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This list could be just every TLC show from the last 15 years

Toddlers And Tiaras. A predator's dream. Also presenting the worse cases of child abuse.

Imagine the pitch meetings for these shows. Whatever happened there, keep in mind that a group of people said "Hey, that's a good idea!"

Im surprised Wife Swap isnt on here. With the show being blasted for purposefully pushing drama between the wives and their new families. Editing and shooting shots that made certain parents seem worse and unloving then they really acted. Being sued several times by families that participated. Some families in their local area being reported for child abuse / neglect after episodes aired like the family that fed their kids only raw meat / food and getting their kids taken away. And lastly a family that was so strict with their kids actually resulted in the son shooting and killing his mother and brother then tried to kill himself. This happened a few years after the episode with them aired and the sad part was the woman who was the mother who swapped with that mom said "I knew something like this would happen. That boy was so happy with the freedom I gave him during new rules. They were very strict." So, he got a taste of what life could be like outside the highly religious sheltered reality his parents were forcing them to stay in, and just wanted to stay free.

My husband's not gay but his boyfriend is

I love how most of these cracked out shows happened between like 1998 and like 2010 lol What a crazy time to be alive

TLC's shows about the Duggar family should be here. They glorified a family known for being part of an abusive cult, and even when it became public knowledge that the oldest son was a sexual predator, the network still gave them another show. Sickening. At least they were canceled now that the same person has been sentenced to federal prison for twelve years.

The dad in Sister Wives, Kody, is a terrible father, he's financially irresponsible, and an atrocity of a husband. He's got a ton of narcissistic traits (not trying to diagnose here) and it seems awful just being around the guy. I feel bad for the wives, but especially the kids since they didn't choose this life. (Aka competing for dad's love with 25+ other kids.) I am in no way saying that polygamy is inherently toxic, but this man needs a LOT of therapy before he'll be capable of any kind of healthy relationship.

Growing up my mom actually encouraged us to watch "16 & Pregnant". Not to glamourize the idea of teen pregnancy, but to show us the struggle. Since most episodes showed the girls having to deal with multiple issues; money, school, housing, baby daddy drama, etc. We would be watching it and she would say, "Do you want that to be you?". I don't know if it had influenced us or not, but currently all of my siblings and myself are well into our 20's and 30's and none of us have children yet.

The fact that Keeping up with the Kardashians stayed on the TV for 20 seasons, tells me, there was people in this world who enjoyed watching their show. I don’t know why. But the show never got cancelled. It ended because they WANTED it to end and do something new in their lives.

How is 12 Kids & Counting not on here with everything that happened with the Duggars?! I avoid reality television like the plague and I even I know about that one!

“Who’s your Daddy?” I’m horrified by that! I thought the premise would be reuniting long lost fathers and offspring and dressing it up in a weird way but not for a person to guess from a line up!

O.G. Springer was some of the wildest shit you would ever hope to see on television.

It's like Fox and TLC are competing to offend the largest amount of people. It is a close call at this point. 😆

Do a list of controversial TLC shows next. Seriously, how did that channel go from "The Learning Channel" to Reality Drama Channel?!

“My husbands not gay but I’m gunna go on a show called ‘My husbands not gay’ and still think he’s not gay” cool

Honorable mention: The Maury Povitch Show. It went from human interest stories, like child prodigies to trashy paternity testing.

How is Adults Adopting Adults not on this list (or some honorable mentions). The fact it was pulled after 3 episodes and scrubbed from streaming/KZfaq, that's pretty extreme.

I miss the days when TLC was actually The Learning Channel.

Not gonna lie, I stand by Fear Factor. They were consenting adults (whether stupid or not) that signed up to a show that would test their fear and stomach. I see no problem when everyone involved is willing and can actually refuse and walk away. I loved that show growing up! The rest though are horrible or extremely unnecessary.

some of these definitely would have absolutely no chance of ever airing today 😂

Jerry Springer was definitely staged, I was dating a girl back in the day who went on there with her best friend and they completely made up some drama to be on it. Had a full on fight on stage, got her friends boyfriend involved for the "drama." I knew I didn't like it before that, but damn that's wack

I'm surprised Naked And Afraid didn't get a mention.

You forgot the infamous “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” That aired for one two hour episode in 2000. Maybe you omitted it because it was not a series but it deserves mention anyways. Besides the controversial premise of marrying off a Gold Digger to a rich guy the multi-millionaire they chose may not have been as rich as he claimed and was previously charge with assault of an ex-girlfriend.

My question is, how many of those guys left their woman after the reveals? Like, seriously. Looks may not be everything, but it’s definitely part of it, and they probably thought they were beautiful the way they were pre-surgery, and to have them be completely different from what they are originally fell for can be devastating.

Talking about "The Swan", didn't the original "Extreme Makeover" had a similar premise?

Should have put the show “Black. White.” on here. It’s literally about (and I kid you not) someone from a white family doing blackface and someone from a black family doing white face and they switch families to see how each person lives in a “different/new environment”. 😐

Who the hell would let their kid on a reality television show

The entire TLC channel should have a list of its own!

Toddlers and Tierras is a dispicable show! Parents forcing their kids to go through horrific procedures and competitions just for their own satisfaction. I've even seen clips of parents putting their kids down if they don't win. I always teach my kids that winning isn't important. Trying is. These parents are just trying to live out their dreams through their kids. They should all be ashamed of themselves.

I remember watching The Swan as a teenager. All it did was convince me I had a chance to get free plastic surgery and that my ED was “correct”. My parents wouldn’t let me watch it after I couldn’t stop talking about applying on my 18th bday (upside, it aired and ended years before that could even be an opportunity for me)

I avoid most reality shows like they were the plague. And I'm very pleased with myself, because I didn't know even half of the shows of this list existed

The thumbnail had me on the floor 😂😂😂

I remember when TLC used to be referred to as "The Learning Channel". How far they have fallen...

I would like a follow up on the cast of my husband isn’t gay 😂😂😂

I still want a Star Trek spin-off called "Keeping Up With The Cardassians," so much so I've even thought of a plot line for the show, though I should point out I want the spin-off just because of the name!

You left out the worst thing about The Swan. Namely that it all but ruined the lives and self-worth of every woman who went on it. See, they kept the women in the dark about how the procedures were changing their appearance until unveiling it at the end like it was a surprise. What this had the side effect of doing, was it gave all of them intense body dismorphia where they no longer recognized who they were anymore. As a result of this intense mental trauma, many of them were left with broken self-worth, most of their marriages fell apart, and one of the women spoke about how she could barely even leave her house anymore. This show ruined lives and everyone involved with it should hang their heads in shame.

Y’all forgot Mob Wives.

Another problem with the swan is all the contestants ended up looking exactly the same. They looked like sisters with different mothers as the surgeons had a signature style to his patients.

I thought keeping up with the Kardashians was started and controversial because of Kims sex tape released by her mother. That would make it actually Controversial rather than claiming it’s controversial because people just hating it and the idiots it followed. What you all to scare to say the truth?! Worried they might be offended or find out?! Haha

one thing that I found out about Miriam Rivera is that in February 2019 she was found dead in her flat in Sonora, the police deemed that she died of suicide but her husband at the time believed that she had been murdered. I recommend going to her Wikipedia page to find out more coz I don't really know the whole story and I find it quite sad that almost no one talked about her death.

Sad to see you didn't mention that Miriam, from There's something about Miriam, took her life after the show aired. May she rest in peace

Mama June is 32????!! Holy. Im 30. Im almost her age. I thought she was way older. Her life just seems years ahead of me.

Seriously. When I first heard about the “Kardashian’s “ I thought people were on about the “Cardassians” from Deep Space Nine. 😂

"19 Kids and Counting" and anything related to the Duggars, "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?", "For Love or Money", and "Married by America" are some others on the "controversial" show list that are not on yours. TLC and Fox seem to have the most idiotic ideas for "reality shows". Any "talk show" is pretty controversial. Jenny Jones and Ricki Lake are two of them, Sally was another one that had a lot of controversy on it. Maury used to have decent stuff on it eons ago but the last while morphed into nothing but "who is the daddy?" stuff, or "I cheated on you". Blech. "Fear Factor" wasn't as controversial as the other ones on the list. Gross, most definitely, and yes, scary, but not really what I'd call controversial.

Love how you throw "unscripted moments" in there when they are, in fact, almost 100% scripted.

The only reality show (in a different rendition) on this list I saw, was Fear Factor and to be honest, the appael to me and most other people I believe, were the actual stunts they had to do. The "Food" challenges was always the weakest aspect of the show in my opinion, as I never felt it was fear. Disgust and fear are related but not the same and upsetting someone's stomach is just cheap. But the amount of series with plastic surgery in them is rather disturbing... I already find cosmetic surgery (for other purposes than reconstruction) often completely unnecessary and unlike with extreme body modification where the appearance after is a least somewhat unique and eyecatching if for most people rather freakish, something that improves anything. Just work with what nature gave you, there is someone out there that will love you for you without the need of altering your body in such a way. The most baffling one for me however was the Bridalplasty one... Why would you do that? Your man already loves you for you, otherwise he wouldn't marry you, right?

If I NEVER SEE OR HEAR the name Kardashian again, I can die a very happy person ‼️

Children being exploited by adults will never end. If you want a redo of dance moms, just remember; those girls mom's signed up for all of it - same as toddlers in tiaras - the future endeavors of dance competitions and pageants haven't changed; it's just not on TV

What about Beauty and the Geek? Anybody else remember that?

Remember Extreme Makeover? Some of those transformations were amazing, and they had such an overhaul from top to bottom: fitness, body sculpting surgery, tons of facial surgery, hair, makeup, weight loss, etc. The big reveal at the end was quite drastic.

I'm not surprised The Moment of Truth is on here, but it missed the absolute WORST moment (of many) on the American version of the show: the Lauren Cleri episode. in it she tells of her infidelity, believing she should be married to an ex, taking her ring off to appear single, and basically being a bit of a... you can fill in the blank. (to be fair, taking her wedding ring off to appear single doesn't bother me all that much. one of my exes worked in a salon. it was known that men would tip much higher if they believed the stylist was single, so the ex and shed the ring. (don't ask about "Tip Shirts".) my ex made between $15 and $25/hour in tips, plus the basic wage (I think it was $9/hour). so taking the ring off was just part of the hustle.) in the end, The Moment of Truth was a dumpster fire from the bowels of Hell.

Before I saw the video, I was like, “will they include reality competitions?”, but then I realize, it’s shows,not competitions, so I hope for a top 10 most controversial reality competition shows list soon(maybe antm might be on that list?)

"To call Jerry Springer 'trash tv' would be an insult to garbage." LOL!

I was wondering if they’d mention the Jenny Jones show because of that one episode that caused a murder

“There’s something about Miriam” was absolutely disgusting with how they treated her.. and what happened to poor Miriam later on... 😞 I hope she’s resting in peace 🤍

A lot of these shows came to be aired and popularized during the last major strike of the Writers Guild of America. Back in 2007, their last strike lasted over 100 days, which prompted studios to start packing their cable line-ups with shows that covered "live" competitions in singing, dance, and other performance, home renovation shows, dating shows, and unscripted gameshows in order to keep generating ad revenue and viewership. More than 60 scripted TV series were dropped during that same time frame, with others returning with shortened seasons aired prior to the strike, or taking lengthy hiatuses until well after the strike ended. No surprise, casts featuring POC and LGBTQ protagonists suffered exponentially more than shows and films featuring exclusively white and hetero casts. Everything from late night to awards shows took a massive hit during that time, and their viewership has been declining annually ever since. What might stave off another reality TV resurgence now is the variety of streaming services providing online archival content. Not only are there catalogues of intellectual property dating back to the earliest days of film and TV, but cable providers are turning more to live sporting events and news coverage in ways we have not seen in years. Hopefully the two sides come to an amicable agreement soon, because this barren landscape of reality TV could always make a comeback in the absence of superior script writing.

It occurred to me. Jerry Springer did the reverse of Donald Trump. He went from politics to reality TV.

This is some end of the Roman Empire level entertainment right here.

i was a teen mum an dwatched the show, NOT for how /awesome it was', but to relate to other people in the same boat as me, spoilers, didnt happen. I took a different path and ended up very happy with my kids, but at the time it was nice to know I wasnt alone.

Man. Idk if my aversion to reality shows was a blessing in disguise cause not knowing about any of these shows until this list has not only left me entertained but truly disgusted at the same time.

So we're just gonna forget "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire" was a thing?

so glad you got a new voiceover guy, these are watchable now..

I am definitely no fan of the Kardashians (the family _or_ the numerous shows), but simply disliking a show doesn’t make it controversial.

I hate the Teen Mom franchise because it's glorifying teen pregnancy and that's not something that should be glorified that's something that should be prevented at all costs and at this point is unwatchable some of the scenes are cringe worthy but the thing that gets me the most is child exploitation

I'm shocked Jeremy Kyle and Jenny Jones weren't on this? One person hurt himself and the other hurt another person because he told him his gay and in love with him 95 people were super homophobic

Whaaaaaa?! Jerry springer was once mayor?!

Ngl, I would LOVE to have Moment of Truth back

Honestly... most reality that aren't genuine benign competitions like Lego Masters, will almost always be demeaning to everyone involve.

Whoever greenlit Kid Nation clearly didn't read Lord of the Flies.

i never watched Honey BooBoo but i can see South Park got it spot on

All of them are disgusting!! What people do for money- revolting!

Was hoping Kid Nation would be on here lol

Honorary mention: 19 kids and counting

Kid nation was a great show. I think I wound up watching it because it was on one of these lists but it looked like something I'm super interested in, so I watched it and wound up really liking it. The kids could leave whenever they wanted to, there was supervision to an extent (the way there are like, hidden medics ready to rock on Survivor at a moment's notice that they never show you) so they weren't truly alone. Child labor laws.... this complaint is based around them having to cook food together, build things, etc, because it's a, you know, SURVIVAL show that everybody was briefed on and signed up for. I did not see anything done poorly in the show.

Fox did a show called "playing it straight" in 2004 . I don't it made one full season. It would definitely make this list.

A highly agreeable list!

How is beyond scared straight not on this list???! That show deserves to be on here

I would love to see the swan women now and how they feel about doing the show

The Littlest Groom from 2004 on, of course, Fox. A midget guy has to choose between 5 midget girls and 5 regular--sized girls to be his bride. Spoiler: He chose a regular-sized girl at the end.

I didn't know Jerry Springer ended so early I thought it was still on the air

Thank you, JonTron. For showing me KidNation.

Adults adopting adults should’ve been up here for sure.

I miss "The Mole".

Dance Moms. When CPS needs to be called in an investigate TV network.

What about the Joe Schmoe Show? That was cruel and mean spirited too

I love Fear Factor I’ve always wanted to go on it

I remember watching the giving birth in the wild show. It was interesting. This lady released the placenta into the ocean and for some reason, that was a big deal. It was an odd show, but very interesting

I'm so old I can remember when TLC was a Learning Channel.

Normally i hate reality shows but tbh a lot of these sound really entertaining 😂

The pick up artist would be hilarious just to watch them make fools of themselves, no other purpose

I’m a gay male … if I was a woman and my husband was looking at other men THAT would be a red flag 🚩 for me ! I would 💯 file for divorce because I’m wasting my time with a man when In the end is going to leave me for another man “ that’s who he truly belongs with “ your only fooling yourself 🤷🏽‍♂️

The Bad Girls Club should have been on the list

Whoa … we do not have any of those here in France. I can see why

When I was in middle school three of my teachers who were allegedly in a love triangle went on Jerry Springer.

The Maury Show should of been on this list!

“ unscripted “ my ass 😭 but I didn’t know about half of these. good vid!

I had no business watch jerry springer as a kid

Fox had alot of these reality shows. I remember Mr Personality the most. Remember that one? The guys wore masks and the female contestant had to chose which one she liked most based on all factors except looks. I don't even think it completed its only season.