Reality TV launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Digital on 10 October 2002.

[6] On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that CBS Studios International had struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK and Ireland during 2009.

As of 2 April 2014[update], CBS Reality is available on Freeview and Freesat in the United Kingdom.

A timeshift channel, CBS Reality +1, was available on YouView as of 27 July 2014[update], but was removed on 2 June 2015.

[8][9][10] On 30 June 2022, the British arm of the AMC-Paramount partnership revised their channel line-up with nearly all CBS branding being dropped and a new channel called Legend taking CBS Justice's slot on a number of services and Horror's programming.