VH1 News Presents

Episode 6

Reality TV Secrets Revealed

Mon, Jun 7, 2004

Episode 8

Extreme Reality Exposed

Tue, Jun 8, 2004 30 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

Reality TV Secrets Revealed 2

Wed, Oct 27, 2004 60 mins

Episode 14

Plastic Surgery Obsession

Mon, Jan 3, 2005 43 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

Michael Jackson's Secret Childhood

Sat, Jan 29, 2005 90 mins

Episode 17

VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed - Scenes They Don't Want You to See

Fri, Jan 27, 2006

Episode 19

Tracking the Monster: Ashley Judd and India.Arie Confront AIDS in Africa

Tue, Aug 23, 2005

Episode 20

Hip Hop Videos: Sexploitation on the Set

Thu, Sep 1, 2005

Episode 21

Little Beauties: Ultimate Kiddie Queen Showdown

Fri, Jan 26, 2007 60 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

Celebrity Pre-nups

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

Britney's Secret Childhood

Tue, Apr 4, 2006 60 mins

Episode 30

Girls Gone Wild: Joe Francis on Trial

Fri, Oct 19, 2007

Episode 31

Dr. Drew's Celebrity Addiction Special

Tue, Jul 1, 2008