How to Catch Up on Your Favorite Reality TV Shows

With so many reality TV shows on nowadays it's nearly impossible to catch all your favorites. Thankfully, Tivo, reality TV-devoted Web sites and networks that put their shows on the Web all help to make it easier.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet
• A knowledge of when your favorite programs run and re-run
• A desire to not miss out on the latest action

1. Check your local listings to see if that episode is re-playing anytime soon.
2. Check your On Demand or other episode-saving programs (such as Tivo) to see if that episode is available (for Tivo, it would only be available if you previously set it to record the episode).
3. Check the network's Web site and see if the episode is offered online for free. ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV and Fox typically offer most of their shows online. Bravo, A&E and TruTv offer a few of their top-rated shows online as well.
4. Try a third-party source, such as YouTube or PeekVid to see past episodes.
5. Read a play-by-play episode guide on sites like Realitytvworld.com.
6. Befriend someone with Tivo if all else fails!

Tips & Warnings

• Remember that many networks like MTV and A&E tend to replay last week's episode right before the current week's new episode airs, so try to stay tuned an hour or so earlier to catch up on many of your favorite cable reality shows
• You can always look up the episode's name on that network's Web site and then run a search for that exact title online to obtain more information on that episode and maybe even find the video