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What are some of them you hate? I hate Smallville, I'm sorry, I can't really stand it. I find the storyline a bit thin.

Pretty much all "reality" (Survivor) or "spectacle" (AmerIdol/Voice) television. Just see no use for them except as a distraction.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Pretty much all "reality" (Survivor) or "spectacle" (AmerIdol/Voice) television. Just see no use for them except as a distraction.

--Patrick

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Oh yeah, I can't watch American idol, I tried to watch it, but couldn't stand it.

I feel like they should all just be retitled, "Andy Warhol presents: 15 Minutes of Fame! Brought to you by Campbell."

--Patrick

Naiwen said:

Oh yeah, I can't watch American idol, I tried to watch it, but couldn't stand it.

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Too much America in it?

Ditto on the "reality" shows. The only one I ever could really stomach was Deadliest Catch. Also can't stand the performance shows - I've seen the Gong Show, it never gets better than that, so don't try

Tosh.0, mostly because I find Daniel Tosh to be insufferably annoying.

All of the "Here's a family with a weird profession" type reality shows ala Pawn Stars, Swamp People, Honey Boo Boo, etc.

Well, I guess just "Reality" shows in general for me as well. I think most of them are scripted in one way or another.

Any reality show. I can thank the glut of them that dominated TV at one time to the years that went by where I just didn't watch TV at all.

Reality tv and anti-humor shows.

I'm sensing a pattern.

--Patrick

Reality TV, spectacle shows, anything with vampires, that wannabe nerd sitcom.

GasBandit said:

Ditto on the "reality" shows. The only one I ever could really stomach was Deadliest Catch. Also can't stand the performance shows - I've seen the Gong Show, it never gets better than that, so don't try

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I feel the same way as many of you regarding reality shows, but I go into more detail by despising "reality competition shows created for television" like Survivor and song/dance contests (remember when there were about a half dozen cake decorating competitions?). My only exception is Iron Chef. Other reality shows can be classified as documentaries. I like Discovery and some Travel Channel stuff (Mythbusters, No Reservations, Top Gear UK), but Travel brought in too many food shows. I used to watch a lot of Food Network and Cooking Channel, but that has dropped to near zero viewing time, especially once Good Eats ended. I dislike a lot of Bravo/AMC/A&E/History stuff like the proliferation of pawn/storage/duck/housewives angles.

After reading klew's post I realized I do have one exception to my dislike of reality tv. I really enjoy watching Chopped when I do catch it on. I also like the old Iron Chef series.

Everything but reality tv. Why would I want to watch something fake?