The

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program is handed out annually at the

Creative Arts Emmy Award The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as production designers, set ...

ceremony. In 2014, Outstanding Reality Program was separated into two categories – Outstanding Structured Reality Program and Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. The category of "unstructured reality program" is defined as consisting of

reality show Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...

s that "contain story elements driven by the actions of characters and lacking a consistent structured template." In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

Outstanding Reality Program

2000s

2010s

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

2020s

Programs with multiple wins

;3 wins * ''

Deadliest Catch ''Deadliest Catch'' is a reality television series that premiered on the Discovery Channel on April 12, 2005. The show follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons. Th ...

'' * '' United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell'' ;2 wins * '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List''

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals include nominations for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. ;16 nominations * ''

Antiques Roadshow ''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television programme broadcast by the BBC in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local peopl ...

'' ;13 nominations * ''

'' ;6 nominations * '' Intervention'' * '' Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List'' * '' RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked'' ;5 nominations * '' United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell'' ;4 nominations * '' Born This Way'' * ''

Project Greenlight ''Project Greenlight'' is an American documentary television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt ...

'' ;2 nominations * '' Alaska: The Last Frontier'' * '' American High'' * '' Cheer'' * '' Gaycation with Ellen Page'' * ''

Million Dollar Listing New York ''Million Dollar Listing New York'' is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on March 7, 2012. The show follows the lives of several luxury real estate agents as they represent property owners in New York's five boroughs ...

'' * ''

Naked and Afraid ''Naked and Afraid'' is an American reality series that airs on the Discovery Channel. Each episode chronicles the lives of two survivalists who meet for the first time naked and are given the task of surviving a stay in the wilderness for 21 d ...

'' * ''

The Osbournes ''The Osbournes'' is an American reality television program featuring the domestic life of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family—his wife Sharon, their daughter Kelly, and their son Jack. The series premiered on MTV on March 5, ...

'' * '' Selling Sunset'' * '' Trauma: Life in the E.R.'' * '' Wahlburgers''

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