sq ft of cash and goods surrounding them, there are millions to be made, but their profits come with huge risk.

  • South Beach Tow
    South Beach Tow (2011)5.3

    South Beach Tow is an American truTV reality television series that portrays dramatized reenactments of the day-to-day business of Tremont Towing. Although the program is fictionalized, Tremont Towing is a real Miami towing company. The series premiered on July 20, 2011. The first part of Season 2 premiered on September 19, 2012, and returned after a four month hiatus on May 15, 2013. Season 3 will premiere on October 30, 2013.

  • Operation Repo
    Operation Repo (2008)4.2

    Operation Repo is an American television program that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley. Similar to another truTV show, Southern Fried Stings, the series is filmed in a cinema verité style but consists of scripted and dramatized performances by actors. The show is filmed by recreating scenes in which the cast conducts repossessions of automobiles for finance companies. In the show they also perform repossessions of other exotic and strange items such as luxury boats, planes, limousines, motorcycles, ATVs, Zambonis, ice cream trucks, tow trucks, buses, trucks, expensive bicycles, hot air balloons, wood chippers, forklifts, and tanning beds.

  • Hack My Life
    Hack My Life (2015)4.2

    Taking everyday items and using them to make your life easier.

  • Friends of the People
    Friends of the People (2014)1.5

    A fresh and unique take on sketch comedy, with a combination of scripted sketches, man-on-the-street segments and more.