These Would Be My Guilty Pleasures, If They Actually Made Me Feel Guilty

Recently I posted about my the extremely low number of quality movies I have seen in my life.  Well, perhaps that is because I was busy watching reality television.  The other day I tried to list all of the reality television programs I have ever been addicted to.  This involved scanning lists like this one and scouring my brain for titles that were so obscure and/or bad that there is barely any record of them, even on the Internet (Like "In Search of the New Partridge Family" on VH1).

The list that follows is what I was able to come up with.  Bear in mind that in compiling this list I only chose shows that I have been addicted to--as in, watched every single episode, or at least about 90% of the episodes.  There are probably a thousand more shows that I have watched casually.

You will notice that I have highlighted five titles in red.  Those are the shows that, in retrospect, that I am the most almost-embarrassed by.  Not all-the-way embarrassed, though, because, while I'm being completely honest, I must admit that I feel no shame whatsoever for having watched so much crappy TV.

Anwyay, here they are:

American Idol
American Juniors
America's Next Top Model
Amish in the City
Bands Reunited
Blowout
Breaking Bonaduce
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Bug Juice
But Can They Sing
Celebrity Fit Club
Dancing with the Stars
Dog Eat Dog
Dr. 90210
Dream Job
Filthy Rich - Cattle Drive
For Love or Money
Fraternity Life
Gene Simmons' School of Rock
Hit Me Baby One More Time
I Want a Famous Face
In Search of the Partridge Family
Joe Millionaire
Kept
Kill Reality
Laguna Beach
Last Comic Standing
Making the Band (the season that resulted in "Da Band")
Meet the Barkers
My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
My Fair Brady
Newlyweds
Project Runway
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Rich Girls
Road Rules
Showbiz Moms and Dads
Skating with Celebrities
Sorority Life
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
Strangelove
Surf Girls
Survivor
The '70s House
The Bachelorette
The Girls Next Door
The Real World
The Real World/Road Rules Challenge
The Simple Life
The Surreal Life
The Swan
The Wade Robson Project*
Tommy Lee Goes to College

By the way, I made Kelly watch a lot of these shows and I am sure that if you doubt me, she will gladly attest to the fact that when I say I watched every episode of these shows, I am not exaggerating.

UPDATE (5/9/06):OMG I FORGOT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FIVE WORST ONES AND SEVERAL OF YOU HAD HEART ATTACKS; DON'T WORRY THEY ARE NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND IN BOLD, I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE SOME OF YOU

*Kelly says if there were a such thing as double bold, this show would deserve it because it is so bad, but I think she also means double because SHE WATCHED IT WITH ME

Comments

What no "Temptation Island"? Or "The Ultimate Love Test"? I can't believe that you would watch the snoozefest that was SI swimsuit model contest but not these giants of the reality tv genre. However, I am glad that you watched the 70s house. I am OBSESSED with the host's voice. I only watched that show to hear her say "Wakey wakey eggs and bakey," and thankfully she sait it a lot. Also Kept was the one thing that kept me going last summer.

[Lauren]

1. Definitely did watch several episodes of "Temptation Island--" those people were some of the most messed up I'd seen on any reality show anywhere, actually.

2.) Am glad to hear that I am not the only person who was hypnotized by perky Dawn on "The '70s House."

3.) Kept is a great example of a show that I only watched out of pure luck--even though it was VH1, Jerri Hall was not a huge draw--but then became amazingly addicted to.

[Confused Man]

I don't see any titles highlighted in red

[Colorblind]

I don't see any red either.

[kenny draper]

There are so many titles in red here

[kelly]

ALSO

didn't you watch that show with dave navarro and carmen electra?

[The Mole]

You didn't watch Celebrity Mole? :-(

[Matt Price]

Haha I watched that season of Making the Band. Can you pick 6 people you'd be more terrified to live with in your life? It was like that episode of Chapelle's show where the white guy goes into that ghetto Real World house.

[Michelle]

hold up, wait a minute. Do you REALLY think that Making the Band (Da Band) version was one of the worst reality tv shows you watched. First of all, what about Making the Band one, aka the first season that was on UPN that resulted in O-Town. That was to tv what O-town was to music. Secondly, Da Band was hilarious. Thirdly, both seasons paled in comparison to Making the Band three, the "all-girl" band round. Furthermore, I contend that you should be ashamed to have enjoyed "I want a famous face" because that was uninteresting AND gross. In conclusion, I watch too much tv.

[Kelly]

Au Contraire, Michelle.

I Want a Famous Face was both INTERESTING and GROSS and especially the one where that gay dude wanted to be jlo