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Tune in to the joy of TV's guilty pleasures

Msnbc.com staffers share their guilt over shows we're somewhat ashamed to watch -- or ashamed to love so much. Pro bowling,� "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" and "Ace of Cakes" are all on our list.

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It's summer, and you're excused if you're watching some goofy TV. Msnbc.com staffers share our TV guilty pleasures in this story. Have any favorite shows you're ashamed to admit to?

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    Reply#1 - Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:25 PM EDT
    {"commentId":2259195,"authorDomain":"chibidraco"}

    I love watching Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi....my kids got me into it. The first episode my husband and I watched with them we kept muttering to each other, "That was staged...that's just bad science" and halfway through the episode I whispered to him, "This may be a load of bunk but it's better than re-runs of Hannah Montana or Zoey101....or Highschool Musical for the 3,000th time" We're now regular viewers.
    It's all about that pesky willing suspension fo disbelief thing.

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      Reply#2 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:30 AM EDT
      {"commentId":2261502,"authorDomain":"wallaces"}

      Kojak seemed so real because he was based on a real person, who I had the honor of knowing. (Minus the lollipop.) The real man was even more amazing than his fictional counterpart, which is saying a lot. There is nothing quite like a good NYC crime drama.

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        Reply#3 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:05 PM EDT
        {"commentId":2261698,"authorDomain":"jbethann1"}

        Oh my do I have guilty pleasures in TV viewing. My worst is Maury Povich episodes for paternity. I am very ashamed of that one! And my newest is 90210 re-runs on Soap. Ever since I knew they were coming out with a new show, I had to see how it ended. I stopped watching in years before it originally stopped in 1999, so they are all like new shows to me. Sometimes I don't answer the phone when it's on and my husband calls, because I don't want to miss a minute..but SHHHH don't tell him that!

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          Reply#4 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:25 PM EDT
          {"commentId":2261820,"authorDomain":"lmsims"}

          Okay, most of you probably won't even remember this show that aired back in the 70's. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. I loved it so much I bought the DVD collection that recently became available. Top that!!!!

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            Reply#5 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:34 PM EDT
            {"commentId":2263085,"authorDomain":"cloggin-gal08"}

            I don't usually watch much television, but recently I've become hooked on the Nickelodeon show iCarly, about a young teen who lives in Seattle with her older brother, and films a weekly webshow with two of her friends. The simple comedy and easily resolved conflicts never cease to make me chuckle, and although I feel like I've reverted back to the sixth grade after each episode, it puts a smile on my face. I've taken to watching it every day.

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              Reply#6 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:31 PM EDT
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              I love Ace of Cakes...wish I could be one of their friends so I could work there! My father taught me how to decorate cakes as I was growing up. I can make flowers, borders and frost a cake really well but I could never make the wonderful cakes that come out of that bakery! They are a awesome bunch of people! I am sooooo addicted to that show.

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                Reply#7 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:53 PM EDT
                {"commentId":2263362,"authorDomain":"saksd"}

                Gilligan's Island need I say more :)

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                Reply#8 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:05 PM EDT
                {"commentId":2263384,"authorDomain":"saksd"}

                I love Gilligans Island and the Backyardagans even tho 49 years old. Need I say more? lol

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                Reply#9 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:07 PM EDT
                {"commentId":2263837,"authorDomain":"zimamcfru"}

                I'm a big fan of the World's Most Daring..., Speeders, and World's Most Amazing Videos on TruTV and Spike. They're more fun to watch than nearly any "reality show" out there.

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                  Reply#10 - Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:59 PM EDT
                  {"commentId":2291151,"authorDomain":"squirrelsmom"}

                  I love my TIVO--it allows me to record shows I can watch when no one else is around to give me a hard time about it....Greatest American dog, Walker Texas Ranger, Sordid Lives, silly lifetime movies, Kyle XY, How clean is your house....all the best in thought provoking and high brow shows!

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                    Reply#11 - Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:18 AM EDT
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