Toughest reality shows ever

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Wipeout: In this reality competition, contestants try to navigate an extreme obstacle course that has been designed to provoke an unprecedented number of crashes, face plants and wipeouts.

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Dirty Jobs: Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees.

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Jobs That Bite: It's family friendly, but most of the jobs featured here are very dangerous, and the potential injuries that can result are discussed.

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Deadliest Catch: This reality series is about fishermen on the Bering Sea is educational, there are suspenseful and somewhat scary moments that might frighten younger viewers. The salty seamen are a good-natured, hardworking bunch.

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Cold River Cash: Arguments occasionally break out among the cast, and occasionally drinking and cigarette smoking is visible. Guns are sometimes visible, and fishermen discuss robberies.

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Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: It was a reality television series that featured Cesar Millan's work with problem dogs.

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Live Free or Die: It showcases the lives of people who have chosen to leave modern civilization and return to nature to live off the land. Sensitive viewers may find it tough to watch.

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Dirty Jobs Down Under with Mike Rowe: The handling of dangerous reptiles sometimes leads to bloody bite wounds, while some pests (like toads) are humanely killed on camera.

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Yukon Gold: An outdoor reality series contains lots of strong language, plus smoking, beer drinking, and arguing. Rough-and-tough guys argue, wrestle, and talk about settling differences with guns.

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Whale Wars: It is an intense reality series that's iffy for tweens and sensitive viewers due to graphic scenes of the killing and dismemberment of whales.

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