Tongue in cheek TV

I've just managed to watch Peter Kay's recent 'Britain's Got the Pop Factor...' - it was brilliantly funny, satirically poking fun at all the norms of reality TV talent shows, but surprisingly addictive. I felt, by the end of the programme, as though I had watched an entire series, and I found myself nervous waiting to hear who had won! Is it wrong to know that the entire show was tongue in cheek, but still find it hugely entertaining for all the reasons that such talent shows are usually entertaining? Ah well, at least it distracts from the train wreck that is my current level of motivation for work...