GSN greenlights "Family Trade"

[clemon79]

"With Family Trade, GSN launches a new category... that we call Real-Life Games-shows that take place in real settings and feature real-life risk and reward..."

The level of offensiveness in justifying this show by calling real situations with permanent effects a "game" is absolutely off the charts.

[Jay Temple]

I'm guessing TLC was too busy promoting parents whoring out their toddlers*, perhaps?

/*not meant to be taken in a literal sense

Shhh! Don't give Fox any ideas.

Coming Monday nights, now that House and 24 are both gone: Adopt Me, Please!

[Steve Gavazzi]

Coming Monday nights, now that House and 24 are both gone: Adopt Me, Please!

Who Wants to Be Adopted by a Multimillionaire?

[BrandonFG]

"With Family Trade, GSN launches a new category... that we call Real-Life Games-shows that take place in real settings and feature real-life risk and reward..."

The level of offensiveness in justifying this show by calling real situations with permanent effects a "game" is absolutely off the charts.

So they're really serious about these insipid categories they put these shows into, i.e. "Shiny Floor", "Real Life"?

[jjman920]

"With Family Trade, GSN launches a new category... that we call Real-Life Games-shows that take place in real settings and feature real-life risk and reward..."

The level of offensiveness in justifying this show by calling real situations with permanent effects a "game" is absolutely off the charts.

I can see their next show now...

"From the hit short story comes the game of real stakes, "The Most Dangerous Game." And you thought 'Survivor' was tough."

[Jay Temple]

I can see their next show now...

"From the hit short story comes the game of real stakes, "The Most Dangerous Game." And you thought 'Survivor' was tough."

My wife likes to watch Iron Chef. One of my recurring jokes is that they're doing this.

\"Tonight on Iron Chef, we celebrate baseball. You will cook a cardinal, an oriole and a diamondback."

[TLEberle]

Mike Burger prophesied the "dangerous game" idea ten years ago with Ten People, A Million Dollars and A Knife.

[PYLdude]

I can see their next show now...

"From the hit short story comes the game of real stakes, "The Most Dangerous Game." And you thought 'Survivor' was tough."

You know, to tell you the truth, I'm surprised no one's tried to adapt that to television yet- without the death and such. I might watch it.

[TLEberle]

You know, to tell you the truth, I'm surprised no one's tried to adapt that to television yet- without the death and such. I might watch it.

UPN's Manhunt says "I can see why you'd make that sort of error, I was a rather forgettable show in the summer of 2001."

[BrandonFG]

You know, to tell you the truth, I'm surprised no one's tried to adapt that to television yet- without the death and such. I might watch it.

UPN's Manhunt says "I can see why you'd make that sort of error, I was a rather forgettable show in the summer of 2001."

That was Vince McMahon's show, right? I remember Steve Beverly talking a lot about that show that summer...for some reason I thought was DOA and never made air?

[J.R.]

Someone should bring back "Tiny House":

[TLEberle]

That was Vince McMahon's show, right? I remember Steve Beverly talking a lot about that show that summer...for some reason I thought was DOA and never made air?

There was to be a bunch of WWE synergy, most of which fell through at some point. Professor Malfeasance went on a bit of a tirade concerning the show's cavalier attitude toward "reality," as contestants reported that after shooting was completed in Hawaii many scenes were reshot in Los Angeles, well after the conclusion of the competition.

I don't think it ever would have been a breakout hit, but it was at least an interesting idea that was brought crashing down due to terrible execution.

[TLEberle]

"With Family Trade, GSN launches a new category... that we call Real-Life Games-shows that take place in real settings and feature real-life risk and reward..."

The level of offensiveness in justifying this show by calling real situations with permanent effects a "game" is absolutely off the charts.

I'll allow that the premise is both stupid and dumb, but what's offensive about a long-winded and Variety-speak way of saing that "actions have consequences"?

[TLEberle]

"With Family Trade, GSN launches a new category... that we call Real-Life Games-shows that take place in real settings and feature real-life risk and reward..."

The level of offensiveness in justifying this show by calling real situations with permanent effects a "game" is absolutely off the charts.

I'll allow that the premise is both stupid and dumb, but what's offensive about a long-winded and Variety-speak way of saying that "actions have consequences"?

[clemon79]

I'll allow that the premise is both stupid and dumb, but what's offensive about a long-winded and Variety-speak way of saying that "actions have consequences"?

Because life decisions and life events often have permanent effects, and those effects are not always good.

"Aw, you got laid off and now you can't pay your mortgage? Guess you lost at the game of work! Ha ha! And your wife left you? Man, you lost at the game of marriage, too!"

Life isn't a game, man. If you want to call yourself a "reality" show, be a "reality" show, that's fine. But it's not a game, and for someone whose most difficult life decision in the next week is going to be "steak or lobster?" to dismiss "real-life risk and reward" as a "game," that's something I find offensive.