The Best Trashy Reality Shows to Watch if Your Brain Needs a Break

Long gone are the days when cartoons were made solely for kids' Saturday morning viewing pleasure. Thanks to the likes of The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-Head, and South Park, adult-oriented animated programs have been proliferating for quite some time, with favorites like Family Guy, Rick and Morty, Bob's Burgers, and more broadening the scope of just how hilarious all of those drawn characters can be.

If you've been sleeping on Steven Universe or Bob's Burgers or Big Mouth because they're animated, then you've been missing out on some of the best TV shows of the decade. Cartoons aren't just for kids anymore, and the 201os marked a renaissance for adult animation, delivering some of TV's best shows, period.

It's a story 16 years in the making.  Nearly a year since Cyntoia Brown was granted clemency and finally freed, Netflix is tackling her story in a documentary set for release this month.

All this staying indoors may be good for our bank balance but it's less good for our skin. And if you're anything like us, you're finding your complexion is lacking a little bit of life.

Fact: There's nothing better than free TV. But free TV doesn't mean it has to be bad TV. While we all sit inside socially distancing ourselves from the global coronavirus pandemic, there's an opportunity for some quality, free television thanks to Showtime, which is offering a 30-day free trial for new subscribers, no catch, if you sign up before May 3.

During these uncertain times, TV can be a great place to turn to for an instant pick-me-up, allowing you to escape into another world and forget about the problems plaguing you in this one. Sure, harrowing horror shows, dramatic reality competitions, and gritty crime dramas can make for thrilling binges, but sometimes you really are just in the mood for something happy. That's why we've rounded up the best feel-good shows streaming right now.

We might not be able to head out on giant Easter egg hunts or book a table for the whole family at our favourite restaurant, but settling down with a punnet of popcorn and watching a film together whilst we’ve all got some time off, is definitely still achievable.

When it comes to finding a show about the macabre reality that is true crime, no place is better than Netflix. With hit series after hit series, it seems the streaming service is coming out with a must-see true crime show every couple of weeks. As long as people keep committing crimes, Netflix will keep pumping out true crime shows, and we'll continue to watch them.

If you say you're a fan of horror movies, that could mean a lot of things — that you love heart-racing thrillers like Green Room, gory slashers like the original Candyman, suspenseful cat-and-mouse games like Hush, inventive ghost stories like The Ring, or one of the many other blood-curdling and spine-chilling subgenres to choose from.

Rip your TV off the wall and flush it down the toilet, because you won't be needing it anymore — Quibi is finally here. The much-anticipated (by some) mobile-only short-form streaming app has launched, with 50 shows all under 10 minutes an episode from big names like Jennifer Lopez, LeBron James, and Reese Witherspoon.

Long gone are the days when cartoons were made just for Saturday mornings.

Schools across the world are closing down right now in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which means for the next few weeks at least, families will have to help fill in the gaps for children to make sure those little ones don't get too unaccustomed to learning during this unexpected social distancing break (and, let's be honest, we don't want to go gray prematurely in the process, either).

The fact that horror shows aren't nearly as commonplace as horror movies is pretty horrifying in itself. But that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of chilling shows to binge; you just need to know where to look! Fortunately, Netflix is a treasure trove of spooky series, eerie episodes, and terrifying tales.

Let's be real, none of us will be going much further than the corner store for the , but the best flats of 2020 are here, and we can't help but love them for their practicality. Flats are an ever-divisive —after all, some people feel better when their soles give them an inch or three of extra height.

Hannah Brown and Tyler Cameron continue to tease fans about their relationship status. The reality stars, who sparked a romance during Hannah's season of The Bachelorette in 2019, have been fueling reconciliation rumors in recent weeks.

Binge-watching a new TV show is a chance to put the real world on hold and escape into a new story for a while. For those who want to indulge in a little escapism, nothing beats the fantastical worlds of science-fiction.

In the last 10 years or so, the superhero genre has experienced an unprecedented boom (thank you, Marvel), and that boom isn't just reserved for big blockbusters in theaters. This surge of support for caped-crusaders has trickled down to TV too, and there are now more shows about superheroes than ever before.

The superhero genre has experienced an unprecedented boom in the last 10 years (thank you, Marvel), and we're not just talking about the big blockbusters in theaters. TV has taken a big bite out of the superpower pie, and there are now more shows about superheroes than ever before.

Binge-watching a new TV show is a chance to put the real world on hold and escape into a new story for a while. For those who want to indulge in a little escapism, nothing beats the fantastical worlds of science-fiction.

Netflix is the streaming home for true crime shows. It seems like the streaming service comes out with a new obsessively bingeable true crime docuseries every couple of weeks, and people can't get enough. As long as people keep committing crimes, Netflix will keep pumping out true crime shows.