The Best TV Shows on VH1

Every VH1 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of VH1’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of August 2026. Leading the pack on VH1 are Classic Albums and Behind the Music, with their initial broadcasts in 1997 and 1997. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1997 up until 2015, VH1 stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • VH1 Storytellers
    VH1 Storytellers (2005)9.0

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Black Ink Crew New York
    Black Ink Crew New York (2013)7.6

    Reality series chronicling the daily operations and staff drama at an African American-owned and operated tattoo shop in Harlem, New York.

  • Where Are They Now?
    Where Are They Now? (1999)7.5

    Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.

  • 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.

  • Trailblazer Honors
    Trailblazer Honors (2014)7.5

    One-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.

  • Behind the Music
    Behind the Music (1997)7.3

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

  • VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
    VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (2003)7.3

    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 All Stars
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)7.3

    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.

  • Love & Hip Hop New York
    Love & Hip Hop New York (2011)7.2

    When people think of the hip hop life, they think of the players - the men who shape the music and the blinged-out lifestyle that comes with success. The fact is the hip hop life is different for the women involved: the spouses, girlfriends or artists trying to define themselves in a world where men are still calling the shots.

  • 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.

  • Love & Hip Hop Atlanta
    Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (2012)6.6

    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.

  • Basketball Wives
    Basketball Wives (2010)6.4

    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.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010)6.0

    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.

  • Best Week Ever
    Best Week Ever (2004)5.9

    Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip. The show's tagline is, "It's everything you love, everything you missed, and all the stuff you need to see again."

  • Acceptable.tv
    Acceptable.tv (2007)5.5

    Jack Black, Channel 101, and VH1 want to introduce you to their new interactive sketch comedy show: Acceptable.tv. Each week you'll see five mini TV shows made by the Acceptable.tv team.

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED (2012)5.5

    An access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway. See what happens behind the scenes when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.

  • America's Next Top Model
    America's Next Top Model (2003)5.4

    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)3.5

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