Self-care is the most important post-breakup ritual there is. What better to distract you than reality TV? Not just the useless, mindless sort (though we all need a dose of drivel sometimes) – the kind worth remembering. We’ve compiled a list of the best reality entertainment to get you through your breakup (or anything else you need to forget). As always, these shows are best enjoyed with friends!
Educational Entertainment
A soothing, lull-you-to-sleep kind of distraction that fills your head with impressive facts for your next blind date (of which we hope you have a grand total of none) or holiday party.
This show explains where things come from. Subjects range from saffron to opals. The show’s tagline, “behind the ordinary is the extraordinary,” says it all.
Fantasy Fans
Great inspiration for writers and visual artists, wonderful information for crafts fans, high-quality competition all-around. This show keeps the drama to a minimum and focuses on the craft and gorgeous themed makeups. Pick your favorite contestant and argue about whose aesthetic creations deserve to win and whose disasters deserve to get them kicked off the show!
Scary Funny
For supernatural junkies who believe, skeptics who like to laugh at fools scaring themselves silly, horror writers looking for inspiration, or a combination of all of the above (like me!), this show has it all. You’ll get cool supernatural history lessons and see some boys scream at ghosts and/or nothing. Have fun with the skeptic-believer arguments among your friend group, sure to distract you from something as transient as a breakup (Zak Bagans’s arms are distraction enough). Matters of life and death really put things into perspective.
Fashion Fiascos
Say Yes To The Dress (our drivel option of choice)
So many relatable stories: overbearing relatives, terrible fiancés, and all confined to the realm of wedding dress shopping! Forget your woes by consuming these gorgeous gowns and fearsome families. At least you’re not the sweet lady who was left at the altar – twenty times. At least you didn’t spend a fortune on wedding dresses for every member of the wedding party. At least your fiancé didn’t do that (we hope – otherwise, you can commiserate). This show is self-indulgent schadenfreude at its best.
