Classic TV Shows they shouldn't or couldn't remake now?

Classic TV Shows they shouldn't or couldn't remake now? Oct 8, 2018 21:52:13 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2018 21:52:13 GMT

Oct 8, 2018 0:26:47 GMT marianne48 said:

Could Candid Camera be brought back today? I would like to know how often they got away with their pranks over the years
without enraging their victims. I have a feeling that if they tried to do a version today, the victims of the pranks would be much more likely to file lawsuits against the show, claiming "psychic damage" and "loss of connubial partnership" with their spouses
or whatever that's called, just because they were startled by the sight of a dog driving a car or whatever (and in Florida, they
might go after poor Fannie Flagg with a gun and then claim "stand your ground").

By the way, that "ten-foot-Pole" crack? I'm deeply outraged!

They have done shows like Scare Tactics and there was the one that Ashton Kutcher did where he pranked celebrities, I still have fond memories of Justin Timberlake crying for his mother because of the prank.

I question how real they are though, we know reality TV shows are directed and scripted in some ways, people shown out of context to build characters. The Japanese do some crazy stuff on shows like this which I tend to believe is real just because they are crazy. Except for porn, naughty bits must be pixalated!

I could see someone suing, "Your show made me look like a fool. I was teased at work, I missed out on my promotion because no one takes me seriously. I never consented to being filmed for your show!" Ok I think they still have to get consent to air it but you get my point. A lot of people who have appeared on Reality TV shows later go on to bitch that it ruined their lives.