Some of my guilty pleasures (183)

I'm not really a huge fan of "contest" types of reality shows. (Although, my husband and I have enjoyed The Amazing Race here and there. I'll also watch America's Best Dance Crew with Avery. She loves it.) I just find them too degrading and painful to watch. I hate game shows, daytime talk shows, award shows, etc. However, I do like "reality" shows that show the day to day life of real people. (I just pretend that it's real.) I'll watch things like Jon & Kate Plus 8 (their official site), or Little People, Big World (their official site). Ryan likes to mock me endlessly for it. He always makes snarky comments like, "You mean they eat dinner every night too. Amazing." I will admit, that lately I've kind of been thinking that even these two shows are getting a little unrealistic. I know that both of these families would have the viewing public believe that they're just like us. They always want us to know that there are times when they just get by too. I'm not sure I believe that. You can't tell me that they're not receiving "promotional considerations" from somewhere. No regular, middle class family can afford to do all the things they do, without some help. (Yes, I know that Jon's hair implants were donated. As was the trip they took to The Canyons resort, but there are other things that make me go hmmm...)

I do have some guilty pleasure that are absolutely far from reality and real people. These two seem totally staged and surprisingly, I don't care. I was just pleased as punch last night, while watching a rerun of The Girls Next Door, to hear that 20 new episodes will soon begin airing. Hooray! Something to look forward to. I'm also looking forward to what The Soup will have to say once they start. Pure bliss! I hope Tori & Dean don't stay away for too long as well.