New Game Shows

From: nu_monet <nothing@succeeds.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack,alt.friday
Reply-To: like.excess@sex.org
Date: Mon, Jul 10, 2000 12:31 PM

"Nobody wants to be left out," said Bruce Nash, one
of Hollywood's top reality show producers. "'Who Wants
to Be a Millionaire' was seen as something of a fluke,
but 'Survivor' proved that reality could work. When
'Survivor' hit, the networks' appetite for these kinds
of shows grew overnight and just became insatiable."

Expect a flood of these new shows on the air during
the next few months, including:

^"The Mole," a game where a group of people try to
complete a series of tasks. The hitch is that one of
them is trying to subvert the process, and no one
knows who "the mole" is. The price of failure is to
be buried alive, deep underground. Scheduled to be
filmed in an abandoned gold mine, full of rotten
timbers and booby traps.

^"Master Game," a game show that brings back the
unpleasant experience of slavery. Contestants
are shipped in the tightly packed hold of a tall
ship from Africa to South Carolina, while wearing
chains and being beaten. They are then sold to
people who force them to become domestic servants.

^"The Runner" and "Wanted," both based on the idea
of pursuit. In "The Runner," an idea developed by
actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, a criminal is set
loose somewhere in the country and it's up to TV
viewers to find and kill him, while "Wanted" sets
a pack of former bounty hunters on a death hunt
after a series of contestants.

^"Krypton Factor," a game that tests quick-thinking
and mental agility while being exposed to high levels
of radiation.

^"I Want a Divorce," a forum like "Divorce Court"
where a real-life divorcing couple compete against
each other for their own property. It is modeled on
"American Gladiator", except the contestants will
have real weapons.

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