The 9 Most Cringe-Inducing Programs On Basic Cable

4. Sex...with Mom and Dad (MTV)

In Dr. Drew's latest transgenerational communication endeavor, Dr. Drew helps families discuss those risque Myspace pics discovered because of a privacy setting glitch or those birth control pills your mom found in your sock drawer. The program combines the awkwardness of a first therapy session with an OB-GYN meet and greet ("How many partners have you had? What kind of protection did you use?") with full fornication disclosures from children and their parents. For added fun, Drew sends each family on scavenger hunts to learn where your 15-year-old daughter lost her virginity and where her parents last made whoopie. Aren't some things better left unsaid?

3. Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee (Food Network)

Sandra is pleasing to the eye and she knows her way around a crafts store, but the food at the center of her tablescapes might be why America needs single-payer health insurance. While Rachael Ray is no stranger to bacon grease and chorizo pairings, Sandra Lee takes easy artery-clogging recipes to the next level by piling cheese and mayo on nearly ever prepackaged food Lee's recipes demand. Just read this preamble to her Bacon Wrapped Cheese Corn recipe: "As if butter-drenched corn on the cob weren't irresistible enough, wrap a strip of bacon around it, drizzle it with cheese and watch its popularity soar... A four-cheese and mayonnaise sauce makes it picnic-perfect."

2. Tool Academy (VH1)

About 40% of television seeks to reward bad behavior so that viewers at home can judge the individuals on-screen, but any show that gives face time to guys who are terrible boyfriends turns that judgment off-screen to the women who love them. We all hope that inside of our loved ones is a much better person, but when they have to be thrown onto a show on VH1 to discover that a human being underneath that Ed Hardy shirt and tribal armband ink, the only person who should not be feeling sick is whoever sells the "Tools" Axe body spray by the gross.

1. I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (Discovery Health)

Capitalizing on America's fascination with that small percentage of women who don't realize they are pregnant until their 8-lb. newborn is crowning in a rest stop bathroom, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant combines confessionals with highly dramatized shaky cam reenactments of these birthing miracles. Explaining each woman's complicated menstrual cycle, Discovery Health's most sickly intriguing program answers all of your questions ("Now that I think of it, I guess it was morning sickness. But at the time, I just thought it was the flu!") while detailing each too-good-to-be-true-but-is story ("I went into the ER with stomach pains and realized that I was in labor....with TWINS!"). Enjoy one of IDKIWP's most popular clips!

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