# I PREFER crap TV! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118 "2010-04-14T20:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/41 "2010-04-18T11:53:31Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The Soup. I consider it crap due to the production values. Oh, yes! Ditto **The Dish** , which condenses all sorts of other crap TV for maximum efficiency. Looks like they tape it in her garage, but I do laugh. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/42 "2010-04-18T13:06:26Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Yeah, I know, Bones really sucks these days. 🙂 These days?!? :eek: I swear, none of the characters on this are remotely believeable or likeable, especially the title character. Their workplace is soooooo realistic :rolleyes: and so many clues are so convenient and so easily found. And yet I find myself watching this dreck when my husband turns it on. My personal mindless pleasures are the house hunting shows on HGTV. I see a young couple with their first or second baby on the way looking for 4000+ square feet on 2 acres with granite countertops, stainless appliances, and an oversized garage, and I just have to shake my head. I grew up in a 1000 sq ft row house with a slightly-larger-than-postage-stamp lot, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, and eventually, 7 of us lived there. I just want to scream “You know, your kids don’t \*have \*to have their own rooms and bathrooms!!” I don’t know why those shows hold such appeal for me… ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/43 "2010-04-18T14:19:02Z")
Bravo is my favorite overall cable station at the moment, I am so losing it. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/44 "2010-04-19T02:51:29Z")
Love the Real Housewives (all of 'em), The Hills, Bridezillas (love to hate on them), My Fair Wedding and Amazing Wedding Cakes (yes, I see the theme.) Also love Shear Genius and Project Runway. Gotta admit, I have watched a few episodes of the new Kirstie Alley reality show. Usually watch it when I’m working out (keeps me motivated!) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/45 "2010-04-20T21:47:26Z")
Are _American Justice_ and _48 Hours_ considered crap TV? I love true crime shows. _48 Hours_ is particularly gruesome and gritty, and it gives me a voyeuristic look at the seamier side of the cities in which it is filmed, usually Memphis or Miami or Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/46 "2010-04-20T23:26:16Z")
_Maury_, _Jerry Springer_, and any court show like _Judge Alex_, _People’s Court_, etc. ETA: Oh, and _TMZ_ _ducks_ ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118/47 "2010-04-21T13:38:27Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I find it interesting that someone up thread mentioned Pawn Stars and Pickers as crap TV… but I doubt anyone would mention the PBS series Antiques Roadshow in this category. Antiques Roadshow definitely qualifies as crap TV in my mind, and was a mainstay before we got cable. No plot to follow, no continuing arc. Just a never ending series of people hoping their crap is treasure. Turn it on or off in the middle of an episode, no problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-prefer-crap-tv/536118.md?page=2)