It’s depraved entertainment.
A lot of people here like it, as you can see. I always found that for every one episode that I liked, there would be ten of them just like you said. When I left prison counseling years ago, I quit watching it entirely, because the inmates all liked it, and it made my classes and counseling groups go really well. Always launched good discussion.
Plus I did a good Mr. Mackey imitation at the time.