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The Best Guilty Pleasure TV Shows of the Last Few Years

Updated March 19, 2021 1.8k votes 1.2k voters 7.4k views44 items

List RulesVote up the best new guilty pleasure shows, only your cat knows you're enjoying, that premiered on or after January 1, 2017.

Not everything you watch needs to be of pristine quality and there's no better way to disengage after a bad day than binging some of these new guilty pleasure shows. If you want to sit back, relax, and turn your mind off, try indulging in one of the programs on this list.

What new guilty pleasure television is available for viewing? If you loved the simplified version of reality provided by '90s sitcoms, the Netflix reboot Fuller House is great. Another reboot that's light and fluffy is 2017's Will & Grace. Other good series featured on this best current guilty pleasure TV shows list include This Is Us, Ballers, and Santa Clarita Diet.

Which new guilty pleasure TV show do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Give your favorites a thumbs up and please add any good series we may have missed.

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Riverdale
K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart
204
127
Premiered: January 26, 2017
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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Star Trek: Discovery
Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones
173
133
Premiered: September 24, 2017
Genres: Science fiction, Drama
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Santa Clarita Diet
Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant
19
11
Premiered: February 3, 2017
Genres: Comedy, Horror
Santa Clarita Diet (Netfklix, 2017) is an American comedy series created by Victor Fresco. Married couple Sheila (Drew Barrymore) and Joel (Timothy Olyphant) are real estate agents in Santa Clarita,... more
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Single Parents
Taran Killam, Leighton Meester
16
10
Premiered: September 26, 2018
Genres: Sitcom
Single Parents (ABC, 2018) is an American sitcom television series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and J.J. Philbin. A group of single parents forms their own support system as they raise their kids... more
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Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Deanna Thompson, John Green
9
5
Premiered: 2019
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Miniseries
Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (Netflix, 2019) is an American true crime documentary series. The limited series follows a group of internet sleuths who launched a manhunt for Luka... more
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Dynasty
Elizabeth Gillies, Sam Adegoke
71
93
Premiered: October 11, 2017
Genres: Drama, Holiday
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90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
5
2
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (TLC, 2016) is an American reality/documentary series and a spinoff of 90 Day Fiancé. The show follows five couples as they each have a quick dose of reality and... more
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Fierce Queens
Reese Witherspoon
7
7
Premiered: 2020
Genres: Nature
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Dr. Pimple Popper
Sandra Lee
8
9
Premiered: 2018
Genres: Reality
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Elite
Arón Piper, Miguel Bernardeau
4
4
Premiered: October 5, 2018
Genres: Crime, Drama
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Bonding
Zoe Levin, Brendan Scannell
4
4
Premiered: April 24, 2019
Genres: Dark comedy
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90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
Darcey Silva, Angela Deem
4
4
Premiered: August 6, 2017
Genres: Reality, Documentary, Romance
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days (TLC, 2017) is an American documentary reality series. The series follows couples who have built a relationship online but not yet met in person, and must decide... more
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Floor Is Lava
Rutledge Wood
5
7
Premiered: June 19, 2020
Genres: Game show
Floor is Lava (Netflix, 2020) is an American reality television show television series. Teams compete to navigate rooms flooded with lava by leaping from chairs, hanging from curtains and swinging... more
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Dragnificent!
Alexis Michelle, BeBe Zahara Benet
4
5
Premiered: March 9, 2020
Genres: Reality, Wedding
Dragnificent! (TLC, 2020) is a reality television series starring Alexis Michelle, BeBe Zahara Benet, Jujubee, and Thorgy Thor. The series features the four drag queens helping engaged women to plan... more
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Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests
Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass
2
4
Premiered: 2019
Genres: Paranormal, Reality TV
Ghost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests (Travel Channel, 2019) is an American paranormal reality television series and a spin-off of the show Ghost Brothers. Best friends and ghost hunters Dalen Spratt,... more
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Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Zac Efron, Darin Olien
2
4
Premiered: 2020
Genres: Travel, Adventure
Down to Earth with Zac Efron (Netflix, 2020) is an American documentary travel television series starring Zac Efron and wellness expert Darin Olien. The show follows Efron and Olien as they visit... more
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The Family Chantel
Chantel Everett, Pedro Jimeno
2
4
Premiered: July 22, 2019
Genres: Reality, Documentary
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90 Day Fiancé: What Now?
Kirlyam, Alan
2
4
Premiered: July 30, 2017
Genres: Reality, Documentary, Romance
90 Day Fiancé: What Now? (TLC, 2017) is an American reality series. In this spin-off series, couples from the original series reveal how their lives have unfolded since their 90-day journey.... more
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All That
Chelsea Brummet, Jack De Sena
7
11
Premiered: April 16, 1994
Genres: Comedy, Music, Children
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Life Sentence
Lucy Hale, Dylan Walsh
4
6
Premiered: March 7, 2018
Genres: Comedy drama
Life Sentence (The CW, 2017) is an American comedy-drama created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith. When Stella Abbott (Lucy Hale) finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she's going to have to... more
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Deadly Cults
Barry Peavy, Jimmy Dempster
2
2
Premiered: 2019
Genres: Documentary
Deadly Cults (Oxygen, 2019) is an American documentary television miniseries. This four-part limited series explores unsettling cases where investigators uncover and expose the dark world of cults... more
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Gary Busey: Pet Judge
Gary Busey, Mike E. Winfield
2
5
Premiered: 2020
Genres: Comedy
Gary Busey: Pet Judge (Amazon Video, 2020) is a comedy television series hosted by Gary Busey and featuring Mike E. Winfield and Ian Abramson. The show finds Busey settling disputes between aggrieved... more
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Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin
12
21
Premiered: 2020
Genres: Documentary, Crime
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Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
Alicia Arden
4
8
Premiered: 2020
Genres: Documentary, Crime
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix, 2020) is a crime documentary miniseries based on the 2016 book of the same name by James Patterson, and co-written by John Connolly and Tim Malloy. Stories from... more
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Celebrity Undercover Boss
Darius Rucker, Marcus Samuelsson
2
7
Premiered: 2018
Genres: Reality
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