Shows like this disgust me.

[Bricktop]

[Angry White Male]

Why do these freaks even agree to be on these trash shows?  Surely they must know what they're getting into?

[Bricktop]

I can only assume they are offered pieces of silver to sell their dignity...as miniscule as it is.



That, plus all their expenses are paid. A train fare and night in a Hotel. To them its a brief interlude into Paradise before returning to their hovels after their 15 minutes is up.

[Rancidmilko]

I remember watching Jerry Springer and trying to figure it out when I arrived in the US



Why were those people saying those things? In a sense, that was even more humiliating than porn.

[Berry Sweet]

They tend to find the dumbest of redneck people to go on those kind of shows.  They are so stupid, they don't even know it.



I can't watch that kind of crap.

[Bricktop]

Its entertainment by humiliation. It should not be allowed.



It cheapens us all.

[cc]

I'll tell you how I feel about MOST ALL shows - They suck and I don't watch them .. . find most embarrassing and in fact saddening as examples of what humans think up and or watch



We have a small list of about 3 regulars we would ever watch plus every now and then find the odd Super Channel 4 - 5 parters that are pure genius  .. usually Irish or UK or French done in english  ... but none of them last long ... recently Kiri, Lock (fantastic thriller & Irish actors)   Appletree Yard etc. .. mainly 4 parters only

[Bricktop]

And so many of these "fictional" series have a political bias in them. "Appletree Yard" was a disgraceful attack on males by a feminist writer.

[cc]

Maybe I mixed it up, but I watched it all and did not see that in it - We found several short term ones around that time and I'm not clear on it ... do remember guy got jailed and she got off because they could not prove "she knew that he intended to kill". I agree that the ending was strange



Kiri and Lock were fantastic works of art ... the ongoing Berlin Station not too shabby but between seasons .... an ongoing  Brit cop show Line of Duty was good, but between seasons now. All good shows were not regular network productions .. Mr Mercedes is an intense psychodrama  thriller on now on SC I think

Oh, The Americans we have followed from the gitgo years ago  .. one of few long term shows we watch



That said, you are correct that shows have become political .... just watched Elementary for 1st time in years and it was about a dirty bomb by



are you ready?



nazi types (ya right, they are killing people every day   .. bombs,  guns, knives, trucks :001_rolleyes: )



to be perpetrated upon



are you ready?



a mosque



There are many such examples of late

[Frood]

I knew someone who did that show circuit. It was very lucrative for the whole group of them. Have some drinks, fling shit at family on camera, get paid.

[Angry White Male]

I'm convinced a good portion of these "Jerry Springer type" shows are scripted...

[Bricktop]

Many were in fact used by trainee actors, in the knowledge of the producers. Some of the far fetched ones were acted out by students.

[cc]

It always was. All reality shows are not reality and are scripted.



And actors, yes. Most "characters are not who they pretend to be  ... just look at them as lowest level sitcoms, scripted and characters played by actors

[Angry White Male]

I don't think Geraldo getting his nose smashed in by a skinhead throwing a chair at him was scripted!



I think the older Springer type shows may not have been as scripted, but I think those days are done.  Too many lawsuits, perhaps?

[Anonymous]

Why do these freaks even agree to be on these trash shows?  Surely they must know what they're getting into?

They have no dignity, so no fucks given.