Let’s be honest: not every television show aims for esteem, prestige and awards. Plenty of successful shows are guilty pleasures, sometimes even considered trashy. But they’re oh so entertaining, like trainwrecks from which viewers can’t look away. Some of them, however, are worse than others, crossing lines, causing controversies, and employing downright deplorable concepts.

Not surprisingly, a lot of the worst shows listed here didn’t last long, many just a single season. But a few of them went on and on, longer than anyone anticipated. And while they might be shows that viewers remember fondly, some of them are downright cringe.

10 'Dance Moms' (2011-2019)

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Dance Moms introduced the world to talented young dancers like Maddie Ziegler and JoJo Siwa and took

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