Editing Road Rules (section)

{{Short description|Television series}}
{{About||general usage|Traffic#Rules of the road}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image                    = 
| caption                  =
| genre                    = Reality
| opentheme                = 
| creator                  = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mary-Ellis Bunim]]
* [[Jonathan Murray]]
}}
| developer                = 
| starring                 = 
| country                  = United States
| language                 = English
| num_seasons              = 14
| num_episodes             = 220
| producer                 = 
| executive_producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Joey Carson
* [[Jonathan Murray]]
* Rick de Oliveira
* Rick Telles
* Bruce Toms
}}
| runtime                  = 30 minutes
| company                  = [[Bunim/Murray Productions]]
| network                  = [[MTV]]
| first_aired              = {{Start date|1995|7|19}}
| last_aired               = {{End date|2007|5|9}}
| related                  = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Real World]]''
* ''[[The Challenge (TV series)|The Challenge]]''
* ''[[The Challenge: All Stars]]''
}}
}}
'''''Road Rules''''' is an [[MTV]] [[reality show]] that was a [[sister show]] of the network's flagship reality show, ''[[The Real World]]''. The series ran for 14 seasons, from July 19, 1995 to May 9, 2007. 

The series followed five to six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24, stripped of their money and restricted to a life in an [[Recreational vehicle|RV]], traveling from location to location. The strangers were guided by a set of clues and missions to complete at each location. It was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] in 2001.

The series was a pioneer in travel/adventure/reward reality television (together with [[Mark Burnett (executive producer)|Mark Burnett]]'s ''[[Eco-Challenge]]'' productions). ''Road Rules'' was created by [[Jonathan Murray]] and [[Mary-Ellis Bunim]] of [[Bunim/Murray Productions]]. After Bunim died of cancer in early 2004, the show went into hiatus for three years.<ref name=untold/>

The idea of ''Road Rules'' came to mind when ''Real World'' castmates Jon Brennan, Tami Akbar and Dominic Griffin traveled in an RV across the United States to get to their ''[[The Real World: Los Angeles]]'' house in the first two episodes of the second season. Bunim-Murray began working on the show soon after the [[The Real World: San Francisco|third season]] of ''Real World'', and finally debuted in [[1995 in television|1995]].<ref name=untold>{{cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/15787/untold-truth-road-rules/|title=The untold truth of Road Rules|last=McKee|first=Ryan|date=10 June 2016|publisher=Looper|access-date=July 26, 2019}}</ref>

The show generated a spin-off series, also broadcast by [[MTV]], known as ''[[The Challenge (TV series)|The Challenge]]'' (originally known as ''[[Road Rules: All Stars]]'' before being renamed ''Real World/Road Rules Challenge'' after both its precursors), which is still in production. The spin-off series is mostly [[cast member|cast-contestant]] dependent on both ''Road Rules'' and ''The Real World'' as it combines contestants from various seasons of both precursors. ''The Challenge'' has run so far for 40 seasons since 1998, thus surpassing both ''Road Rules'' and ''The Real World''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zY9DyooYMoC&q=The+Real+World+Road+Rules+spin+off&pg=PA137 |title=Remodeling TV Talent: Participation and Performance in MTV's Real World ... - Hugh Phillips Curnutt - Google Books |isbn=9780549747185 |access-date=2013-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='The Game Has Changed': This is The Challenge: Total Madness|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3157891/the-challenge-total-madness/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305134850/http://www.mtv.com/news/3157891/the-challenge-total-madness/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2020|author= Jordana Ossad|website=MTV News|date=March 4, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, it was confirmed that a revamped version of ''Road Rules'' would air on [[Paramount+]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/paramount-plus-announces-the-challenge-all-stars-with-mark-long-trishelle-cannatella-ruthie-alcaide/|title = Paramount+ Announces the Challenge: All Stars, Reuniting OGs, and New Road Rules Season}}</ref> However, this never materialized.