You might be embarrassed to admit it, but you’ve probably watched at least a handful of the shows listed below. No matter how much you roll your eyes at your TV screen or the fact that you cannot believe you’re actually watching these shows – the reality is, that they make for some good, wind-down, chill-out time with your friend or SO. And let’s face it, we revel in the witty banter, the silly games and, yes, the petty arguments that couples end up having.

Sure, you may not necessarily broadcast the fact that you cannot wait for season 3 of Love is Blind (which by the way is set to be released next month!) – but if you’re too ashamed to admit it, you can always make up some white lie. Perhaps you’d rather say you’re using your free time playing some no deposit slot, or benefitting from an exclusive no deposit free spins. Cos you know what? We’re not gonna judge… It’ll be our little secret.

Love Island

Love Island

Banter, banter, and more banter… It’s what the Love Islanders say they want in a partner but do any of them actually have it? If you’ve watched a few episodes (or seasons) of this trash-tastic show you’ll have screamed at your screen at the sheer stupidity of these sexy island-bound lovebirds – and yet you just can’t tear your eyeballs away or chat about it the next day at work.

Beauty and the Geek

Beauties are enlisted to help geeks overcome their shyness or awkwardness in exchange for some general knowledge. Makeovers ensure (after the geeks have grown their hair and beards out for three months in advance to look as disheveled as possible). Most don’t find love but we do like the friendships that blossom here… awwwww.

Married at First Sight

MAFS is critical viewing for anyone with a penchant for dating shows. Matches are made in advance, and pairs married off, before they put in the hard yards to see if the marriage works. Of course, the funniest parts of this show come from terrible pairings, grooms getting it on with someone else’s wife, and the ever-present villain.

Love is Blind

Dating in the Dark got a reboot in the form of Love Is Blind. By separating the guys and the girls from each other, and only allowing them to ‘date’ via talking through a screen, this is supposed to make people fall in love via personality (and maybe voice?) only. How are we so glued to a show when all they do is talk? At least there will always be plenty of budget for new seasons with its grand success!

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On

Nick and Vanessa Lachey host this dating show with a twist. It’s real couples who might be ready to get married but are here to put their relationship to the test – by dating other people. Who will stay together? Who will find love elsewhere? Who’s just here to become an influencer?

Too Hot to Handle

Sexy, single, and ready to mingle, on an island. Sound familiar? Sure, but Too Hot to Handle has a few conditions – no kissing and no sex of any kind! Forced celibacy, with prize money deducted for any indiscretions, is the name of the game here. And the producers sure chose their sexed-up contestants wisely, this one’s a fun ride – pardon the pun! 

Dated and Related

On the surface, we’ve got another Love Island clone on our hands here – bikini and boardshort-clad babes hanging out in a luxury villa looking for love (and/or fun). Thankfully, unlike what the misleading title implies, we aren’t seeing relatives date – it’s simply a case of heading to the villa with a relative in tow, where they’re both looking for love.

90 Day Fiance

90 Day Fiance is literally mail order bride (/groom) situationships come to life in reality TV. An international partner gets a 90-day visa to come visit their love and see if the relationship will work. You can also do this yourself in real life if you try online dating in an international city.

Love After Lockup

There are three different titles in this series (also Life After Lockup and Love During Lockup), however, Love After Lockup is potentially the cringiest of them all. Couples that have dated during one’s incarceration are followed after the release date to see what happens. If you’re familiar with the ins and outs of the prison system, you’ll know that ex-cons often re-offend, relapse, and go back inside. Which, unsurprisingly, is bad for dating.

The Circle

The Circle, while not as popular as some of the other shows on our list, at least has a unique premise to it: Who can be the most successful social media personality. The Circle’s contestants play to remain in The Circle, not meeting each other, and even catfishing each other. It’s a wild and weird ride, get stuck in.

Is It Cake?

Renewed for a second season, Is It Cake? reaches the highest heights of reality silliness. Based on social media reveals of real-life objects that turn out to be cake inside, Netflix somehow turned this very simple premise into a whole show. Is it cake? Or a shoe? Cake? Or a coffee machine? Watch and find out. 

The Kardashians

Finally, we couldn’t end this list without mentioning the world’s most famous love-to-hate family, The Kardashians. When it was confirmed that Keeping Up With The Kardashians was ending, it came as no surprise to those familiar with this faux-scandal family that they were simply moving networks and changing the name of the show. People of Earth are destined to watch the girls slow-talk, eat salad, and complain about the mundane until the end of eternity.