Is there a TV show that is widely ridiculed that you secretly liked?

Prisoner Cell Block H

Power Rangers. Just the one with Jason, Kimberly, Tommy and all them. Lost interest when they started taking the original rangers out to replace them with others.

Also I never bothered to keep it a secret. Go go, Power Rangers!

Actually, not me—but I’m (sort of) ridiculing my husband.

Until recently I’ve never seen him watch anything but car shows (where they take apart a car and fix it up..go faster, blah blah blah..just car stuff I don’t understand but that he loves because he’s an engineer and car enthusiast) or Action Movies on TV.

However, this past season of The Bachelor (with the Farmer from Iowa) somehow sucked him in and he watched (and really made the time – recorded and watched if he wasn’t home!) EVERY episode and was really into it! It’s such a drama and nonsense. Girls squabbling, scheming, crying and drinking too much. (For non-U.S. based Jellies – it’s a show about a single man trying to find love by being matched up with 30 or so single women)

I can’t stand that sort of “reality TV” and usually neither can he—but this time he loved it!
It wasn’t a secret to anyone in our family but I’m sure he’d never admit it to his extended family or any of his friends or coworkers!

I used to look in on Mister Roger’s Neighborhood when I was young enough to be embarrassed if anyone found out and not yet old enough to not give a shit what other people thought about my personal peccadilloes. I just liked the guy and I think he was a great role model for, say, three year-olds. He also had a great job and I think he did it well and liked it. I think he did many kids a great service showing them the good side of humanity, how people should behave and why. And I liked those stop-action cartoons about the trains in the train yard.

I dunno Prisoner, @ucme so I don’t know if you’re serious of spoofing. Sorry.

Needs to be a secret, @Symbeline, but I GA anyway. :)

Hilarious, @geeky_mama. Are you all rural? Was that the hook? If not, do you know what hooked him?

A prize, @Espiritus_Corvus. Few people admit to liking Mr. Rogers in my experience, especially if they were old enough to be embarrassed about watching.

I too love Lawrence Welk.

Good for you, @anniereborn!

Innocent retro.

Or innocence remembered.

America’s Next Top Model, at least the first few seasons. I found it interesting to see that there is artistry in modeling, which is something that had never occurred to me before, plus I liked that Tyra Banks used the platform to showcase plus-sized (i.e. regular people sized) models.

I catch hell for watching the Walking Dead.

but I don’t think this is highly ridiculed

Rules of Engagement. Majorly sophomoric stuff, but I love it!

It’s pretty popular among some people but most other people are pretty horrified by it and the people who watch it, but I love My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It’s just so cute and the characters are so developed and it teaches really good lessons and it’s like the only thing left innocent in my life.

There’s nothing wrong with your examples @ibstubro, but there is with mine.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

@Espiritus_Corvus – Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood still holds up as some of the most kick-ass programming to make it on television.

I was serious, no need for an apology though, not like this shit matters.
Aussies will know what I mean, they are the ones to blame for the show.

Oh, and if I’ve not seen every episode of “Green Acres”, it’s not for lack of trying. lol
I love Lisa Douglas.

@ibstubro I do love Lawrence Welk, but THIS is too hilarious!

I knew what your link was going to be, @anniereborn! I have shared that a dozen times. It’s impossible that there weren’t people involved in that show who ‘got’ the humor at the time.

In any case, thanks for lightening my day. lol

I think everybody already knows this, but for the benefit of new Jellies, it’s The Nanny. I think Fran Drescher is a comic genius and she’s absolutely beautiful and a very nice lady.

Turns out she’s very smart and kind too. She’s a cancer survivor and she tours the country promoting her Cancer Schmancer project, as well as being an advocate for Women’s rights and Gay rights and Victims of Violent Crime

Hee-Haw

I guess I’m just a hick at heart!

@ibstubro I’ll one up you. I’ve actually gone to the Lawrence Welk museum of my own accord. They even have a life sized bronze statue of him out in front.

@Kardamom Can I one up both of you through familiar association? My mother once danced to a live performance of Lawrence Welk back in the day. (not at the show, some concert)

2 broke girls..But it was a while ago.
On a interview on US people many of them found it surprising that 2 broke girls are one of the most popular American shows in China.. lots of my classmates like it.

@ibstubro Ha yeah, but I got it half right. Power Rangers was ridiculed and made fun of to no end. It was only acceptable to watch this if you were a little kid. And me I guess. People didn’t actually make fun of me cuz I liked it, but it was the holy grail of crap shows haha.

I’ve never seen The Nanny, but if I was in the neighborhood I’d insist on seeing the Welk museum, @Kardamom & @anniereborn. :)

I make reference to Hee Haw probably at least once a month, @bossob. It was just an integral part of childhood. And I have to poke fun at a gay friend that once described Buck Owens as “Cute”. lol

This is the first I ever heard of 2 Broke Girls, @wsxwh111! You one-upped me on American culture – from China. lol

Yeah, it’s pretty bold for a grown woman to admit a fetish for Power Rangers, @Symbeline, I freely admit.

I was 12 or 13 at the time haha. But yeah, I still enjoy it today. But not for the same reasons as before. It’s because it’s so…stupid, and cheesy. I love it. :D

I mean…every day, the rangers go to save the city, so they go in their giant robot, fight some giant monster and they trample buildings to no end. First of all, I thought their goal was to save lives, not kill everyone by smashing all the buildings. Second, well…after a while, how is there even still a city left? XD

And when they started replacing rangers…the reason they gave in the show was because some of the rangers had to move to other cities…makes no sense. They can warp to the moon in an instant, but can’t warp to somewhere else on earth? The hell dude. Lol.

Oh well. Tommy’s flute is still the most epic thing ever.

Psst. Don’t tell anyone but,... If Family Feud is on, I can’t look away.

(I’m so ashamed.)

I have another one. WWE.

I like Family Fued @luckyguy :)

I admit, I like “Naked and Afraid”, but watch it online. I do not watch mainstream/prime time TV and haven’t for a dozen years or more. I also like all the old westerns like Bonanza, and the old Little House series and the really old horsey shows like “Fury” and “Mt friend Flicka.” I also like vintage Twilight Zone. Being a child of the 60’s I like re-watching vintage Television the most. Otherwise I’m a documentary fan too, everything from history to murder mysteries, etc.
I watch 48 Hours and Dateline online too.

@ibstubro – yes, we live rural. His grandparents were farmers and his dad worked in agriculture (with livestock) for a time, too. So, I think that was the hook. He kept saying: “But he’s just such a nice guy..”

I was a fan in the Richard Dawson days, @LuckyGuy.
And Hollywood Squares, during the Jo Anne Worley heyday. Did you know she’s still alive?.

Jack Paar. Johnnie Carson was good, but Jack Paar was first.

Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American author, radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine’s obituary noted that: “His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar.”[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Paar

But Carson was a god, @SmartAZ.

I’ve not seen The Bach, @geeky_mama. Sorry.

Good god!

Johnnie Carson and Carol Burnett are personal heros.
Mastered their genre, quit at the top, and retired to a quiet life.