Guilty Pleasures

[Sandra Craft]

I was just sitting here, watching the latest episode of True Blood for the second time, and wondered if anyone else had shows they're at least a little embarrassed to watch but just can't quit?  I promise not to gossip about it.

[The Magic Pudding]

Stargate can be pretty silly.
Dexter kills people, I shouldn't really like him.
I heard some one rate the gayness of the movie "The 300" at about 247 out of ten.  I didn't really notice.
The Spartacus TV series could be seen in a similar way I suppose.
I didn't have to feel guilty watching Buffy because the series merited much academic study about all sorts of issues and stuff.

It's pretty easy to pick anything apart but if you do that what are you going to watch?
Anyway, I'll be more faithful to reality when I get my new robot body and a faster than light speed Toyota.

[Tank]

About to start again. Strictly Come Dancing!!!! 

[Will]

True Blood is an absurd kind of fun. And if you think about it, as far as the number of concurrent plots goes, you're really getting a lot of bang for you HBO buck. Most shows have a main plot and a subplot, maybe a third, but True Blood, on a slow day, has like 30 plots going on simultaneously. In the last episode, just for good measure, they had Sherif Andy make love to like a fairy in the woods for absolutely no reason on top of the magic shop hostage situation, the Hoyt/Jessica breakup, the Jason/Jessica thing, the Pam's face melting thing, the Eric being angry at Pam thing, the Eric and Bill competing over Sookie thing, the Sookie being a fairy thing, the Marnie absorbing what'sjherface thing, the Brojo Jesus thing, the relationship between Jesus and Lafayette, the issue with Lafayette being a medium, the Tara being a reluctant lesbian thing, the whole deal with Sam finally meeting someone and possibly becoming a step-father thing, the Alcede dealing with the new pack thing, the new pack leader with Alcede's girlfriend thing, the pack leader also being Sam's new girlfriend's ex thing, the Bill had sex with his descendant thing, the fairies are insane monsters thing and I think there was a beat in there where Terry takes Andy out into the woods to detox off vampire blood. It's a lot to keep track of, and I'm sure I'm missing a lot, but the funny thing is that it's all just pretext for lots and lots of sex. It's like someone took Twilight and turned the dial from 4 up to 12.

Other guilty pleasure shows? Californication. The show is mental, but it has this incredible sense of humor about it that I'm addicted to.

[Whitney]

I watched True Blood when we had hbo but we decided to cancel it and now have since canceled all cable...so any show I watch currently has to be available online for free or via netflix (I have been meaning to rent True Blood but currently we're going through the Rome series).

I have been watching Stargate all summer during my down time and have still not gotten through all of the sg-1 series and noticed there are a couple other versions of the show available too.
My husband and I watch Angel reruns together via netflix..it's a spinoff from Buffy but I never watched Buffy.  The plot lines really aren't all that different between stargate and angel except that one is about aliens and the other is about vampires...both are about the war between good and evil where the 'good guys' win despite insurmountable odds.  In other words, you don't have to think much to watch them but it fulfills any sci-fi need lacking in life.

[xSilverPhinx]

I haven't watched it in a while, but I would have to say The Amazing Race. It's a reality show where a few teams race around the world, being free to form alliances, which they do, and therefore also make a few enemies. It's interesting to watch and fun to try and figure out which team might win based on each episode.

[Xjeepguy]

"How it's made". That show is like crack. Once you've watched it, you cant stop.

[Evilbeagle]

I do love the Dexter series. Michael Hall's portrayal of the likeable serial killer who agonizes over his own actions is darkly wonderful.

I also enjoyed Bryan Cranston's character in "Breaking Bad". A series about a terminally ill high school teacher turned meth cook.

[Sweetdeath]

I have no shame, so I watch anything from True blood to Gossip girl.  I didn't want to tell my gf I was watching Vampire diaries, but she caught me. xD meh, it was funny though, because we watched the last season together.

[Sandra Craft]

I do love the Dexter series. Michael Hall's portrayal of the likeable serial killer who agonizes over his own actions is darkly wonderful.

I also enjoyed Bryan Cranston's character in "Breaking Bad". A series about a terminally ill high school teacher turned meth cook.

I love Dexter and can't consider it a guilty pleasure, the show is too damn good.  Whichever season Jimmy Smits was the guest killer in is my favorite.

Didn't Cranston win a couple of Emmys for Breaking Bad?  I never watched that one (premise too depressing) but have friends who practically went into mourning when they found out it was in the last season.

[Sweetdeath]

^ I heard nothing but good things about Nip/tuck.

[xSilverPhinx]

I stumbled across a few episodes of a rather obscure show that I couldn't help not watching, called Manhunt. It's basically a competition where a trained bounter hunter has to find a team within a certain time limit. 

Also, shows about hoarders interest me.

Both aren't exactly the most productive shows around to watch, much less learning experiences, but I can't help myself.  

[Velma]

A show my husband introduced me to:  "World's Dumbest...."  Idiots caught on video being idiots.  Oddly enough, most of them are male.   

[xSilverPhinx]

I just sat through the whole season one of the Borgias (2011) during the past two days. I'll definitely be watching season two.

(If I were Cesere Borgia, I would've gone with the French army, and maybe learnt something in the process... )

[Melmoth]

I watch Dexter, even though it's absurd, pretty much so I can perv over Michael Hall. Plus his internal dialogue is hilarious sometimes. There's a scene in the first episode where he looks at a cardboard box, formerly full doughnuts, and says "it's like me. Empty inside." He cracks me up.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is another one. Silly but addictive.

I couldn't get into True Blood because Sookie is too irritating. She annoys me so much it makes my bones hurt.

Ouran High School Host Club probably tops anything else. I don't know why I watched it, I just did. I know it's awful. My insane family made me do it. I was bribed. With priceless diamonds. They also told me if I didn't watch it they'd make me go to church. Forever. Without any clothes. Morbid curiosity. Stifling boredom. Leave me alone.