Emily In Paris is one of those rare shows that has both Americans and the French losing it over how unrealistic it is. Emily, a midwestern marketing bootlicker, moves to Paris for a job where she's immediately ostracized for being an American dork. She's barely good at her job, refuses to engage with the culture on a meaningful level, and every man she meets wants to have sex with her. It's so bad that it might be camp, and brings to mind all the other delightfully unrealistic shows of the past and present. Take a look and see.
Darren Star knows what he likes and it's delusional women in big cities, baby! Carrie Bradshaw somehow spent $40,000 on designer shoes (famously the amount needed for the downpayment on her Upper East Side co-op) on a writer's salary. Make it make sense! (Hulu, HBO, Amazon Prime)
The 100 is one of the most unhinged teen show concepts in existence. Set in the future, delinquents from a space community are sent back down to Earth as punishment-slash-guinea-pigs to see if the planet is once again habitable for humans. They're all young and sexy, of course! (Netflix)
Not to harp on New York City-based shows, but we can't talk about unrealistic shows without talking about Girls. Lena Dunham's millennial comedy was hilarious and ground-breaking in its own way, but it's unlikely anyone can galavant around the city the way Hannah Horvath did without a steady job (or a trust fund). Spoiler: she has neither. (HBO)
The story of a mother and daughter (and their entire small town) against the world (the mother's monied family who only wants to spend time with them). Lorelei and Rory only know high-speed, witty banter, coffee addiction as a personality, and eating out every single night. (Netflix)