Name three "guilty pleasure" television shows you watch

[LostinVA]

Mine:

1. Ninja Warrior
2. Wife Swap
3. Cheaters (but only a few times a yesr -- it's too icky)

[BarenakedLady]

1. Only one at the moment

American Idol

[LostinVA]

3. I consider that "acceptable pleasure" for me

I LOVED Brooke's Pat Benatar song the other night! I'm rooting for the Hippie Mormon to win!

[MrCoffee]

2. ohhhh....Cheaters is a good one

MXC (when I had access to cable, when we housesat for the in-laws one summer)

The Biggest Loser (it's pizza night!)

[LostinVA]

5. Your other two are also really good

Haruka saw MXC for the first time teh other day.

[MrCoffee]

24. Did she completely love it?

It's so great...it's one of two shows that would almost convince me to get cable.

[LostinVA]

45. She did! But she likes NIJNA WARRIOR even better

We love Captain Nagano!

[AlCzervik]

4. ok

The McLaughlin group
Bulging brides
Bridezilla.

[LostinVA]

7. My Redneck Wedding on CMT -- I forgot that one!

The last two of yours are good. I used to love Dana Carvey doing McLaughlin on SNL.

[AlCzervik]

11. Elaaaahhhhhhhhnore CLifffftttttt!

that show makes me laugh my ass off.

[LostinVA]

15. Did you see the one with the mattress racing???

[AlCzervik]

20. i don't remember that one.

[CreekDog]

12. I can't watch shows where people have completely lost their manners

but I can handle Bridezilla and Bulging Brides. ;)

[AlCzervik]

13. and ordering your wedding dress 2 sizes smaller than you are---thats fing crazy!

no way would have done that.

[Parche]

6. They Are All X-Rated

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:hi:

[LostinVA]

8. I figured as much from you

:eyes:

[Jamastiene]

9. Mmmm, me likey at least 2 for the eye and ear candy.

1. Medium - Patricia Arquette, my biggest, hugest, Hollywood Celebrity crush right now. zOMG, she's so sexy and talks like I like women to talk, somewhat enticing, kind mildly deep voiced and sorta mumbles at times. It's a beautiful thing to watch the "talking in bed" scenes on that show. I'm soooo guilty when I watch that show.

2. Ghost Whisperer - What's NOT to like about Jennifer Love-Hewitt? My second biggest, hugest, Hollywood Celebrity crush right now. Hummala, baby, she seems like such a sweetheart. I'm entirely too woman crazy. I want to worship women. Why can't there be a religion based on worshiping women?

3. House M.D. - He's a cruel sombitch, but he's the type of doctor I'd want. He might damn near kill you and torture you but he finds out what is wrong and cures you magically almost every time.


So, for me, it's hot women, sexy voices, bed scenes (just talking in bed, not really about the sex so much) and a doctor who is a smart ass and can cure the damnedest ailments. That would be the perfect life for me only I would want to be faithful to only one of the women. My chances of either of them ever liking me are zilch, but if I DID stand a chance, those two women just have a way about them.

[LostinVA]

18. You are a total pev

:eyes:

I like that about you.

[Jamastiene]

21. Yes. Yes, I am.

Takes one to know one. I like that about you too. :D

[SKKY]

10. When I lived in the States it was these three...

1. The Anna Nicole Show
2. American Chopper (A girl I worked with was very good friends with Mike Campo)
3. Cheaters

I'm particularly sensitive about the Anna Nicole Show. To this day, I can't forgive myself for getting wrapped up in that rolling train wreck.

[hedgehog]

14. Does Xena count? Even though it's been off the air a few years.

[theredpen]

16. Of course!

My spouse and I buy DVD boxed sets of shows we like and watch through them.

Currently we're watching "Charmed." Season 4 kinda sucked, but we're on season 5 and it gets a lot better.

I might list "Kung Fu" as a guilty pleasure, but it was actually quite a good show (particularly for the early 70's).

So, the other two would be:
2. The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[hedgehog]

30. My son refers to "Charmed" as "the power of six". nt

[theredpen]

32. The power of six?

There's got to be a story behind that. The keep saying "the power of three" (about 100 per episode, it seems).

Edit: How old is your son?

[hedgehog]

39. My son is 21. As for the power of 6, what is 2 X 3? nt

[theredpen]

68. That's why I asked his age...

...that occurred to me. :evilgrin:

[Giant Robot]

66. I don't think Brisco should be a guilty pleasure

Cause Bruce Campbell is almost god-like in his roles and acting ability!

"This is my boom stick!"

:headbang:

[LostinVA]

17. Xena always counts -- she was cool

[stuntcat]

31. I was gonna say!

I haven't watched much tv the last few years, a little PBS, but when I watched I was into X-Files and Xena :headbang: I still have some Xena magazines & vhs tapes lol

[libnnc]

19. Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrity Rehab, Top Chef

Doctor Who, Torchwood, whatever BBC America is pushing.


And anything with Gordon Ramsay in it.


Edit to add my Ramsay impersonation "Fucking fuckers and fucking fuck!"

[flvegan]

22. Pro wrestling

Raw

Smackdown

ECW

Sometimes TNA, but usually only if Scott Steiner is going to be on.

[LostinVA]

23. Haruka likes the UFC stuff

Hey -- I'm PMing you in a minute.

[flvegan]

26. I can't watch that stuff.

Folks intentionally hurting each other for real.

I know she's into the martial arts, so I can understand the appeal. FWIW, she can grapple me ANYtime.

[LostinVA]

46. No

[Giant Robot]

27. Why Steiner?

There's some better talent on there than him.

Well it looks like I owned up to one guilty pleasure already.

I hate to say this...I watch Cops. I can't stop myself. And Celebrity Rehab.

[flvegan]

29. I also watch Cops.

And those Spike television shows about the craziest chases and stuff.

In re Steiner, I just like him. The plot lines are a *bit* much on TNA, and it seems like there's a LOT more just random yelling. It's also on much later, so my motivation to stay up to watch is diminished.

[Inchworm]

25. Not sure about guilty pleasure but...

sometimes I feel a little guilty after watching Cold Case.



:silly:

[DarkTirade]

28. I don't currently own a TV

but I've managed to catch episodes of the new Terminator show anyway.

[NewJeffCT]

33. I sometimes watch those Saturday night B movies on Sci-Fi

Just to see how bad they are, and to see that actors that were popular in the 80s and 90s can still find work.

Other than that, I only really watch Battlestar Galactica, which I don't feel guilty about at all...

Olbermann? The Daily Show & Colbert? That's about it.

[LostinVA]

47. BG is a TERRIFIC show

[Political Heretic]

76. BSG is one of the most quality shows on television.

I rank it right up there with The West Wing and the Wire in terms of utter quality. It faces the challenges of mainstream acceptance because it is technically sci-fi, but as you know as a BSG fan, its nothing like the traditional "high" sci-fi. The future and / space dimensions of the story take a back seat to a gritty, dark, sometimes brutal in your face drama where the "tech" purposely minimalistic. Amazing actors and actresses are the true features of this character driven show.

Best drama currently on television.

[gbate]

34. American Idol, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Merv Griffin's Crosswords.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

35. Super Nanny

Who'd a thunk that having 6 kids in 6 years would result in household chaos?

[LostinVA]

49. I felt so sorry for her

[Shakespeare]

70. Me too, but she also scared the shit out of me.

Couldn't look her own daughter in the eye, wouldn't touch her... :scared:

I hope they got her into therapy after the show was over.

[YankeyMCC]

36. This is really going to ruin any chance of being considered a discerning

SF geek.

Ok here goes...I enjoy the new Flash Gordon on SciFi

ok I've admitted it...I hang my head in shame.

Edit: the only other show I could think of is "Everyday Italian" I don't regularly watch but if I'm flipping channels that one usually hooks me :)

[LostinVA]

50. Yum -- Giada

[MrCoffee]

80. Everyday Italian FoodPorn is the other show that would almost convince me to get cable

I could watch her massage a chicken for hours and hours and hours.

[PassingFair]

37. Gossip Girl

Flavor of Love

Super Sweet Sixteen

[Bennyboy]

38. Las Vegas.....

For the babes.

[khashka]

40. OK here goes...

Stargate Atlantis - not really that bad but I only watch it cause the main guy is really hot and the woman in charge usually tries to find a non-military solution to whatever the problem is.

Law and Order (all of 'em) - well written and well acted. But still they always get alternative sexuality wrong. But basically liberal in it's heart.

Missing Without A Trace - Fascinating. I doubt it's true to life. But every episode is different than what came before.

My guilty secrets.....


Khash.

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Ghost Hunters... America's Next Top Model...Degrassi TNG.

Only, I don't feel guilty about it I guess.

[LostinVA]

51. I loved the old Degrassi High -- it was FIERCE

[ScreamingMeemie]

55. I totally love the old Degrassis way more than the new ones.

[LostinVA]

56. Was the blonde's name Caitlin?

She was cute.

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. Yes, and I wanted to be her.

And I loved that Spike was into the Pogues.

[LostinVA]

59. It took me a while to realize it was a Canadian show!

I just thought they lived in Michigan, since they talked funny.

[ScreamingMeemie]

62. Take off, eh?

[LostinVA]

63. Hoser

[S n o w b a l l]

42. ok...

American Idol
Top Chef
Project Runway

And, here's 4... America's Next Top Model

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. Project Runway is a 4 for me too.

Although I missed the finale.

[S n o w b a l l]

48. Me too...

But, of course, I read who won. That's one of those shows that you don't have to watch the finale cause they play it over and over and over again on Bravo on weekends. And no matter how many times I've watched that episode, I always watch it again.

:) :hi:

[LostinVA]

52. I LOVE all of them -- Top Chef starts next week

[S n o w b a l l]

57. Yay :)

Thanks for the info! Wasn't sure when Top Chef started.

[madeline_con]

44. Why not...

1. Real Sex on HBO

2. Becker late at night

3. Molly Ringwlad or Brat Pack movies :popcorn:

[LostinVA]

53. Three good ones!

Remember the "Real Sex" episode a few years ago, when they acted like PONIES???

[lightningandsnow]

54. I'm a kid at heart:

1. Sesame Street (especially the older ones)
2. Arthur
3. Reading Rainbow (on occasion)

Wow... I really need to grow up.

[LostinVA]

60. Is Levar Burton still doing "Reading Rainbow"?

[lightningandsnow]

61. I think he is...

but those might be old episodes.

[YDogg]

64. Rick and Steve

[RubyDuby in GA]

65. The Girls Next Door, Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares and How Clean Is Your House

God I love BBC America!

[mwooldri]

67. I count Torchwood and Doctor Who as "must watch" shows.

I like Ramsays' Kitchen Nightmares too...

Only bug (and it's the bug I've always have had with Auntie Beeb) ...

TOO MANY <EXPLETIVE> REPEATS!!!!!

And BBCA is worse than domestic BBC services for repeats.

Mark.

[RubyDuby in GA]

87. I agree about the repeats

I'm waiting on the second season of Robin Hood to come on...
If it ever will...

I know its cheesy, but it was something to watch on Friday nights waiting for Bill Maher.

[momophile]

69. America's Next Top Model, Beauty and the Geek and

So You Think You Can Dance (which is the best of the three, hands down).

[Shakespeare]

71. Grey's Anatomy, Top chef, and sometimes Supernanny. n/t

[OmahaBlueDog]

72. When I'm not watching "The Disney Channel"

1. Cops ("That's not mine officer!")
2. Dancing With the Stars
3. When it was on -- "A Shot at Love, With Tila Tequila"

[Fox Mulder]

73. Top Chef

But I don't think that's a guilty pleasure. :shrug:

[Flaxbee]

74. I guess the only one I feel guilty about is "Make Me a Supermodel" on

Bravo. Though I much prefer the 'modeling' aspect of the show; I couldn't care less who washed the dishes or who's being an arrogant prick. I also used to watch "The Real Housewives of Orange County" but haven't tuned in to the New York spinoff.

I don't really feel guilty about Project Runway or Top Chef or What Not to Wear.

[Political Heretic]

75. Oh this is great! I love confessing stuff like this:

3. Even though its over now, I loved Charm School :rofl:
2. Late at night, I regularly, for reasons that pass understanding, get sucked into watching Hanna Montana on the Disney Channel :wtf:

And the number one confession....

1. I live for Charmed. :P

[Digit]

77. Wife Swap, it is like a train wreck you can't help but watch

Judge Judy - I love how she says it like it is.
and sometimes...
The Maury Show, when he has the paternity thingie going on.
I like to see the child and guess beforehand.
I could go into the dynamics of this show more, but it is late.
Oh, and yeah, Maury is completely whoring himself for ratings at the expense of the guests.

As you can tell, no cable in this household.

[Roon]

78. Roseanne

the Simpsons, and Malcom in the middle.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

79. Most of my "guilty pleasures" are no longer being broadcast

or else they were on cable, which I have cut back to broadcast stations and public access only.

DeGrassi Junior High and DeGrassi High from the 1980s
Bad Girls
Those wilderness survival shows with Bear Whatshisname
Myth Busters
SuperNanny (the only one that I can still watch)

[mondo joe]

81. None of my pleasures are guilty, though The Swan had to be about the creepiest

show I watched with any regularity.

[AwakeAtLast]

82. We call it "Train Wreck TV"

1. Rock. Of. Love. Total train wreck.

2. Celebrity Rehab - should have worked "Train wreck" in the title! :D

3. Flavor of Love - This is the third train to leave the station. :shrug:

[bikebloke]

83. Does TV on DVD count?

This one is really bad, but for some perverse reason I'm going to finish it - must be the eye candy. A British soaper. Luckily the season is only 8 episodes long.
Footballers' Wives

McLeod's Daughters

And I'm feeling too guilty over Number Three to mention it.

[The empressof all]

84. Korean Dramas on AZN

I was addicted to Love Truly and Here Comes Ajumma. It was so bad that I actually spent an entire day watching the rest of the episodes on line. Now that I've passed what's on the tube..my tv watching is out of wack.....Coffee Prince is another favorite. If you don't mind subtitles I give my highest marks for fun TV to these shows not only for the "drama" but for a peek into Korean culture.

[Dinger]

85. Mine:

Simpsons
Rock Of Love II
Loony Tunes

[MonkeyFunk]

86. My three:

Mama's Family
Malcolm in the Middle
Old game show reruns


I don't have Tivo set to record them, but they ARE thumbs-upped so that it occasionally records them when space is available.