Well, that'd be a bummer

[Clay Zambo]

According to a New York Times article, contestants on a British reality show called EDEN emerged from their year-long adventure to learn that the show had been canceled while they were away.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/europe/eden-reality-tv-show-canceled-scotland.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F03%2F24%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Feden-reality-tv-show-canceled-scotland.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

Wouldn't the camera crews have been pulled out when the show was canceled, and wouldn't you think the players would have noticed?

[CarbonCpy]

oh lord it's the onion's "sex house" except in real life.

truly we live in the most ridiculous timeline.

[Flerbert419]

I think stateside we've already seen this concept is a failure.

[Brig Bother]

They're going to turn the remaining footage into a survival documentary at a later date, they still made the show despite it not going out as originally intended, is my understanding.

It's actually not the first UK realidoc called Eden, Channel 4 also did it around 2001 with phone votes to affect the island community, cashing in on the original Big Brother, but likewise it didn't last long.