Maybe the very phrase "cop drama" makes you reach for your remote. Maybe you shun all reality shows, no matter how much you hear about the merits of Project Runway or The Amazing Race. Maybe you wouldn't miss soap operas if they disappeared completely, or maybe you get squeamish at the thought of watching a medical show. I'm wondering: are there TV genres you just refuse to watch?
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No reality TV for me...
1I almost always stay away from reality TV, competition shows, and multi-camera sitcoms/any sitcom that uses a laugh track (it's a bit condescending to an audience, and a poor reflection of screenwriters, to cue points where people should laugh).
Of course, there are exceptions. How I Met Your Mother is excellent, despite the laugh-track, I'm currently enjoying the surprisingly addictive Explorer, as well as Man vs. Wild and Survivorman, and Top Chef/Masters.
Unless some unlikely renaissance were to happen to reality tv, competition shows, and single camera comedies, it's highly doubtful any of them would be worth watching unless I were obliged.
2I usually stay far away from reality TV, although I do admit to loving The Hills, and occasionally partaking in The Biggest Loser.
3I'm super squeamish so no hospital/docto-dramas for me — I've never seen any of ER or Grey's Anatomy!
4reality tv
5reality tv is NOT for me.
6any Reality Shows from MTV, VH1, or E!...
7I won't watch fantasy for the most part.
8reality tv.
9I've never seen any cop,doctor, lawyer shows(hate profession related shows). also no reality tv for the most part. I prefer comedies(family guy, that's 70 show) and fantasy (reaper,supernatural,true blood,buffy)
10Reality TV is a no-go for me.
11legal and cop dramas. And I'm a lawyer too!
12I also don't enjoy watching crime, legal, or medical dramas. My favorite shows are mostly comedies but my favorite shows this summer have been Cake Boss and The Little Couple which I guess kinda fall in the reality TV category.
13Until Nurse Jackie, I never liked any hospital dramas.. My two sisters burned me out with their medical jargon/shop talk.
I love Big Brother, Survivor and Celebrity Apprentice. But I just never could get into American Idol. And I used to sing.. I dont know
I cant stand any of the 50 different "Judge" shows.
Cheers~ Grantz
14Reality, again.
15Reality TV! SO tacky!
16Reality. It's not even real reality and it's all the same.
17I don't watch Reality TV shows and medical dramas
18reality
19Petsugar, I am totally the same!
20I wouldn’t say that I actively avoid reality shows – there are many classics that I still enjoy: Survivor, Amazing Race, America’s Next Top Model, The Bachelor (sometimes) – but too many of them are pure trash, which has besmirched the entire genre.
But generally I will try anything once. Never used to be a fan of detective series, and now they’re my favorite genre of all.
21any 1/2 hour sitcoms. Soap Operas, criminal/law dramas, court tv, entertainment shows (ET, inside edition, etc) or any show involving tyler payne.
22I stay as far away as possible from soap operas and sci-fi shows
23I don't watch reality, fantasy/sci fi, or 1/2 hour sitcoms (HIMYM and Better Off Ted are two exceptions to the latter). I am a big fan of the hour-long ensemble cast drama.
24Cop and medical shows and soaps are not my cup of tea. At all.
25Reality tv and sci-fi.
26Reality TV dating shows! Reality TV is hard to take to begin with but the dating shows are the worst!
27I don't watch any shows about lawyers, cops, doctors, if it has CSI in the title, I immediately change it, most reality shows and generally sci-fi.
28I don't watch reality TV on MTV, medical or police shows
29I do watch some reality shows, but only UK ones since they're really entertaining!
Thriller, action-adventure, overly suspenseful, dramatic, violent crap.
30soap operas and sitcoms
31Any reality show that is about dating or weddings. They are just so trashy, but at least they make me understand the high divorce rate better...
32Gosh, I'm thinking I must be a TV Grinch. I realize after reading the comments here that I have never watched any reality show (even the ever popular AI), game show or soap opera (those are major ewwws), rarely have I seen a full episode of a cop drama or sci-fi series or even the hour-long prime-time dramas (I think I may have seen 2 or 3 Losts but that didn't last long). So what the heck do I watch? The occasional Big Bang Theory (kind of cute) or Jon Stewart or Ellen's show. I'd really rather pop in a CD and listen to some good music or just watch a good movie.
33- any medical-, law-enforcement or lawyer-related comedies AND dramas. There is TOO much!
34- MTV reality shows (guilty pleasures "The Hills" and "The City" being exceptions)
- daytime soap operas
- singing/dancing reality shows (e.g. SYTYCD, American Idol)
I haaaaate lawyer shows. I have no idea why but don't like watching them, whether they be comedies or dramas. I also hate pretty much any show on MTV or VH1... not really a genre but there we go.
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