The Comfort of a Cooking Show

What is it with our insatiable appetite for watching the meggar rich do their things? I'm talking about shows like billions succession, gossip girl, real housewives and big little lies. And i don't have a grand theory for why all these shows are so satisfying to watch, but i do hase some random hypothesis. One hypothesis is it's a kind of shouting fau id, but you don't have to feel guilty about your negative feelings. In other words, we don't like to knock people who are down on their luck or disadvantage, but it is total ok to be contemptuous of people who are super privileged and entitled. Ye, maybe it's a form