Reality

These brave content creators are filtering something unspeakably vile for those of us too squeamish to directly interact with it.

The British reality show occasionally lives up to its title, and the entire planet occasionally notices.

A webseries covering the fan journey to see the band perform their first live show in five years.

The show’s online distribution leaves a lot to be desired.

22-year-old Oscar Grant was shot and killed New Year’s Day by a Oakland BART cop, and bystanders’ YouTube clips caused a riot a week later.

Controversies and captivating athletics spill over into online video.

MySpace revives The Newlywed Game for self-proclaimed best friends.

The gamer sketch troupe Loading Ready Run used their nerd powers for good by playing the world’s worst video game for a multi-day live-streaming event.

Interviews with broadcasting giants are preserved for online posterity.

Fitness and living tips from a “celebrity trainer” who defies the stereotypes.

Videos capturing the epic fails that naturally occur in our chaotic world and the adorable cats who make it better.

First, Christian Bale, followed by Joaquin Phoenix. Who’s next?

The inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center have gone viral with their pop dance tributes.

A woman who grew up during the Great Depression shares recipes for our new recession.

Isabella Rossellini dons a wide range of costumes to explain the science of sex in the natural world.

A “real people, real food” approach to the culinary world.

This is a piece out to prove a point — that coalition forces are mired in Afghanistan, babysitting an inept army, and unable to make good on the original goal of eradicating the Taliban. No uplifting bromides here, move along.

The ironically-moniker-ed Rafi Kam and Dallas Penn have been exploring the New York urban scene together since July 2006.

124 interviews, 70 days and 20,000 miles later, Austin Lynch and Jason S. created 121 episodes spotlighting the “average American.”

YouTube gives the world an on-the-ground look at the unrest resulting.

The next level in glorified property destruction.

The historic race embraces some new technology to replay races and share information about race culture.

A site bringing you a front row look behind the scenes. (Whatever that’s supposed to mean.)

The first ever crowd-sourced wedding featuring a couple who really deserved it.

The mother of Rosemary’s Baby makes the situation in Darfur dangerously personal.

A colab between Vogue.tv and IMG modeling, this 12-part reality series follows three young models during their first time on the modeling circuit.

A reality series capturing the daily life of a mom and porn star.

A show documenting the selection of the Oscars escort gown.

Real anonymous rants are brought to life by actors.

MTV’s reality goliath’s boundaries extend beyond the TV.

One woman’s lighthearted and informative genetic odyssey.

A colab between Chuck Rosin (former producer for the original Beverly Hills 90210) and his daughter, Showbizzle’s a hybrid fictional vid series/UGC social network about “making it” as a struggling creative in Hollywood.

Videoblogger Mary Matthews shows the Internet how to show their appreciation.

Amy Poehler and friends interview young girls with special talents.

Indie filmmakers demo low-budget effects, live at SXSW.

A new community aims to use online video to discuss life’s big questions in a fun way.

Ah, Star Wars Kid. First we laughed at your antics. Then we felt a little guilty. Then a bunch of people made you even funnier. Then we laughed again.

The quintessential underdog’s latest effort to break a world record score was live-streamed at the 2009 E3 conference.

As a survey of spooky blue state streets — CT’s Beelzebub Road, PA’s Bloody Spring Road, etc — the show’s premise is entertaining, though the series stumbles with cheesy special effects and bloated delivery.

An independent 10-part doc series about one of America’s last traveling family performance troupes struggling to get by.

Newsweek mashes up Obama’s first 100 days as President with the MTV faux-reality format.

Molly McAleer puts it all out there.

The British car show shows the Internet how to make a website about a TV show.

The legendary bike race hits the Internets.

A food show encouraging viewers to “eat the streets.”