(I'm writing about season 11!)
This show is just like McDonalds French Fries: it's too greasy, too salty and most likely bad for you but delicious! Whenever I know I'm going to be having dinner in, I make my meal and sit down in front of my computer with the bachelorette/the bachelor because then I get dinner and show! :)
So I suggest that you watch it/have it on for background sound but don't think too much about otherwise you'll start making really philosophical comparisons to the hunger games...