The good thing about having this blog? No one knows me. Apart from my lovely team of writers and few others, no one knows who I am. So now, when I admit to watching these crappy shows, no one can come and say... Oh it's you watching that crap?
Listen. Not anything on tv is good. Besides Lost, all hope is gone. We've recently covered how crappy Heroes has become... I recently discovered It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia... But face it. There is almost nothing really good on tv right now. But crap? Loads. Here are the five crappiest shows that I have to admit that I TiVo from time to time. Enjoy.
1) The Millionaire Matchmaker
It's like an accident. It's awful but you just can't look away. Lonely and from time to time extremely geeky millionaires, lacking true love? Brilliant. The host that treats everyone in sight like a turd? Epic. Desperate single women looking like they will literally blow those suckers just so that they can get their apartment paid? Who could ask for anything more?
2) Paranormal State.
The show about nothing. It's like the Seinfeld of Paranormal Shows. They aaaaalways say that the next episode something weird will happen... You sit there. Nothing. I've been watching this crap for almost two years and not a single proof that something incredible happened more than a stomp or two in another bedroom. But I still watch.
3) Make me a Supermodel.
Twenty somthing gals and guys with an extreme ego? Serve that with a side of Ice Cream and I'm done. This is crap on a stick, and I'm licking away jumping of joy. They get lessons in walking. WALKING! Granted, the photograph sessions are always beautiful and well done, but still. It's a bunch of assholes that think that they all are da bomb. Again... Lessons in walking? Yummy.
4) The Real Housewives of NYC.
You're rich. You're always fighting. You think you deserve all the riches in the world and more. One of you demands that they call you Countess. Another has her husband denying that he's more gay than Liberace (like Seinfeld said, not that there's anything wrong with that). I hate these bitches with all my might and still, I'm watching this crap. I should get a bullet for watching this shit. Honestly.
5) The View.
Honestly? I'm just waiting for Whoopie to hit Elizabeth with a bat, DeNiro-in-The-Untouchables style. Yep. Give it time. It will happen.
So I admit it. These are my guilty tv pleasures. I hate watching. It's like giving up smoking. You know that it's bad for you, but you have a hard time letting go.
How about yours?
7 comments:
Dang. I need to get cable.
I'll suggest something else to add to your Tivo list: Rescue Me. It's on FX and it's the story of a NYC firehouse post-9/11 and all the shit that goes on in their lives (less about 9/11, more about fucked up people.)
It's funny one moment, then serious the next and it moves between the two without missing a beat. Start back at season 1 to get the full story (current season is 5). Seasons 1-3 are some of the sharpest, most brutally honest and sometimes hard to watch seasons I've ever seen of anything on TV. (seasons 4 and now 5 are shifting gears, but I like where they're headed so far).
If you don't like it I'll subject myself and my bad taste to a full on tongue lasing in an upcoming post for wasting your time. How's that for a guarantee?
Well Justin my friend... You're on. I'll add Rescue Me Season 1 to my Netflix and I'll tell you if I Like it... But I'm sure I will because I worship the ground Dennis Leary walks on.
(Great guarantee, by the way.)
- Anything with Bret Michaels
- The first two seasons of the Surreal Life
- Anything on HGTV
- Scare Tactics, especially when Shannon Doughtery was host
- What Not to Wear
I live/work in Germany. It should go without saying that German television programming is patently unwatchable, even if you're damned near fluent like I am. That said, my happiness is forever interlocked with MTV Germany.
Oh, how the heavens align. Right now, I'm wrapping up Rock of Love 2. (RoL 2!!!!!) Paris' new BFF or some shit, and Hogan Knows best, as well as all the Pimp My Ride I can handle.
Being a few seasons behind everything is sometimes an amazing thing.
OOOOOOh What not to Wear is like Butter!!! Sooooo good and nasty at the same time!!!!
Rock of Love is like watching Herpes Spread. That one I refuse to watch...
I have a weakness for millionare matchmaker and housewives too. I love the rich and offensive.
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