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13 Episodes 2004 - 2008
Episode 6
Mon, Jun 7, 2004
Episode 8
Tue, Jun 8, 200430 mins
Part 1: Games People Play James Ronald Whitney is a self-confessed "reality whore". From The Bachelor to Punk'd to Elimidate and American Idol he tunes in regularly for the raw drama and train wrecks. But too often, he complains, he is left feeling unsatisfied- there's a flatness he can't quite define. "It's all so one-dimensional," Whitney says. "I just knew there was a way to add something to the salad." So Whitney, a successful documentary filmmaker, invented Games People Play, an extreme reality game show taped over a 72-hour period and edited as a film series. Games tests how far 'actors' will go for fortune and fame (or $10,000 and a starring credit in his film series). In Las Vegas we watch Whitney cast his six contestants, individuals who prove to be the most physically and emotionally uninhibited; in other words those totally willing to bare their body and soul. The games include outrageous hidden camera-style challenges: a female player must get an unwitting pizza delivery man naked and on the couch and give him a massage; a team of male and female contestants must solicit a stranger to join them in a hotel room for a 'naked trio,' which turns out to be a nude dance routine. There are also mind games - players must tell a close member of their family they are participating in a pornographic video; contestants are grilled by a resident psychiatrist about extremely personal issues. The games become increasingly extreme: contestants must convince a bystander she is witnessing an attack in progress; Is Whitney going too far in the name of satire?
Episode 13
Wed, Oct 27, 200460 mins
Episode 14
Mon, Jan 3, 200543 mins
Nipping and tucking used to be something that only movie stars and the wealthy did. Today, people all over the country, both rich and poor, are going under the knife. This hour-long documentary looks at how "America the Beautiful" has become more than a national anthem -- it's a national obsession. The United States will never look the same again.
Episode 15
Sat, Jan 29, 200590 mins
Episode 17
Fri, Jan 27, 2006
Episode 19
Tue, Aug 23, 2005
Episode 20
Thu, Sep 1, 2005
Episode 21
Fri, Jan 26, 200760 mins
An one-hour documentary special that takes a look into the wonderful world of children's beauty pageants, as seen through the eyes of four, six-year old girls.
Episode 22
Thu, Mar 30, 2006
Looks at celebrity pre-nups or the lack of them, as they reveal who had to fork out the cash and who made sure their ex-partners didn't touch it.
Episode 27
Tue, Apr 4, 200660 mins
Episode 30
Fri, Oct 19, 2007
Episode 31
Tue, Jul 1, 2008