Best finance tv shows: 8 entertaining shows to watch on money, debt, frugality, investing, and trading. Reality shows, talk shows, and one top-notch fictional show. This post may contain affiliate links.
If you’re like me, you can’t get enough content on finance and investing.
Even during your downtime, when you’re too tired to work, you still crave information on money.
Fortunately, there are a few shows out there that will quench your finance thirst when you’re too busy to do anything else.
In this post, I will highlight the best finance tv shows to watch to quench your money thirst.
Let’s get started.
Best Finance TV Shows: 8 Shows To Quench Your Money Thirst During Downtime
Best Finance TV Shows: 8 Shows To Quench Your Money Thirst During Downtime
1. Extreme Cheapskates
If you’re looking for motivation to save more, or if you want to know if you are taking saving too far, you should watch Extreme Cheapskates.
In short, Extreme Cheapskates is a show about people who are extremely cheap. They will do anything to not spend money. Even disgusting things.
For instance, some of them will go dumpster diving to avoid spending money. Some will eat roadkill. And there are many other outrageous examples on how these cheapskates save money.
The show is from the TLC network and it originally aired in October 2012. Although the show is no longer running, plenty of cringe-worthy episodes are available on YouTube to watch.
2. Til Debt Do Us Part
Whenever you are feeling down about your own financial situation, it’s nice to watch a complete train wreck to realize that your dilemma is not so bad.
If you are looking for financial train wrecks to watch, or if you want to learn what not to do, you should watch Til Debt Do Us Part.
The show is hosted by Gail Vas-Oxlade, who is a Jamaican-Canadian financial writer and television personality.
In the show, Gail visits different couples who are struggling financially. She assesses their financial situation, judges them, and then gives them weekly challenges to improve their finances. If they pass the tests, she awards them with $5,000 to pay off their debt.
This show is my current binge, to tell you the truth.
Although it originally aired in 2005, there are still plenty of Til Debt Do Us Part episodes available on YouTube for your viewing pleasure.
3. Prince$$
Prince$$ is another show that is hosted by Gail Vas-Oxlade.
Frankly, it’s basically the same as Til Debt Do Us Part, but it’s slightly more modern.
The only other difference is that the show focuses on helping women. More specifically, Gail aims to turn spenders into self-sufficient young women.
The show originally aired in September 2010. So, it’s not that modern. But it’s still as relevant as ever. To watch Gail shame princesses, check out Prince$$ on YouTube.
4. Million Dollar Traders
Back in my trading days, I came across Million Dollar Traders in my relentless search for more information about trading.
Million Dollar Traders is a British reality television series created by a professional trader named Lex van Dem.
The series follows 8 ordinary people, without financial training, attempting to trade the market. The creator of the show, Lex, gives them $1 million of his own money to see if he can turn them into profitable traders.
What’s more is that the show was filmed in 2009, which was during the financial crisis.
You can watch Million Dollar Traders on YouTube if you want to see how the experiment turns out.
5. Wall Street Warriors
Wall Street Warriors was another show I came across when I was trying to learn more about day trading.
Wall Street Warriors is another reality television series that documents the lives of those who choose to live and die on Wall Street.
One of the characters in the show is someone who most traders are familiar with, Timothy Sykes.
Since the show first aired in 2006, the first episode features a then 25-year-old Timothy Sykes who manages a hedge fund from home in a bath robe. According to him, he turned a $13,000 bar mitzvah gift into over $1.6 million while in college.
Needless to say, it makes for fairly interesting content, whether you are a trader or not.
You can watch episodes of Wall Street Warriors on YouTube.
6. Mad Money
Mad Money is a CNBC show about the stock market that is hosted by Jim Cramer.
To put it bluntly, it is a mix between news and entertainment.
Personally, I used to find it more enlightening when I was less knowledgeable about investing.
Now that I have learned a little more, I take Jim’s advice with a grain of salt. In other words, I wouldn’t invest based on his advice. He always seems to be behind in my opinion. He basically advises against a stock until it becomes popular enough to be unavoidable.
Anyways, Jim is at least a bit more entertaining than watching CNBC. It’s a good show for new investors to start with.
To watch episodes of Mad Money, check out CNBC’s website.
7. Billions
Unlike most of the other shows on this list, Billions is not a reality TV show.
It’s actually a really good show on the SHOWTIME network about the stock market and its corruption.
In short, Billions follows a ruthless U.S. attorney trying to take down a wealthy hedge fund manager named Bobby Axelrod. The show is complete with the usual egotistical behaviour and depravity you would expect in the competitive financial markets.
Moreover, this is one of the newer television series on the list. It first aired in 2016 and is still running.
To find out how to watch Billions and for more information on it, visit SHOWTIME.
8. The Dave Ramsey Show
Although I don’t agree with Dave Ramsey on investing, I do find him entertaining and I agree with most of his financial advice on paying off debt.
If you are not familiar with the Dave Ramsey Show, it is basically a talk show where people call in and he offers financial advice.
If you think your financial situation is bad, you should listen to Dave Ramsey’s callers. Some them have hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt in student loans and consumer debt.
Although some of his advice can be a bit harsh, it’s practical and what most people need to hear.
Check the show out on the Dave Ramsey YouTube channel.
Best Finance TV Shows – Final Thoughts
If you’re looking for television shows about money and investing, these are the 8 best finance tv shows to watch.
They are semi-educational, entertaining, and perfect to watch during downtime.
Even if you are not obsessive about finance, they are still worth the watch.
But if you are super interested in personal finance and investing like me, I hope these shows quench your money thirst.
Have you watched any of these shows? Any other opinions on the best finance tv shows to watch?
I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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