New FOX Gameshow: Lie Detector....

[Colson39]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08142007/tv/lie_detector_tv_michael_starr.htm

FOX is shooting a game show proving the old adage that it doesn't pay to lie.

Or does it?

"Nothing But the Truth," a hit in Colombia, uses a lie detector and a series of 21 in creasingly personal questions to judge whether contestants are telling the truth.

If they pass, they win up to $50,000 and can walk away with their winnings at any time.

If they fail, they face the wrath of family and friends sitting in the studio audience.

Call it "Squirm TV" of the most uncomfortable kind.

"The show came from my growing disgust at how dishonest this world is becoming," says Howard Schultz, the L.A.- based producer who created the show (as well as "Next" and "Ex treme Make over").

"In a sense, it's a tremendous play-along for people at home," he says. "You're not only judging the individual on whether they're telling the truth, but you end up asking yourself the same questions."

"Truth" is getting huge ratings in Colombia, the first country to get it onto the air. Questions have included, "Have you ever cheated on your wife?" and "Do you consider yourself a better person than your mother-in-law?"

I can't imagine why you would want to go on this show unless you have absolutely nothing to hide. Imagine "outing" someone or finding out someone cheated on you. This is FOX of course, but man, for some reason I see this show having huge ratings.

 

[suzimar57]

leave it to Fox to come up with a show like this!

(and yes - we'll be watching it!)