Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
04-06-09, 11:48 AM
#1
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,449
Received 913 Likes
on
773 Posts
Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
This is it. the big confession thread. you might not tell your significant other, your friends or family, but you are admitting to the private community of DVD Talk. you don't have to defend or clarify.
just list the shows that given your pantheon of great shows you watch, there are certain ones that you have this thing to have to watch and enjoy no matter how reviled they might be to the viewing public. you watch with this almost embarrassed glee.
yes there was another thread, but the last post was '01. i thought a remake was in order.
Mine:
COPS
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
and i will sometimes pop in on
American Idol
just list the shows that given your pantheon of great shows you watch, there are certain ones that you have this thing to have to watch and enjoy no matter how reviled they might be to the viewing public. you watch with this almost embarrassed glee.
yes there was another thread, but the last post was '01. i thought a remake was in order.
Mine:
COPS
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
and i will sometimes pop in on
American Idol
Last edited by OldBoy; 04-06-09 at 02:09 PM.
04-06-09, 12:04 PM
#3
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Don't think I'm really ashamed to admit to any shows.
I guess maybe Ellen's talk show. I started watching it with my mom whenever I visit her and now I record it each day. I only end up watching it 2 or 3 times a week but I do enjoy it.
I guess maybe Ellen's talk show. I started watching it with my mom whenever I visit her and now I record it each day. I only end up watching it 2 or 3 times a week but I do enjoy it.
04-06-09, 12:08 PM
#5
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Virginia Beach, VA USA
Posts: 3,583
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Keeping Up with The Kardashians : If you ever ask me this in court I'll deny it. But watching that show is like experiencing the fall of civilization. I can't turn away. Historians will look at each episode and hold classes on how they parallel the final days of the western world.
D
D
04-06-09, 12:08 PM
#6
DVD Talk Limited Edition
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Saturday Night Live
The only reason I still watch is for the political sketches and musical guests.
The only reason I still watch is for the political sketches and musical guests.
04-06-09, 12:09 PM
#7
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Not really anything... I would say Pokemon (the early seasons) but I'm not really embarrassed about it. It was a part of my childhood and hold's up fairly well.
04-06-09, 12:12 PM
#8
Moderator
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Any Joss Whedon show. The show's themselves aren't bad, I just don't want to be associated with the over-enthusiastic fanbase.
04-06-09, 12:20 PM
#11
DVD Talk Legend
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
I'll admit whatever, I don't care. I love the VH1 reality shows. I just checked out Tough Love and was entertained.
However I probably won't be checking out Daisy of Love.
I have admitted to watching the Bachelor which seems to be tough for guys.
I'll never say they are great TV, but they are good mindless fun.
However I probably won't be checking out Daisy of Love.
I have admitted to watching the Bachelor which seems to be tough for guys.
I'll never say they are great TV, but they are good mindless fun.
04-06-09, 12:28 PM
#13
DVD Talk Legend
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
I don't watch it normally but I was watching Degrassi with a friend (same age, female) for 3 straight hours. Gotta admit... didn't dislike it but I wouldn't seek it out on a regular basis.
04-06-09, 12:28 PM
#14
DVD Talk Godfather
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
I have nothing in my season pass list I'm ashamed of, however on the rare occasion I stumble onto Dog: the Bounty Hunter, I'll watch.
04-06-09, 12:39 PM
#16
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain
Posts: 20,085
Likes: 0
Received 7 Likes
on
7 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
How can you be ashamed to admit you watch COPS? That shit is gold!
I'd have to go with Rock of Love Bus (it's like a train wreck you can't avert you eyes from), Tool Academy (douchey guys never get old) and, because my gf loves it, Millionaire Matchmaker. I hate reality shows, but these are so bad that I feel slightly better about myself after watching them.
I'd have to go with Rock of Love Bus (it's like a train wreck you can't avert you eyes from), Tool Academy (douchey guys never get old) and, because my gf loves it, Millionaire Matchmaker. I hate reality shows, but these are so bad that I feel slightly better about myself after watching them.
04-06-09, 12:45 PM
#17
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,449
Received 913 Likes
on
773 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
i would also add:
Beverly Hills, 90210 (old, thank god for Soap Channel!)
Melrose Place
04-06-09, 12:52 PM
#18
04-06-09, 01:07 PM
#19
DVD Talk Legend
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Sesame Street (the apt. next to Bob's)
Posts: 20,195
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes
on
6 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
I've been a viewer of America's Funniest Videos since day one, but I'm not ashamed of it at all.
04-06-09, 01:11 PM
#20
DVD Talk God
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
Nothing. If I have it as a season pass and maybe own it on DVD, then I am proud to be a fan of the show.
04-06-09, 01:18 PM
#21
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,449
Received 913 Likes
on
773 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
obviously, you aren't that "ashamed" if you are mentioning it here, i mean more shows that aren't quite the norm given the plethora of highly rated shows you watch. ones that would maybe be the black sheep, not necessarily that you would be outcast for society for admitting liking it.
04-06-09, 01:23 PM
#22
DVD Talk Special Edition
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
My kids have gotten me into all the Cartoon Network and Nick shows(Spongebob, Fairly Odd parents, ICarly, Ben 10, Yo Gabba Gabba, Danny Phantom). And the only one i usually will talk about with others is Ben 10, I guess i'm not ashamed off actually watching these since i don't usually watch them without my kids, except Spongebob, Ben 10, and danny phantom, but i still don't usually bring it up.
04-06-09, 01:30 PM
#23
Moderator
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
04-06-09, 01:31 PM
#24
DVD Talk Hero
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
L Word and Gilmore Girls.
Not so much ashamed about watching them, but they're shows that I would probably not cop to having watched if they ever came up in conversation.
Not so much ashamed about watching them, but they're shows that I would probably not cop to having watched if they ever came up in conversation.
Last edited by slop101; 04-06-09 at 01:34 PM.
04-06-09, 01:38 PM
#25
DVD Talk Reviewer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 3,272
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
re: Shows you're ashamed (guilty pleasures) to admit you watch
I'd say I have not exactly "shame" but a guilty pleasure from watching "COPS" and "Intervention." Seriously, if you are having a bad day/week, there is nothing better than those two shows to make you say, "At least I'm not like those guys." And if you cannot watch them and say that, then you probably belong on the shows 