# Your favorite trashy tv shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248 "2007-08-20T14:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/1 "2007-08-20T14:21:47Z")
Which shows do you watch that have no redeeming qualities? For me 1. Footballers Wive$. This show has some of the most immoral trashy set of characters ever. I can’t stop watching though. 2. Days of our Lives. I was glad when this started coming on in the evenings. In real life, I’d never admit to being glad Flavor of Love will be back for another season. I feel slightly worse about this one since the trashy people on this show are real. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/2 "2007-08-20T14:32:23Z")
Married…with Children is great trash ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/3 "2007-08-20T14:40:08Z")
“Quark” ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/4 "2007-08-20T14:43:56Z")
I couldn’t turn away from “Growing up Gotti.” Trainwrecks and all that. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/5 "2007-08-20T15:20:19Z")
“The Soup” with Joel McHale. I don’t care that it’s just gossip-y trash, I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/6 "2007-08-20T15:24:47Z")
**Porno Valley** is fascinating, especially the bits with PT Anderson who is just a big ol’ mess of film visionary, cynic and deluded relic from another era. The petty fighting between the porn stars is hilarious. Completely unerotic, though. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/7 "2007-08-20T15:30:48Z")
“Blind Date” and “COPS.” Complete garbage, but I’m unable to look away. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/8 "2007-08-20T15:53:08Z")
Rock of Love. A bunch of chicks with gross tans, hair, boobs, etc., vying for the attention of a washed up rocker from the 80s who also is way too tan and very badly needs a haircut. What’s not to love, really? Also, Cheaters. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/9 "2007-08-20T16:28:57Z")
We don’t have a TV, but I caught a couple of episodes of VHI’s ‘‘Flavor of Love’’ with Flavor Flave. There is no good reason why I would enjoy that show-- but for some reason I do. It’s just so childlike and innocent in its trashiness. I don’t know how else to put it. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/10 "2007-08-20T17:51:07Z")
SPRINGER OWNS!! I can’t stop myself—when I’m home sick, I sit back, watch that and feel so much better about myself and my place in this world. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/11 "2007-08-20T19:32:02Z")
My newest two are **Rock of Love** and **Scott Baio is 45…and Single**. Rock of Love has been explained. Scott Baio hires a life coach to figure out why he can’t keep a girlfriend and how to improve his life overall. Here’s a tip stop acting like a horny 18 year old and grow-up. And get rid of your mooching friends who are obviously keeping you down so they can pick up the left over not as hot friend of the chick you are trying to score with. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/12 "2007-08-20T19:48:20Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] We don’t have a TV, but I caught a couple of episodes of VHI’s ‘‘Flavor of Love’’ with Flavor Flave. [/QUOTE] We don’t have one either, but when **American Idol** cranks up next season, I’ll have to get something or other hooked up. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/13 "2007-08-20T19:59:46Z")
I am addicted to trashy TV - \*Girls Next Door, Porno Valley, Celebrity Paranormal Project - as well as any special on plastic surgery, The Soup - I also used to like Wild On \* ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/14 "2007-08-20T20:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Booker57] “Quark” [/QUOTE] Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/15 "2007-08-20T20:35:04Z")
America’s Next Top Model ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/16 "2007-08-20T20:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=Omega Glory] I feel slightly worse about this one since the trashy people on this show are real. [/QUOTE] You have a very liberal definition either of the word “real” or the word “people.” 🙂 For me, it would have to be the Comedy Central roasts. Even when I don’t give a rat’s patootie about the person being roasted (paging Flavor Flav), I can’t get enough of all the trash talk. I’m gonna start DVRing them so I don’t miss any. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/17 "2007-08-20T21:10:38Z")
Reno 911. Most of Comedy Central’s original stuff is crap but I like this for some reason. It’s not something I go out of my way to watch but if I run into it when channel surfing, or if the Tivo picks up an episode, I’ll watch. What can I say? It makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/18 "2007-08-21T02:01:59Z")
No one has mentioned Two and a Half Men. The lines that aren’t about sex are about farting. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/19 "2007-08-21T02:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=Gail] No one has mentioned Two and a Half Men. [/QUOTE] Well, yeah. Nobody watches that. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248/20 "2007-08-21T02:44:16Z")
My guilty pleasure is “The People’s Court,” especially since it’s on during my lunch hour at work. Listening to the (mostly) petty problems of these people makes my life look…okay. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-trashy-tv-shows/416248.md?page=2)