2.) Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
Toddlers and Tiaras may have been the epitome of child exploitation in its day, but I believe the crown has been stolen by Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. The show centers around one of the contestants of the show and her family, and follows their “adventures” in McIntyre, Georgia. The show has received praise from Out for being supportive of homosexuality and also by Mother Nature Network for June Shannon’s keen business sense. Some of the criticism out there isn’t quite as nice. The Hollywood Reporter had this to say “You know this show is exploitation. TLC knows it. Maybe even Mama and HBB know it, deep down in their rotund bodies. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a car crash, and everybody rubber-necks at a car crash, right? It’s human nature. Yes, except that if you play that card, you also have to realize that human nature comes with the capacity to draw a line, to hold fast against the dehumanization and incremental tearing down of the social fabric, even if this never-ending onslaught of reality television suggests that’s a losing effort. You can say no to visual exploitation. You can say no to TLC. And you can say no to Honey Boo Boo Child. Somebody has to.”
1.) Gilligan’s Planet
Okay, I am not going to go too far into this one because for most of us, this is before our time. But I had to include it in this list so I could point out one thing; these guys crashed a boat into an island, couldn’t build a new one, and then somehow built a ship and got lost in space. WTF guys?! Just stay home you are clearly not meant to navigate!
