A Pet Peeve of mine/ Reality Shows

[weesie]

While I do not think all of these should be classified as reality: Some are competition shows. Some are in syndication.(Repeats)


The following are all classified as reality shows based on the discriptions I found on Xfinity/Comcast programming guide.

Allmost all of these programs were running the week+ of 05/09/2012 thru 05/18/2012. The letters following each program represent the station/network they are currently being aired.

Also, I might add, in doing this, I realize this may qualify me for show #83.........LOL!

1. Alaska: The Final Frontier..... Disc

2. American Idol.......... Fox

3. America Guns........... Disc

4. American Pickers........... Hist

5. American Restoration....... Hist

6. American Diggers........ Spike

7. Americas' Best Dance Crew.......... MTV

8. Americas' Next Top Model........ Oxgn

9. Ax Men............ Hist

10. A Baby Story........... TLC

11. Americas' Most Wanted........ Lifetime

12. American Chopper: Sr. vs Jr............. Disc

13. Americas' Got Talent ............NBC

14. Around The World in 80 Plates ........Bravo

15. Auction Hunter............. Spike

16. Bad Girls Club........... Oxgn

17. Baggage Battles........... Travel

18. Best Ink ................OXGN

19. Best Ink: Miami ............OXGN

20. Big Rich Texas ..............Style

21. Big Brother ..............CBS

22. Bridzillas ............WE

23. Bait Car .........Tru Tv

24. Batchelor.............. ABC

25. Batchelorette............. ABC

26. Beverly's Full House............. OWN

27. Bayou Billionaires .............CMT

28. Basketball Wives ............Vh1

29. Beyond Scared Straight............ A&E

30. Bethanny Ever After............ Bravo

31. Coast Guard Alaska................ TWC

32. Couples Therapy.............. VH1

33. Campus PD.............. G4

34. Cheaters.................. G4

35. Cops............... G4

36. Celebrity Apprentice............. NBC

37. Cake Boss................ TLC

38. Call Of The Wildman................. Animal Pl

39. Dog/ Bounty Hunter ..............A&E

40. Duck Dynasty............ A&E

41. Don't Be Tardy For The Wedding .........Bravo

42. Deadliest Catch................. DISC

43. DC Cupcakes: Mommy's Birthday .............TLC

44. Dream Machines............... Syfy

45. Dance Moms ................Lifetime

46. Dance Moms: Miami ..........Lifetime

47. *Dogs In The City ..............CBS

48. Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders .........CMT

49. *Duets ...............ABC

50. Excused ..............CBS

51. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ........TVLand

52. Edens' World............. LOGO

53. Fact or Faked: Paranormal .........Syfy

54. Flip This House............... BIO

55. Fashion Star ...............NBC

56. Flipped Off ................A&E

57. Four Weddings.............. TLC

58. Giuliana & Bill ...........Style

59. Girls Next Door.......... E!

60. Great American Manhunt.......... NGEO

61. Gator Boys............. Animal Pl

62. Hotel Impossible ...............Travel

63. Hardcore Pawn .............Tru tv

64. Interior Therapy w/ Jeff Lewis........... Bravo

65. Ice Loves Coco................ E!

66. Iron Men .................TWC

67. Ice Pilots............... Hist

68. Ice Road Truckers ................Hist

69. Jerseylicious .................Style

70. Jersey Shore............. MTV

71. Jail ........................Spike

72. Jennie Garth................... CMT

73. Khloe & Lamar ...............E!

74. Keeping Up W/ The Kardashians ............E!

75. Kitchen Nightmares .............Fox

76. Kimora: Life in The Fab Lane.......... Style

77. Love Addiction ..............TV ONE

78. La La's Full Court............... VH1

79. Little People, Big World ...........TLC

80. Last Chance Driving School .......A&E

81. Little Couple ...........TLC

82. My Big Fat American Gypsy .......TLC

83. My Crazy Obsession ...........TLC

84. Meet Mrs. Eastwood & Company ..........E!

85. Mary Mary ................WE

86. MythBusters .......................Disc

87. My Super Sweet 16 .............Style

88. Melissa & Tye ..............CMT

89. Most Daring ................Tru tv

90. Most Shocking............ Tru tv

91. Mob Wives.................. VH1

92. My Momma Throws Down ..........TV ONE

93. Miami Ink ................TLC

94. Miami Ink: Best Tatts .............TLC

95. Mel B: It's A Scary World ..........Style

96. Oddities .....................SCI

97. Pawn Stars ..............Hist

98. Pregnant In Heels ..........Bravo

99. Pauly D Project ............MTV

100. Parental Control .............MTV

101. Parking Wars ...............A&E

102. Project Runway ..............Style

103. Q'Viva The Chosen ................Fox

104. Real Housewives of Atlanta ...........Bravo

105. Real Housewives of New Orleans .........Bravo

106. Real Housewives of OC ................Bravo

107. Rob Drydeks' Fantasy Factory ..........MTV

108. RuPauls' Drag Race ..................LOGO

109. Repo Games .....................Spike

110. Survivor ..............CBS

111. Storage Wars............ A&E

112. Sister Wives ..............TLC

113. South Beach Tow................. Tru tv

114. Sold!.................... Hist

115. *Southie Rules .............A&E

116. *Southie Pride .............TLC

117. Swamp People ................Hist

118. Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta ........TLC

119. Say Yes To The Dress: Bridemaids......... TLC

120. Snakeman Of Appalacia .............Animal Pl

121. Shark Tank ..............ABC

122. Super Nanny ............Style

123. Sand Masters ..............Travel

124. Southern Nights ...............CMT

125. (duplicate)

126. Storage Wars Texas ...............A&E

127. Sons Of Guns .............Disc

128. Street Patrol .................Tru tv

129. Tanked................. Animal Pl

130. Toddlers & Tiaras ..............TLC

131. Trading Spouses .........CMT

132. Tanisha Gets Married .......OXGN

133. Texas Women................. CMT

134. *The Choice................. FOX

135. The Voice ....................NBC

136. Tia & Tamera ....................Style

137. The Wieners Circle ...............Tru tv

138. The Devils' Ride ........................Disc

139. **The Face ??

140. Tough Love: New Orleans ..............VH`1

141. The Wedding Party ..............Bravo

142. Teen Mom 2 ...................CMT

143. Ultimate Fighter Live.......... FX

144. Undercover Stings ............Spike

145. Undercover Boss ..................CBS

146. Undercover Boss: Abroad ..............TLC

147. United Stats Of America .................CBS affiliate WCIX

148. Wife Swap .............Lifetime

149. Wrecked ...................Speed

150. Who Wants To Date a Comedian ...............CBS affiliate WCIX

151. Who Do You Think You Are? ...............NBC

152. Welcome To Sweetiepies .............OWN

153. Wicked Tuna........... NGEO

154. Worlds Wildest Police Videos ..........SPIKE

155. Worlds Toughest Fixes .............NGEO

156. 16 & Pregnant .....................MTV

157. 19 Kids & Counting ..............TLC

158. 7 Days Of Sex ...................Lifetime


* = New next season

**Plus a new one coming out staring Whitney Houstons daughter

**Plus 5 new reality shows next year for the Sundance Network

I REALLY HATE reality shows!

 

[dandan]

Thank my god .... I dont live in the US!!!!

No wonder many of you (not the op) are brain dead!!!!

 

[weesie]

I know! Gross, right? And this is not even all of them............. just from the posted week to 10 days.

I have a severe hatred for them!

 

[dandan]

I flick through the few channels we have here in Australia... and if lucky... I can find some good Aus/UK content.

Tis why I rarely watch TV!!

 

[dandan]

And am sure most will get here eventually!!!

But gotta ask... my big fat bayou something something???

Who dreams up this crap???

 

[Mousey]

I'm not so sure Mythbusters should be in the list? It's more of a science show -- though they do go for big explosions and crushing cars and whatnot when they can. LOL

 

[dandan]

No no no... mythbusters is educational. Love those guys!!!

Not sure I've learned anything from Hard Porn... some show bout buying and selling... or some guys wrestling 'gators'...

and thats just what i've learned from ads whilst flicking thru channels!!!

 

[dandan]

We aussies are becoming so americanised!!! (((

 

[smcinoz]

Out of all of those i think the few that i like would be American Pickers & Deadliest Catch , 95% of that is pure rubbish in my opinion.

 

[weesie]

Yes, I believe some are very educational. Like "Americas' Most Wanted" is very informational about crooks here in the USA.

This is just the information I found and classifications according to my cable company.

I am sure there are plenty more too, unfortunately............ each season, a new batch of crap!

 

[harrys99]

Wow weesie-I knew it was pretty bad but didn't realize the extent of it til you put it in post #1.

 

[weesie]

Yeppers!

I know harrys99............ and the sad part is, this is not all of them!

You would think the "real" actors and actresses would boycott or at least try to fight this kind of programming. It is taking away from their careers in my opinion.

 

[chayton]

lol, I blame MTV - they started this whole 'reality show' crapola - Real Life I think it was.

Reality shows are great for TV producers, there are millions of people who want their 15 minutes (or more) of fame and they don't have to pay them the way they have to pay real actors. It's interesting how far it's gone though - obviously there are people watching. Ray watches American Pickers and Pawn Stars and sometimes Storage Wars - not for the people but for the 'stuff' - and I watch Canada's Worst Handyman and Canada's Worst Driver, so I'm not immune to it either. I don't like the ones that are just about people or relationships or whatever, but if they're doing something interesting I might watch a bit. I even watch Hoarders every once in awhile when I feel like my house isn't clean enough.

 

[weesie]

Oh yeah, I forgot about hoarders! But, like I said these were the ones on then. I will have to follow up with the new season!!

David and I use to love to watch "storage wars", UNTIL...... I read in an article from an "inside" person that the "valuable things" were actually "planted". We were so disappointed. Haven't watched it since.

 

[harrys99]

Oh yeah, I forgot about hoarders! But, like I said these were the ones on then. I will have to follow up with the new season!!

David and I use to love to watch "storage wars", UNTIL...... I read in an article from an "inside" person that the "valuable things" were actually "planted". We were so disappointed. Haven't watched it since.

Really-that is so sad It's amazing how much they trick us unsuspecting masses

 

[chayton]

Well I've always said "It's not reality if they know they're on tv." A real reality show would have hidden cameras and the people wouldn't know they were on tv until it was all over.

Speaking of hidden cameras, I watched a Marketplace awhile back - they called a bunch of plumbers in to fix a dishwasher that wasn't really broken and they left the guys alone in the kitchen to see if they'd fix the problem or create a bigger problem. They also had a misaligned sensor on the garage door so called some garage door repairmen. Of course they had hidden cameras on them, and maybe half of the repairmen tried to sell the 'homeowner' something they didn't even need. The really messed up thing is that two of the guys fixing the garage went into a corner of the garage to take a pee, and one of the dishwasher guys looked around really sneakily and reached up and grabbed a coffee cup off the counter and had a pee too!

So....let that be a lesson to you - only hire women to fix your dishwasher, it's not that easy for them to pee in your coffee cups.

 

[weesie]

I'm Back!!!

Continuation: May 19 - 24

These shows are in addition to the previous ones listed.

154. Alaska State Troopers...................NGEO

155. American Ninja Warrior....................G4

156. Animal Cops: Philly.........................Animal Pl.

157. Bad Sex.......................................LOGO

158. Braxton Family Values...................WE

159. Cajun Pawn Stars............................Hist.

160. MTV Cribs......................................MTV

161. Fish Tank Kings..............................WILD

162. From The Edge w/ Peter Lik...............TWC

163. Hollywood Girls Night........................Tv Guide

164. Hollywood Treasures.........................SyFy

165. Kendra.............................................E!

166. Kourtney & Khloe Take Mami..............E!

167. LA Ink.............................................TLC

168. Murder By The Book.........................HLN

169. On The Fly......................................TLC

170. The Pitch.......................................AMC

171. Prank My Mom...............................Lifetime

172. Real Housewives of New Jersey........BRAVO

173. Real Houswives of New York.............BRAVO

174. Room Raiders...................................MTV

175. Saw Dogs........................................DISC

176. Shahs of Sunset...............................BAVO

177. So You Think You Can Dance............FOX

178. Swamp Brothers..............................Animal Pl.

179. Tabatha's Salon Takeover.................BRAVO

180. Tatoo School....................................TLC

We also get to look forward to a new one starring Bristol Palin!! Oh Boy!

Personally, I am thinking of creating my own reality show.............. I'll call it "Weesies' Watches Wet Paint Dry"...Should be as exciting!

 

[basdgds]

* = New next season

**Plus a new one coming out staring Whitney Houstons daughter

**Plus 5 new reality shows next year for the Sundance Network

I REALLY HATE reality shows!

Not to quote mine or anything but...
If you hate reality, why do you know so much about them?
I skimmed through the list.
I hate them too, but they are here to stay so I have to look at one of them just to keep up with pop culture and water cooler type conversation.
I feel so lost when people talk about American Idol.

 

[dionysus]

I'll admit to an extent we're Reality TV junkies in our home ie the shows we watch are considered reality TV. We wait til a season is over and download at watch at our leisure.Some I admire for the talent, some for what I learn about a particular field, some for pure brain candy:
We watch:

ANTM
Project Runway
Top Chef
Kell on Earth
So You Think You Can Dance

 

[weesie]

Not to quote mine or anything but...
If you hate reality, why do you know so much about them?
I skimmed through the list.
I hate them too, but they are here to stay so I have to look at one of them just to keep up with pop culture and water cooler type conversation.
I feel so lost when people talk about American Idol.

I try to make people/viewers see just how many there are. And the fact that they are taking over! And in the evening, when I am looking for something interesting to watch, this is a lot of what I find! Garbage!

Don't get me wrong, there are some good shows on the list.(Classified as reality by exfinity/comcast programming guide) "Murder by the Book", "Americas' Most Wanted", those are very informational. But, most of these are just crap!

 

[basdgds]

I try to make people/viewers see just how many there are. And the fact that they are taking over! And in the evening, when I am looking for something interesting to watch, this is a lot of what I find! Garbage!

Don't get me wrong, there are some good shows on the list.(Classified as reality by exfinity/comcast programming guide) "Murder by the Book", "Americas' Most Wanted", those are very informational. But, most of these are just crap!

Yea its really sad. I noticed this trend since MTV decided they wanted to stop playing music videos and start showcasing bs shows like teen mom.
I only have a few shows that I bother to watch because hollywood certainly isn't hiring writers anymore. Now all we get are these cheesy reality shows that are faker than a 12 dollar bill.

The sad thing is people actually bring up reality tv stuff in conversation.
I was in the break room, and I overheard some lady talking about this girl. I really thought it was her daughter or something the way she was talking about her. I mean it was like she actually knew this girl. And when I listened further I noticed that she was talking about some chick on some reality show.
But it was so weird how she acted like that was someone she knew.
Crazy how people can gain attachments to superficial things.

 

[immortality]

All my man ever does is sit and watch reality tv shows, apart from Big 'Boring' Brother, I hate them too apart from maybe 2 of em, as for all this crappy tv, I think these shows come about to 'take up most air time' because all other shows are repeats

The repeats is the very reason why I stopped paying for sky tv, I already pay a licence for tv (just for 4 channels BBC 1234) TV which I don't even watch, and I certainly don't watch BBC.

 

[dionysus]

Yea its really sad. I noticed this trend since MTV decided they wanted to stop playing music videos and start showcasing bs shows like teen mom.
I only have a few shows that I bother to watch because hollywood certainly isn't hiring writers anymore. Now all we get are these cheesy reality shows that are faker than a 12 dollar bill.

The sad thing is people actually bring up reality tv stuff in conversation.
I was in the break room, and I overheard some lady talking about this girl. I really thought it was her daughter or something the way she was talking about her. I mean it was like she actually knew this girl. And when I listened further I noticed that she was talking about some chick on some reality show.
But it was so weird how she acted like that was someone she knew.
Crazy how people can gain attachments to superficial things.

LOL, what's weirder? Talking about reality shows or talking about people talking about reality shows?

 

[weesie]

Hi,

I was a little lax in keeping up this week, but I do have some new ones. (Could my hatred for these shows be waning? Ha! Never!)

Here is my update additions for the week of May 25th through June 1st.




181. Auction Kings.............DISC

182. Beach Patrol: San Diego.......Tru TV

183. Big Brooklyn Style..................TLC

184. The Catalina......................WB

185. Clipaholics.......................Tru TV

186. Engaged & Underaged..........LOGO

187. Final Offer...........................DISC

188. Friendzone..........................MTV

189. Louisiana Lockdown............Animal Pl.

190. Mountain Men.....................HIST

191. Over The Limit....................Tru TV

192. Party Heat........................Tru TV

193. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills..........BRAVO

194. Repossessed!.......................NEO

195. Snooki & JWoww................MTV

196. Wilson Phillips: Holding On........TV Guide


Cheers!

 

[ksech]

LMFAOOOOO

I only get 1 tv station...CBS...I CHOOSE NOT to watch tv for obvious reasons.
I do enjoy some tv series, but I have bought the DVDs to watch at my leisure, without the commercials. It drives me crazy when I go to my daughters' house, there are 6 tvs on with 6 different programs on, plus the kids on the computers playing games and stuff. The noise is unbelievable sometimes. My son is the same way, a tv in every room with something different on each tv. How in the world do you know what is happening on each program that way???

I also read a lot and spend a lot of time on my computer reading, so watching tv really doesn't do anything for me. And don't you have to watch these things every week to keep up? I can't remember to turn the tv on even when I put a post-it-note on my monitor to remind myself there's a program I may be interested in.