I am sorry it exists. I might prefer to go to a church service

Never watched them, prefered documentaries, especially science related. But lately, I discovered ‘Southern Justice,’ Appalachian deputies dealing with ..my new neighbors… Riveting! Maybe it harkens back to my having attended college to become a cop, but it doesn't appear staged, just raw and real … often bringing me to tears ~

some of it is great and some is just crap

It is a major contributor to the dumbing down of society,it requires no thinking whatsoever, it merely appeals to our basic voyeuristic tendencies. I don't see how anyone can even watch this worthless fluff.

My guilty pleasure is watching reality dating/love shows like "are you the one", 90 day Fiance, and Alone (survival show-history channel). Some of them are competitions-like the old game shows which are all being revived these days. I tend to watch the more realistic ones too-Wicked Tuna, Deadliest Catch, Gold Rush-are they reality shows?

I can't stand them, they have little or nothing to do with reality and they're dumbing down young people who seem to love them.

It's sensationalistic garbage that feeds our collective sickness to want to observe other people's dysfunction, and the impact on society can be seen playing out in politics today.