Same. I call my brand of reality TV "nice people being good at things."
Some reality shows I enjoy/have enjoyed in this vein:
4) Great Pottery Throwdown: The people were really fun, the challenges were cool, and the guy in charge of the kiln has a fantastic depth of knowledge and a zen attitude.
Is that the UK version or is there a US one? There should be a new one starting in the new year.
I don't know if you've seen or heard of the UK show Ghosts, but pretty much EVERYONE in that show has been on Taskmaster.
The last ever episode of Ghosts is on at Christmas this year. The US version is good too, IMO, because the thing with Ghosts is that every country can use it's own history to weave into stories, so it's not just copy/paste. So the US version has some similar characters to the UK version, but also so stand alone ones.
I wouldn't say Taskmaster fits the criteria, but I wouldn't die on that hill either. It's wonderful though and there's a New Years Special on NYD (I think) then I'd expect a new series in 4-8 weeks? Maybe a little longer. I thought the last series was great but even poor TM is entertaining.
I like all the UK versions of MasterChef (regular, celebrity, professional) and the Great British Bake Off (and Creme De La Creme the professional version of Bake Off) and Handmade: Britain's Best Woodworker (which is just the same format with carpentry) I even quite enjoyed A Cut Above, which was a Canadian chainsaw carving competition.
I also love Three In A Bed and Four In A Bed (for once there's no euphremism or innuendo that that's actually what they're called) which is a B&B competition but,. unlike the others I've mentioned, they can be a bit aggro (or, at least, one of them will be) and the first eight to ten years of Come Dine With Me was really good too.