shallow hal is a romantic television show
 sports sportrelated reality shows can fall within the aforementioned subgenres either using it as the basis of competition or by following sport as a professioncompetitionbased programs featuring groups of athletes completing against each other in challenges and events within a specific sport such as athletics american ninja warrior exatlon golf the big break auto racing crash course hyperdrive pinks and combat sports the contender the ultimate fighter for example
 historical romance also known as epic romance this is a romantic story with a historical period setting normally with a turbulent backdrop of war revolution or tragedy