Tough Times Bring Meaner Game Shows

Source: The Chicago Tribune
Author: David Zurawik
Publication Date: July 28, 2008

Article Abstract:

Shirely Peroutka, a professor of popular culture at Goucher College, discusses how the humiliation and abuse that are featured in video games have carried over to become a common element in TV game shows.

Lead:  Summertime TV has been dabbling in game shows and contestant humiliation since 2001, when NBC debuted "Fear Factor" with an episode featuring players lowered into a pit filled with rats.

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