Word: networked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...question that remains as "Survivor" is set to air is how far American network executives will go to win the ratings race. All around the world, even more shocking game shows exist. In England, game shows like "Don't Forget Your Toothbrush" involve people performing sometimes lewd and embarrassing acts for a surprisingly small amount of money. This is mild compared to some of the Japanese and Australian game shows. Are American TV executives so concerned about ratings that they are willing to put anything on television, regardless of its moral implications? From the latest two imports from Europe, that...
...this isn't another movie version of _Lord of the Flies_. This is a possibility for a real situation on "Survivor," and this summer, it's coming to network television, along with a similarly unpredictable show, "Big Brother." Although on the surface, these shows seem harmlessly entertaining, disturbing undertones peek through under closer inspection...
...called for a ban of "Big Brother," saying it violates media laws protecting human dignity. Bavarian official Erwin Huber calls the show "a new dimension in sensationalism... and voyeurism." But the laws' vagueness have prevented any action against the show, which has been very successful for the RTL II network, which had previously focused its programming on American reruns and soft-core pornography...
...trying to exploit this controversy for ratings success? The eye network does survive in the ratings wars between the Big Three, but just barely. And with flagships shows like "Touched by an Angel" and "60 Minutes," it often fails to capture the lucrative 18-49 demographic. So is CBS willing to air these shows which exploit their contestants in an attempt to win back the youth audience...
...show that struck a chord with the key youth demographic. But "Survivor" and "Big Brother" go much further with their voyeuristic overtones. While "The Real World" taped just about everything that went on with the participants did, the conditions were nowhere near as severe as those of the eye network's new shows. The Real-World-ers interacted with the outside world as normal people would; they just had cameras following them around...