As in, what show do you enjoy watching that is the equivalent of eating a bunch of junk food in your underwear?

  • AreaKode@lemmy.world
    142·
    20 days ago

    If nothing is on the TV, I’m putting on a random episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. By far my favorite show. The parody of just the worst people imaginable is my kind of humor.

    • jacksilver@lemmy.world
      3·
      19 days ago

      I’ve tried to watch it twice and I feel like I just am missing something about it. May be too random for me.

      • tpyo@lemmy.world
        3·
        19 days ago

        It kinda has a story that you’re dropped in the middle of that’s revealed as the show goes on

    • Qkall@lemmy.ml
      4·
      20 days ago

      omg my wife just discovered this show and she’s totally obsessed. she was shielded by all of these type of shows growing up… so it’s blowing her mind lol

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    20 days ago

    We often leave it on as noise now, skip to the end of most of the competitions, and routinely ask each other “who the hell is that?” on the final show where they all come back, but my wife and I have been watching US Big Brother since something like Season 3 or 4. At this point, the formulas are clear and they mostly just re-theme the existing competitions. It does seem like they may have retired “The Racist One” as one of the casting mandates; even the MAGA-coded blonde girl who almost won this past season managed not to say anything to get herself kicked out, though this season ended before the election results made racism okay again.

    For shows that I enjoy unironically but can’t in good conscience recommend to anyone, my current favorite is the US remake of Ghosts. I am like a moth to flame when it comes to stupid high-concept stuff, but I bail if I don’t like it. Despite the very sitcommy gags and plots, I find the cast charming and the out-of-time twist on the usual banter is fun. But yeah, it’s still very much a zinger-based sitcom full of stock characters in some form of historical cosplay.

    Finally, I giggle like a twelve year old with a fart machine through the opening segment of “Wipeout,” where the only question is how hilariously giant foam-covered machinery will clobber people. The only competitive point is who failed the least, and the edit of the episode doesn’t even pretend to frame that in any cohesive way, likely so they can rig it. I generally watch something else once they move to the next phase. I don’t give a single shit who “wins” and the rest of it is just a traditional physical competition game show with a few pratfalls.

  • The Giant Korean@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago

    I don’t really watch it per se, but my wife will be watching Real Housewives of Orange County and I’ll find myself getting drawn in. Like, “Oh, what’s that one woman mad about? OMG she did what? Oh damn I can’t believe she did that…”

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    20 days ago

    Definitely love is blind or any other shitty nick lachey reality dating show. You didn’t have to pay attention, and practically everyone is trashy or nuts. It’s great.

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      Try Love is Blind Habibi. They do it in Dubai, and the juxtaposition of a mostly American style dating show with international Muslim culture, all in a country that wants to politically have its cake and eat it too, it’s a trip. Plus the one couple seems nice.