Because American TV viewers are insatiable voyeurs, besides just generally having bad taste:

The Real Polygamous, Feminist Wives of Salt Lake City

The stars of a new reality TV show want to show the world that a man can have an egalitarian relationship with a wife—and a wife, and a wife, and a wife, and a wife.

It’s among the most patriarchal domestic arrangements you can sign up for. In polygamy, husbands are king.

But one polygamist family is insisting that it’s the exception. The Williams clan, which lives outside Salt Lake City, comprises wives Paulie, Robyn, Rosemary, Nonie, and Rhonda. There are 24 children. And, one other person … oh, right, husband Brady. He’s a construction manager and philosophy major who’s currently enrolled in a feminist theory course at a local college and who refuses to accept the title “head of the household.” He doesn’t like the sexist connotation.

A one-hour special about the Williamses aired on TLC last fall, and the family’s new 9-part series, My Five Wives, is set to debut on Sunday. Earlier this week, the six parents sat down for an interview.

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Could this start a fashion trend among living arrangements?