Fox Hits New Low: Reality TV Show Makes Game of Lay-offs

Posted by Joshua Holland, AlterNet at 10:22 AM on April 8, 2009.

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Talk about poor taste. Fox is reportedly* launching a reality TV show called Someone's Gotta Go, in which employees of a small business decide which of their colleagues will be laid off.

I guess Schadenfreude gets ratings.

Fox execs reportedly went with the show after selecting from a number of pitches, including Someone's Gotta Get Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and Someone's Puppy Has Gotta Die.

*This was reported by the AP, but I won't link to their content because of this BS.

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Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.

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Smash [Report this comment] Posted by: QQOblivion on Apr 8, 2009 11:04 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This isn't the only retarded "reality" TV show idea -- from people getting dumped to marrying strangers to plastic surgery to, what next?, who can stand being tortured the longest? (I'm sorry, I don't watch TV. Maybe there IS a reality TV show about torture already.) In any case, Fox has learned one thing: If you want good ratings, then offend common sense and good taste. This reality TV show will probably be a smash. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bad News [Report this comment] Posted by: 2thepoint on Apr 8, 2009 11:30 AM Current rating: 1 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It's already been done and is all the rage.. So is the only reason this is on Alternet is because it's fox??? Come on guys - the worlds coming apart - THAT is a reality show! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Bad News Posted by: pelican beak » RE: Bad News Posted by: Quannah » Quannah Posted by: 2thepoint » RE: Bad News Posted by: 2thepoint » RE: Bad News Posted by: pelican beak » RE: Bad News Posted by: VZEQICVA » RE: Bad News Posted by: 2thepoint IT'S AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH [Report this comment] Posted by: VZEQICVA on Apr 8, 2009 3:15 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] They turned a war into entertainment, however sick it is that's how they treat serious stuff. Like children, too afraid to see it as it really is, they turn it into 'fun'. They've run out of material. I'm not sure their audience isn't all that particular about what they watch. AS long as it shouts at them and moves. They're cool with it. ANNA [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: IT'S AMAZING WHAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH Posted by: myersqi April Fool's? [Report this comment] Posted by: Xynyx on Apr 8, 2009 11:39 PM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] A bit late, isn't it? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] observer [Report this comment] Posted by: davy on Apr 9, 2009 4:31 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Few things make me happier to be an X pat than fox news. What on earth does this say about America?? I so feel for the "thinkers" there. Maybe fox is there to actually wake people up? I mean how can any sane person not wonder about Bill and Glen. Just keep it coming boys the implosion is near. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Mindmess [Report this comment] Posted by: Mindmess on Apr 9, 2009 7:30 AM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] If Fox really wanted to raise ratings they could have a live "reality" show with laid off workers playing russian roulette. The winner's cash prize would go to their designated heirs. Such a show would certainly draw more viewers than American Idol. The Romans and their "games" in the Coliseum were pikers compared to today's growing disregard for our fellow man. Think of the advertising revenue.....and it would be a small step toward resolving the world's population expolsion. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] This is more social Darwinian propaganda. [Report this comment] Posted by: and_abottleofrum on Apr 9, 2009 11:46 AM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I say if they're going to introduce a gladiatorial spectacle of collectively deciding someone else's awful fate and glorying in their suffering, they ought to let the person who gets canned get a shot at the people who voted him or her out. There could be a grudge stage after the vote in which the person gets to challenge the voters to a bare-knuckle brawl. If the canned employee KO's them all, taking them on one by one, he or she gets their entire salary for a year while they have to continue working for nothing. If the voters refuse the brawl, they lose by default. It'd be like "Someone's Gotta Go" meets UFC. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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