In our house, I nominate “Finding Bigfoot”, on Animal Planet. My husband is happy to sit and watch people standing around in the dark, fiddling with their cameras, calling things “squatchy”, and hollering in a come-hither manner. They also hear unidentifiable noises and interview people who think they may have seen something furry crossing the road one time. What they never, ever do is find Bigfoot.
Tell me, what crappy crap crap are you being exposed to because of those special people you share your home with?
I live alone, so none. When I visit my parents’ house, my mom always watches Judge Judy and about 20,000 other judge shows. The people on these shows get dredged up from the bottom of some slime-infested pond.
Anything on TLC. I get stupider every time that channel is on, which is always Fri. nights due to the ^&%%#%# wedding shows. I get revenge by watching Top Gear and other, as my SO puts it, car crap. Petty, but fun.
My kid watches Adventure Time and Regular Show - animation so bizarre and disturbing I need to leave the room. Years ago it was Caillou - also bizarre and disturbing.
It is almost always terrible, frequently laughably terrible, but we have a lot of leftover affection for the characters, and it still sometimes has good musical numbers, and every vague once in a while it’s actually good.
Plus there’s only one more season.
Aside from that, the most guilty-pleasure show we watch is probably American Ninja Warrior, which is an obstacle-course/parkour/climbing competition which claims to be about ninjas, and is surprisingly fun. The national finals at Mt. Madoriyama start next week!
My wife is into the paranormal, and often still wants to watch Ghost Adventures. It’s always been one of the dumber hours on TV, but now that Bro-mmander-in-Chief Zak Bagans has decided he wants to be taken seriously, it’s become not just stupid, but puffed-up, pointless and incredibly boring.
Unsealed Alien Files. I like to throw barbs during the opening credits:
::spooky music:: Did Ancient Aliens visit the Earth years ago and leave behind their technology?
“Nope.” Did Aliens once use the Earth’s magnetic fields to create vast superhighways and leave evidence of them behind?
“No. They did not.” Did UFOs visit the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II? The answer is more likely than you think.
“Highly debatable.” Every government file about UFOs and aliens has now been declassified. The Government doesn’t want you to know what’s in those files!
“Then why did they declassify them?”
Wife: “Quiet!!”
Her answer for me would absolutely be Deadliest Catch. “Ooh! I can’t wait to see what happens! Maybe they will catch some crab! Or possibly not!”
