Reality Bites Back is a reality show

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 hosted by Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black

Michael Ian Black is an American comedian, actor, writer and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including The State, Ed, Viva Variety, Stella and Michael & Michael Have Issues. He is also a prominent poker player, appearing on Celebrity Poker Showdown several times...

 that parodies various reality show formats. It premiered July 17, 2008 on Comedy Central

Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

. The name is derived from the 1994 film Reality Bites

Reality Bites

Reality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with major supporting roles played by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film was shot on location in Austin...

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Premise

Ten comedians compete in a variety of contests that spoof popular reality shows. Each week one contestant is eliminated. The winner is then declared the "Lord of All Reality" and receives a $50,000 prize. The show is stated to be about 50% sketch comedy and 50% actual reality.

Contestants

• Kyle Cease
  Kyle Cease
  Kyle Cease is an American actor and comedian.While still keeping residence in Bothell, Washington, his hometown, he was cast as Bogey Lowenstein in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Right after the film, he moved to Los Angeles. Two years later he was featured in Not Another Teen Movie,...
  
  
• Chris Fairbanks
• Jeffrey Garcia
  Jeff Garcia (voice actor)
  Jeffrey "Jeff" Garcia is a voice actor and comedian, known for portraying Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and now plays the lead role on its spin-off Planet Sheen. He also guest starred on the animated series Clone High. He is the leader of the 96.1 Wild Wake-Up crew...
  
  
• Red Grant
• Tiffany Haddish
  Tiffany Haddish
  Tiffany Sarac Haddish is an American dancer, comedienne and actress.-Early life:Haddish is of African-American descent. California. Her social worker spotted her talent in stand-up comedy, while she was playing...
  
  
• Bert Kreischer
  Bert Kreischer
  Bert "The Machine" Kreischer is an American stand-up comedian, actor and reality television host. In 1997, he was featured in Rolling Stone as the "top partier" at Florida State University, the "top party school in the US", while he was in his sixth year of college. The Rolling Stone article was...
  
  
• Mo Mandel
• Donnell Rawlings
  Donnell Rawlings
  Donnell Rawlings is an American comedian and actor.-Career:Notable roles include appearing in Chappelle's Show, as well as making a guest appearance in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and a cameo appearance in the music video for Jim Jones' "We Fly High"...
  
  
• Amy Schumer
  Amy Schumer
  Amy Beth Schumer is an American stand-up comedian. She placed fourth on NBC's Last Comic Standing Season 5, and she placed second on Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Theo Vonkurnatowski
  Theo Vonkurnatowski
  Theo Vonkurnatowski aka Theo Von, is an American stand-up comedian. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California.Vonkurnatowski was born in Louisiana. He first became known as a contestant on MTV's Road Rules, and competed on several seasons of its spin-off show, Real World/Road Rules Challenge...
  
  

Standings

Elimination Chart

Contestant

WIN

IN

IN

IN

WIN

LOW

WIN

WINNER

Amy Schumer

IN

LOW

IN

LOW

IN

IN

LOW

RUNNER-UP

Mo Mandel

IN

WIN

WIN

IN

IN

WIN

OUT

Chris Fairbanks

IN

LOW

IN

IN

WIN

OUT

Bert Kreischer

IN

IN

LOW

IN

OUT

Red Grant

IN

IN

IN

OUT

Tiffany Haddish

IN

WIN

OUT

Donnell Rawlings

LOW

OUT

Kyle Cease

OUT

Jeffrey "Jeff" Garcia

LEFT

WINNER means the contestant won the competition.

RUNNER-UP means the contestant came in second over all in the competition.

WIN means the contestant won the immunity

Immunity (reality television)

Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...

 challenge, and was safe from being eliminated.

LOW means the contestant was eligible for elimination, but survived.

OUT means the contestant was eliminated

LEFT means the contestant voluntarily left the show.

Episodes

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External links

• Reality Bites Back on Comedy Central