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The Best TV Shows on VH1

Every VH1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Among VH1’s finest offerings are Behind the Music and Classic Albums, which debuted in 1997 and 1997, respectively. A broadcaster of distinction, VH1 has aired more than 20 shows between 1997 and 2018. Our curated list, current as of January 2025, showcases over 20 of VH1’s highest-rated series.

  • VH1 Storytellers
    VH1 Storytellers (2005)8.7

    The greatest singers and songwriters play their music and tell the stories behind their greatest songs on this acclaimed VH1 music performance series. Each one-hour episode takes viewers behind the scenes with a single artist or group featuring intimate musical performances and the first-hand stories behind the performer's hits and sentimental favorites.

  • Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
    Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party (2016)8.5

    The Queen of Cuisine and the King of Kush are coming together to invite their celebrity friends over for a little potluck fun. Games, recipes and musical guests. It's guaranteed to have everyone buzzing.

  • Love & Hip Hop Miami
    Love & Hip Hop Miami (2018)8.5

    Follow the young, hip-hop elite as they strive to either “make” or “maintain” a life in Miami.

  • Couples Therapy
    Couples Therapy (2012)8.2

    A reality-tv show where 5 celebrity couples in rocky relationships each season would stay in a big mansion together with continous meetings with psychologists and experts in the field led by Dr. Jenn Mann to try to sort their relationship problems as well as personal ones. The 2 couples that spawned the most controversy in media were the tumultious relationship beween rapper DMX and Tashera Simmons plus actor Doug Hutchinson (The Green Mile) and wife and fame-seeker Courtney Stodden (they stood out alot due to Courtney being 17 turning 18 when the show was filmed while Doug was 52). Some a-list celebs appeared (Too Short, Treach from Naughty By Nature, Jenna Jameson, Scott Stapp from Creed, JoJo from K-Ci and JoJo and Ghostface Killah for instance).

  • Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)8.0

    Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.

  • Mob Wives
    Mob Wives (2011)8.0

    Mob Wives is an American reality television series on VH1 that made its debut April 17, 2011. It follows six Staten Island women after their husbands or fathers are arrested and imprisoned for crimes connected to the Mafia.

  • Classic Albums
    Classic Albums (1997)7.7

    A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.

  • VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
    VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (2003)7.5

    VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown is a weekly television show on the VH1 cable television network in the United States. The long-running series began in 1994 as the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, as part of VH1's "Music First" rebranding effort. Since then, the series has been a consistent weekly institution on VH1, and it is now the main source of music video programming on the channel. Over the years, a variety of hosts have counted down the top ten or twenty music videos of the week. The show is currently hosted by Jim Shearer. The order of countdown was originally decided by a mix of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail, but since 2006, supposedly online votes have directly influenced the countdown. Currently, Top 20 Video Countdown airs new episodes on Saturdays at 9 a.m. with encore presentations every Sunday at 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m eastern time.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race
    RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)7.5

    Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)7.4

    The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.

  • Behind the Music
    Behind the Music (1997)7.0

    An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

  • Scream: The TV Series
    Scream: The TV Series (2015)6.9

    What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

  • Basketball Wives
    Basketball Wives (2010)6.5

    Follow the extraordinary lives of a group of female best friends as they juggle the success and stresses of building businesses, battling groupies, and searching for stability in the unstable arena of being the significant other to a basketball superstar.

  • Love & Hip Hop Atlanta
    Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (2012)6.5

    Get to know Atlanta hip-hop stars like Rasheesa Frost, Karlie Redd, Yung Joc, Renni Rucci, Erica Mena and more as they make music, build businesses and juggle their relationships.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010)6.2

    The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.

  • America's Next Top Model
    America's Next Top Model (2003)5.2

    Aspiring models compete for a chance to break into the business with a panel of judges critiquing their progress throughout the competition.

  • Dating Naked
    Dating Naked (2014)3.6

    A reality series in which a man and a woman date two different naked suitors on a remote exotic location.

  • Whatcha Packin'
    Whatcha Packin' (2014)2.0

    Michelle Visage interviews the eliminated queen from the week's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race.

  • Tool Academy
    Tool Academy (2009)1.0

    Tool Academy is a competitive reality television show featuring nine "unsuspecting bad boys" who have been sent to "relationship boot camp". The nine men, all of whom have been nominated by their respective girlfriends, initially think they are taking part in a competition for the title of "Mr. Awesome." However, shortly after arriving they find out the truth: they are actually being entered into a "charm school" which focuses on teaching them how to behave as boyfriends. Each week, one contestant is eliminated and his girlfriend must choose whether or not to stay with him. The last contestant remaining will win a $100,000 prize and the title of "Mr. Awesome." Relationship counselor Trina Dolenz helps the contestants with their relationship problems and decides who is expelled. The winner of the first season was Josh, who proposed to Ashley after winning the competition, and they got married directly after the graduation ceremony.

  • Hollywood Exes
    Hollywood Exes (2012)N/A

    "Hollywood Exes" follows five women of an exclusive sorority: the ex wives of A-list celebrities. Nicole Murphy (ex of Eddie Murphy), Sheree Fletcher (ex of Will Smith), Jessica Canseco (ex of Jose Canseco), Andrea Kelly (ex of R. Kelly) and Mayte Garcia (ex of Prince), all lived fairytale lives, but of course, all the fame and fortune comes at a steep price. However, these women have decided to cut their ties in order to live a truly happier life. When they were married, the ladies were focused on their husbands' careers, but now they're in a brand new world where they can focus on themselves. They're about to embark on the second chapter in their lives and show the world exactly what they're made of.