10. Big Shrimpin'
We tuned into this History Channel series purely for the name, which is genuinely awesome. It's sort of like Deadliest Catch, but with a lot less teeth and much warmer weather. And we learned a valuable lesson about playing with gasoline in bare feet.

9. American Pickers
We love Pawn Stars -- we might have already mentioned that about one or two hundred times -- but we also love History Channel's other Monday night show, mostly because of Frank and Mike's banter. They are a modern-day odd couple who see treasures in what we'd describe as slightly cleaner hoarder homes.

8. My Fair Wedding
There's something adorable about the way that David Tutera, the host of this WE series, can take a bride's wacked-out concept for a wedding theme and transform it into something classy and tasteful in a matter of days. We're not sure what he'd do with our My Little Pony sparkle glittery rainbow princess idea, but we're convinced he could pull it off. Also, he's had some really deserving brides this season, and that warms our cold, dead hearts.

7. Hoarders
New episodes of the A&E hit start January 2 and we're more than a little bit excited to see how they can top the woman with all the damned dolls. The show's a fascinating look on life, and while we also watch TLC's Hoarding: Buried Alive (how could we not with a title like that?) and Animal Planet's Confessions: Animal Hoarding, this one is still the best, mostly because of the fantastic cleaning crews and therapists.

6. Gigolos
Showtime's late-night series is kind of a gross trainwreck of a show that's half porn and half about these guys talking about their feelings and working out... but we just can't look away.

5. Storage Wars: Texas
It's only just started on A&E, but there's already a guy like the original Storage Wars' Barry, who actually has an interest in making a profit, so that's appreciated. No obvious bully-Dave types or odd catchphrases here, but we've got plenty of room in our DVRs for both versions of this show.

4. The Layover
Instead of bizarre foods in strange places, Anthony Bourdain's new Travel Channel show finds him going to major destinations and showing how much culture and cuisine he can cram into a few hours. It forces him to make nice about touristy places (while still dissing the tourists) and use public transportation. Torture for him, fun for us.

3. Glam Fairy
The folks at the Style Network gave Jerseylicious's Alexa her own show and surrounded her with some magnificently dense, but attractive, people to do makeovers and assist her on photo shoots. There's a lot of talk about Glamming (love ya, Briella), more smoky eyes than you can shake a stick at and, every once in a while, stripper aerobics. So, something for everyone.

2. Full Throttle Saloon
This truTV show is filled with attractive and scantily clad bartenders, lots and lots of men on motorcycles, some fascinating behind-the-scenes drama and a hard rockin' frontman who may or may not have a death wish. And all of this is crammed into 10 crazy days.

1. Extreme Couponing
Only a few more weeks until we get new episodes on TLC. Perhaps it will teach us how to be thrifty in the New Year. Or perhaps we'll just continue to marvel at the people who stockpile 400 bottles of dish detergent and thousands of bags of chips in their basement, which they purchased for about 12 cents.

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