Controversy has erupted over Oxygen's new in-development reality series All My Babies' Mamas, which stars rapper Shawty Lo, who has fathered 11 children by 10 different mothers.
The Parents Television Council calls it "grotesquely crass and exploitative " and writer Sabrina Lamb has started a petition against All My Babies' Mamas that has already earned more than 20,000 signatures.
But as bad as All My Babies' Mamas might be, can it really compete with the very worst that reality television has to offer?
Here, 10 of the dumbest, grossest, most offensive reality TV shows ever aired.
1. Buckwild (2013-present)
MTV's latest reality series, which nakedly aims to ape the formula that made Jersey Shore a ratings success, follows an utterly unsympathetic group of teenagers as they shoot, punch, and drink their way through life in rural West Virginia.
2. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (2012-present)
Buckwild probably wouldn't exist without TLC's hit proto-redneck reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo— itself a spin-off of the similarly odious Toddlers & Tiaras. Child pageant contestant Alana Thompson, better known as the eponymous Honey Boo Boo, goes through life under the care of parents "Mama" and "Sugar Bear."
3. Amish Mafia (2012-present)
Discovery Channel's latest foray into trashy reality TV follows four young Amish men who serve as self-appointed "fixers" in their religious community, which seems mostly to entail harassing people and committing petty crimes. According to The New York Times, the show admits to featuring an unspecified number of "select re-enactments," making the title "reality show" an even bigger stretch than usual.
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