Top 20 Guilty Pleasures on TV
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Holly | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 07:36 am   Here are the Top 20 Guilty Pleasures on TV: 20. Survivor 19. Judge Judy 18. Crocodile Hunter 17. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 16. Crossing Over with John Edward 15. Passions 14. BattleBots 13. Big Brother 12. Night Calls 11. Fear Factor 10. Iron Chef 9. V.I.P. 8. WWF Smackdown! 7. Cops 6. The Man Show 5. The Real World 4. South Park 3. Wild On 2. Blind Date 1. Jerry Springer Survivor rated #20 and Big Brother #13,do you think they should be higher or lower.I feel no guilt at all watching these and 3 others. |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 07:41 am   I think the further away they are from Jerry Springer, the better. |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 07:47 am   I think Jerry should not be on the list. His show was cancelled in our area. (No one protested) Yeah, Survivor and BB are not guilty pleasures. I enjoy them without remorse! I also watch John Edward and Judge Judy. |
Crazydog | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:15 am   Iron Chef should not be a guilty pleasure, I don't see why anyone should feel embarrassed about watching it... I enjoy it, although the commentary from the "ditzy young actress" character is a little annoying. I know they rotate these people, but every time I see it I seem to see the actress whose tasting comments tend to consist of "ohhhhhhhh...it has such a wonderful aroma and delicate flavor... it tastes SO good.... and that's how I really feel about it." (For some reason the "that's how I feel" part always makes me laugh - it sounds so awkward and perhaps something is lost in the translation.) I also agree that Survivor is not a guilty pleasure. But on the list and deservedly so are Blind Date, Fear Factor and The Man Show. Any show that unabashedly features as one of its highlights girls jumping on trampolines is definitely a guilty pleasure. Temptation Island should certainly be on the list - any show that you would be embarrassed to tell your boss you watch should be on the list. With that in mind, I would also say one of my guilty pleasures is Charmed. |
Oregonfire | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:17 am   The show Cheaters should be on that list. It's like passing the scene of a grisly car accident--you just can't look away. The suspicious lover/spouse had the suspected cheater put under surveillance until her or she is caught. Then the Cheaters team heads off in Cheaters van with the enraged partner in tow to confront the perp. The other night a woman totally freaked out and hauled off and smacked her cheating hubby upside the head in the bar at a Holiday Inn. Now that's quality programming. |
Car54 | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:42 am   Junk Yard Wars, and especially Junk Yard Wars Marathons. Bargain Hunt |
Pcakes2 | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:44 am   OMG Oregon, I saw that episode. It was actually the first time I saw Cheaters. I could not believe that the guy's date did not walk out. My favorite was this woman's sister telling the cheating hubby that everyone was going to see this on TV...his parents, his employer, etc. and know what scum he is! I do however watch Judge Joe Brown, and there was a case when a PI was suing the producer of Cheaters because he never got paid. Judge Joe Brown went off on the guy about the type of show he has put on the air. It was hysterical! PS: I watch Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, and my all time favorite...The People's Court! |
Max | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:51 am   I'm just glad that Trading Spaces and Changing Rooms aren't on there! |
Twiggyish | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 10:50 am   Especially a Trading Spaces and a Changing Rooms marathon! |
Car54 | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 10:54 am   I don't feel at all guilty about TS! |
Dahli | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 11:25 am   Many of those shows offend me, Springer and Wild On are about the worst, I can't stand either of them and turn the channel fast when skimming across those. |
Lobster | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 03:50 pm   Pcakes and Oregon, I saw that episode of Cheaters, and it was also my first. Crazydog, Charmed is one of my guilty pleasures, too. As for the rest of the list: Survivor, Iron Chef, Real World, John Edward, and Big Brother are all shows that I watch. I can't stand Jerry Springer or wrestling. I have nothing against the rest of the shows on the list, I just can't watch everything, so most of them I haven't seen. |
Lobster | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 03:54 pm   Crazydog, I just went back and read your post again. My boss watches Temptation Island! Last year when it was on, we were both watching, so we'd discuss it first thing the next morning. I haven't been watching this year because of Charmed being on the same time. I think he likes it cuz of the melons, though, if ya catch my drift. |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 03:57 pm   I can't understand why Survivor is on this list and Temptation Island is not. I don't get a lot of these shows like Iron Chef, John Edward, Wild on or Cheaters. |
Luvmom | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 05:01 pm   With some of the shows they have listed,I'm surprised they didn't list Queer as Folk....... I don't watch it but i know some people who do,and they like it. |
Luvmom | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 05:03 pm   Also since they have blind date,they should add the 5th wheel.I've watched that a couple of times.It's hillarious...... |
Kady | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 06:28 pm   I also think Elimadate should be on the list. This show is very cheesy. I occasionally watch and hope nobody ever finds out. |
Fflur | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 02:20 pm   To the Changing Rooms, I would add Clampers on BBC America...or anything on BBC at 3am! And Im also loving all the Buffy reruns on FX, my Tivo is running out of room. |
Car54 | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 02:26 pm   I haven't seen hardly any of these shows. Now I feel like I have been missing something. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 03:36 pm   Hi Fluffer. You sure have a cute pic. Oops, I guess I better take this over to the DOGS thread.
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Donut | Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 10:06 pm   crazydog, you just cracked me and my husband up big time with the young actress comments! We also crack up everytime at the guy who ALWAYS says "yes this reminds me of my childhood in my home province..." and the speech inflections in the dubbing are so bad! To me the guiltiest pleasure is the Price is Right, but either no one is watching it or no one feels guilty about watching it , or it is such a guilty pleasure that no one would even admit watching it! VIP, now that would be a real guilty admittance, but the two or three minutes i saw here and there looked potentially like campy fun. |
Ocean_Islands | Friday, February 01, 2002 - 11:26 pm   Anybody who would consider Jerry Springer any kind of pleasure, guilty or otherwise, may not know what pleasure is. Let me add that South Park is the most unfunny show I have ever seen (I gave it 2 chances). |
Teddybear | Thursday, February 07, 2002 - 08:21 am   I LOVE Cheaters!!! I even noticed they did one from here in Houston. Pretty cool. Lewis Black did a thing about it last night on The Daily Show. |
Heyteach | Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 12:54 am   What? No Divorce Court?? Guess that is because it is a daytime show when we should be working. (I only see it when I am home sick or goldbricking...) Actually, it does have some redeeming social value: it shows there is hope for all of us. No matter how big a jerk some of these people are, they have no trouble find someone else! Most of them have another boyfriend/girlfriend/child/pregnancy before the ink has dried on the last one! And it is too bad this isn't a bilingual list. One of the "best" thing on television is a Brazilian novela (dubbed in Spanish) called Uga Uga that is based on a comic strip about a blonde Amazon Indian that is recovered by his rich grandfather in Rio. You just don't know what you are missing! |
Solidsnake | Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 09:59 am   1) News hotties ( Ashley Banfield..hot hot ) 2) Judge Mills Lane 3) PBS Specials 4) Discovery Specials 5) Iron Chef 6) Sat morning cartoons 7) Croc hunter 8) Fear Factor 9) Tellitubbies 10) Entertainment Tonight |
Jbean | Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 12:44 pm   I am going with Kady on this one and saying that Elimidate should also be on this list. It is pretty bad, but also you can't look away! i have recently discovered it. the rule say you have to be single and 21. i think they should say you have to be single, 21, and a ho.....i don't know where they get these people, but they scare me! |
Crazydog | Sunday, February 17, 2002 - 09:25 pm   Teach, LOL! I have seen parts of that show Uga Uga! Well, not on purpose. One time I recorded the wrong channel and was intrigued by all these people in cave costumes. And I was confused because it cut to an everyday normal scene in normal clothes. I kept thinking, maybe this is the storyline that they are on this weird island. But I guess not! It doesn't help that I don't speak Spanish so I had no idea what was going on LOL |
Heyteach | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 10:37 pm   Crazydog, if you watch it you begin to understand it! (scary thought!) My roommate doesn't speak Spanish but she watches it with me every night. I translate occasionally. It sucks you in! It takes place in Rio but once in a while they go back to the jungle. It's based on a comic book--Tarzan type story of orphaned baby raised by Brazilian Indians and finally found by rich grandfather. You have never seen so many nalgas (bums, as the British would say) in your life! And so many strange, convoluted relationships linking all these people together. At least, unlike American soaps, this will end soon and then I will be free. Of course, the bad thing about that is that with our shorter and shorter TV "season" and increasing number of reruns (many of shows that weren't good the first time around) Uga Uga is frequently the best thing on many nights! How sad is that? |
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