Today is the first ever Top 10 Tuesday and I am hoping that a few of you will join in, if not now then eventually, and yesterday I announced that the starting theme would be....free choice!
I thought that was a good idea...until I realised I had to come up with a top 10, oh yes....now I remember how this 'good idea' of mine works!
Today I have decided to reveal some of my darkest secrets...I am going to give you my...
Top 10 TV shows (Reality edition)
I need to first clarify what I mean by reality as I don't just mean the likes of 'Jersey Shore' (not on my list!) but also shows where people are competing for a crown or a prize etc. There are many many shows like this and here is my Top Ten (in reverse order) and my explanations will follow at the end of the list...heheh
10. 24 hours in A&E
9. Made in Chelsea
8. Catfish
7. My Cat From Hell
6. Say Yes to the Dress/I Found the Gown
5. Impractical Jokers
4. Tattoo Fixers
Three talented tattoo artists transform extreme inking disasters into walking works of art as clients with regrettable tattoos visit their pop-up parlour for a badly needed body art consultation.
3. Great British Bake Off
2. Great British Menu
1. Desi Rascals
Some of you may be wondering why Desi Rascals is my number one choice...well...you need to watch Series 1. It is a reality style soap I guess, much like Made in Chelsea, but there are some good characters in this.
The food shows, well, I don't cook but I wish I could! The hosts of the Bake Off (Mel & Sue) I have been a fan of since I was in university (when they first appeared) and I like this show a lot as its drama free watching. I love the Great British Menu because they are usually competing to cook at a big ceremony or event (check previous Series) and this year it is the Womens Institutes 100th birthday. They not only have to produce meals that match the brief in terms of ingredients but also in presentation and some of them so far have been awesome.
The wedding dress show I have no explanation for but I really do find them easy to watch whilst stitching....is that excuse good enough?
My Cat from Hell should really be called cat owners who no nothing about cats!
And the others are mere fodder for me :) I do really only watch these when nothing else is on...except the top 4 of course!
Do you have a guilty reality show pleasure?
I'm one of those people that hate reality TV in all its forms, it's one of the reasons why giving up satellite and switching to HULU has been so rewarding (although I haven't been able to watch TV at all lately). But having said that, I have been known, a time or two, to dip my toes in the reality pool. Luckily, I get over it quickly.
ReplyDeleteHehe...i think you have to check in every now and then to see what 'reality' is like. I include docu-series in this category and am surprised there aren't any that appeal to you but then again fantasy and make-believe is so much better! :)
DeleteI'm not a huge reality TV fan, but I do watch The Amazing Race (American and Canadian versions) and the food show Chopped, again both American and Canadian.
ReplyDeleteI am intrigued by this 'Chopped' show and will have to check YouTube and see what its all about...I do have a thing for cooking shows...even though I don't cook!
DeleteGreat picks! My guilty reality shows are the food ones, Ace of Cakes, Cake-offs, Chopped, Restaurant Nightmares, etc.
ReplyDeleteI think i saw part of an american show which was about a struggling restaurant - they are hypnotic because you cant always believe the way they are run or the people that own them. Ace of Cakes I watched a log time ago but there was a lot of wood, these big cakes are have wood and half fondant icing! lol I do sometimes catch the one with Buddy?
DeleteOh, I love "Say Yes to the Dress" and "The Great British Bake Off", thank goodness for our dear old Aussie, Rupert Murdoch and his attempt to take over the world with Foxtel, I say!
ReplyDeleteHehe...two greats!
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