E! Premieres New One-Hour Special BIGGEST REALITY SCANDALS Today

From "The Real World" to "Top Chef," reality television has become a platform for fame. Everyone is searching for their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to be a TV star.

Featuring some of the TV's most popular reality shows and its cast members, including "The Bachelor," "The Real Housewives" franchise, "Teen Mom," and "The Apprentice," this brand new special explores the impact these shows have had on its stars and today's pop culture. Be sure to watch "Biggest Reality Scandals" premiering tonight, December 16that 9:00pm ET/PT!

"Biggest Reality Scandals" profiles how some of the most popular shows have made ordinary people very famous in an instant and how some have become infamous for a lifetime. Joining a Reality Show causes scandalous and shocking headlines to emerge creating numerous challenges for stars like "Teen Mom's" Amber Portwood and "The Bachelor's" Vienna Giradi to maintain their reputation. Vienna, along with other reality television couples, also talk exclusively to E! about how their romantic lives were ruined by the spotlight.

Exposing how reality TV can impact lives, "Biggest Reality Scandals" shares the story of Ryan Jenkins, the star of "Megan Wants a Millionaire," who was found dead after allegedly murdering his wife. Even when it seems like there is a happy ending on a reality show, sometimes the struggles have just begun. With commentary from "E! News'" Ali Fedotowsky, founder of The New York Reality School Robert Galinsky, and The Hollywood Reporter's Kimberly Nordyke, "Biggest Reality Scandals" gives an inside look at Hollywood's most controversial stories airing on