TMZ

TMZ built a TV empire on the same formula that made its website infamous, doorstop interviews, parking lot stakeouts, and a relentless hunger for celebrity missteps. The main program, simply called TMZ, runs multiple times daily and treats gossip with the urgency of breaking news. It's not journalism by any traditional measure, but it's undeniably effective at capturing the messy intersection of fame and public life. The channel also features TMZ Sports and TMZ Live, the latter incorporating viewer calls and social media chatter. Production values are bare-bones: a desk, a monitor, and a team of reporters who seem to have infinite energy for speculating about a D-list actor's breakup. Commercial breaks are frequent, which is the trade-off for a free-to-air cable channel. For those who want to watch TMZ online, Tvivu offers the live feed as it airs in the United States. It's a guilty pleasure, pure and simple, but if you need to know why a Kardashian is trending, this is the fastest way to find out.