Ratings mean WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too much to people. Same as box office. If you want money go manage a hedge fund. There's supposed to be at least some intelligence and art to this shit. It's documenting our times for future generations after all. That's you know...that actual point. Not $$$.

Let’s go back to Logic 101, shall we? Say you’re asked, “Do you love your girlfriend?” and you don’t. You say (truthfully) “No.” She gets mad, you get paid. Conversely, if you say (untruthfully) “Yes”, the machine beeps, she sees that your “yes” answer was a lie, she still gets mad, and you don’t get paid. So why would you lie? even if you refuse to answer whether you love her or not, she'll know you don't.

If you sign up for the show, you’re screwing yourself (unless you’re an absolute saint) so why not get paid? I absolutely don’t understand the logic of this. shouldn’t everyone win? or do they pick people too dumb to see that there’s no difference between telling the truth, and lying to a machine that says you’re lying?

And not for nothing, but this show was adopted from a South American version that was cancelled when a woman admitted on air to hiring a hit man to kill her husband. awesome. sounds just perfect for americans looking to actively lower their IQ. between the Hills and American Idol, they should be drooling in no time.

Not that I'm trying to get anyone busted, I just can't believe that show would really get that high of a rating. For those that don't know, nielsen ratings used to work with diaries and set-top boxes, and if you were a Nielsen house, you could have either one or both. People that had the diaries would often just write down the show they wanted to watch, instead of the show they were really watching.

I gotta think it's different now, but I don't know for a fact. It's been a long time since I worked at my last TV station.

* The premise is flawed. No matter how you answer a question, or even if you refuse to answer a question, the truth will come out (assuming the detector is accurate). For example, if asked if you are cheating on your wife and you lie and say no - the truth comes out. If you tell the truth and say yes - the truth comes out. If you refuse to answer the question - the truth comes out because you're obviously hiding something. So there should be no reason that any person does not win the million dollars.

* The second flaw in the premise which totally ruins the show is that they are asked the questions ahead of time before they are in the hot seat. So the contestants know exactly what could be asked of them and if they didn't want to answer any of the questions for the money they could just not go in the hot seat and drop out on the first question. They can never ask them an oh shit question because they already know what they will be asked. No matter how you feel about the show it automatically becomes an exercise in futility.

* So the show was a huge disappointment. It was pointless. They didn't even get through enough questions and no matter how you feel about reality tv - everyone was bored. The End.

that would be a good show.

american idol

are you smarter than a 5th grader.

both are old long running bits of his. next fox, will start reality series based on the wheel of sex, and are you hot enough to be in playboy.

http://tinyurl.com/2a5dag

2) Eleventh dude to be paternity tested ... Next!

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3) 2 Bros, 1 Ho ... Who's the father? Can we have the envelope please?

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4) This poor girl is deathly afraid of pickles. If you don;t feel for her you have no heart.

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Oh. Wait. You were sucking Reality TV's cock tonight.

Jeff - the writers' strike really is the best thing for NBC. Honest.

Now, quickly, how many different TV shows did my little tirade make you think of? Probably at least 5 or 6...

The phony is exposed when they ask a guy if he would ever cheat on his wife, or something like that - and while they dont show his response, they show his wife looking hurt and angry and promising that he's in for some major (legal?) trouble.

As if anybody would have that reaction. As if that guy wouldn't have just walked out of the set the moment that question was first asked prior to the show.

I'm guessing the reason this is a success is because every member of the Church of Scientology was watching, and taking notes - they love to know everyone's dirty laundry. It prevents anyone from speaking out against them.

The cliffhanger endings are designed to get viewers to tune in next time to see what happens. But for me what happens is I don't go back because I don't really care enough one way or another if buddy wins or loses. And knowing that if I watch an episode I most likely won't see how it ends for the contestant, I figure there's no point in watching at all. So I don't.

If I want to watch a gameshow I'll watch Jeopardy. Questions answered as soon as they are asked (or should I say "questions asked as soon as they are answered"?), and at the end of every show you get to see who won. And if you enjoy continuity in your gameshows, the winner comes back the next day to try again.

I watch Weeds, LOST, Boston Legal, Doctor Who, Torchwood, and (for now) Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. I used to watch Heroes, but damned if it hasn't pissed me off beyond caring anymore.

Oh, yeah, and I'll watch Battlestar Galactica if it's ever on television again, I guess.

This reality show shit, however, is the lowest fucking common denominator. How anybody can watch this and still feel like a human being afterward is beyond me. I saw the promo for it and felt like I needed a shower.

Fuck the WGA and their strike. It's a good time to read some more books and explore Internet entertainment.

You can act indignant when you start fighting to give set designers, costume designers, make up artists, hair stylists, foley artists, and every other person who makes a show possible a piece of the Internet pie. Writers are NO MORE SPECIAL than these other creative people. Stephen Colbert can go on without writers but he sure as fuck wouldn't go on without make-up artists, sound designers, graphic artists, or costumers. You can call them 'technical' all you want; They're creative careers, all requiring as much or MORE skill than writing, and they are essential to anything on your screen.

I say this as a published writer and musician, member of ASCAP, and great fan of the written word. I have nothing against the writers getting residuals; I just think that in their quest for more money, they are pissing on everybody else who uses creative talents for film and television.

That's my opinion. Call me a douche if you want. That doesn't change the fact that writer's guild inflexibility has led to TV shows like MOMENT OF TRUTH.

In point of fact, the BTL unions benefit from the ATL contracts because it sets the bar for producer contributions to their pension funds, leaving them free to haggle for other stuff at their bargaining table.

And there is a HUGE difference between the contributions made by writers, actors, and directors, and everyone else, including all those self-satisfied producers. You can Dogma 95 it and get away with not having practically everyone else, but good frakking luck making something without the writers, actors, and directors.