“The Moment of Truth” Returns to Television
Another former primetime game show will be coming back to television soon. The love-to-hate former Fox game show The Moment of Truth will be returning to television at an undisclosed time for an undisclosed network. The show is currently casting with notices appearing from Pitman Casting. The game show, originally airing on Fox in 2008 and hosted by Mark Walberg., asked contestants a series of very personal, potentially embarrassing, and potentially devastating questions to win up to $500,000. The show reached some level of television infamy when a contestant, Laura Cleri, admitted an affair on national television and proceeded to win nothing.
Our sources are telling us that The Moment of Truth will be entering syndication from CBS Television Distribution. We’ll be trying to confirm this this afternoon.
Source : The Moment of Truth Casting
Oh god.
Actually, if Mark is approached to host, I hope he runs away from it. He can do better than this (IMNSHO) tripe.
He can?
You mean like “Temptation Island”?
Or “50 Most Outrageous TV Moments”?
Or “Joe Millionaire: The Aftermath”?
There will be haters of this show and FOX knew it when they made it. For this to survive, a network has to make SURE the people who want to tune in aren’t going to leave because of recycled sex-related questions (general sexual sins are only the second circle in Dante’s Hell, there’s worse gossip fodder out there!), redundant recaps after commercials (devoted fans will watch every minute of it and devoted haters won’t touch it) and a money ladder fundamentally stacked against contestants (just the content of question 21 is sufficient deterrence, we shouldn’t also have to risk $350,000 all or nothing on 7:3 money odds).
I hope he doesn’t host this. He can definitely do better. Hopefully Antiques Roadshow is paying him enough.
I, for one, am happy to hear about its possible return. I can’t even call it a guilty pleasure because I don’t feel bad about liking the show, and why should I? If people are that desperate for TV time/money that they are willing to go as far as airing out their dirty laundry and potentially ruin every meaningful relationship they have, why should I feel bad? It’s their stupidity.
Best. Show. Ever.
Anyway, I remember that Jerry Springer hosted the British version of this. I happily enjoyed watching every second of the first edition of this with Mark. Though, he could do better than this.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
My God this screams Chris Harrison for host.
…and my God calls this show a sin.
Christian Finnegan should tryout for host.
Meh, with the dreck already in syndication, how could this bottom-feeding pile of steaming…waste….be much worse?
I’m rereading the interview I had with Mr. Walberg. I think you might want to read this…..
GP: If offered the chance to host a revival, would you take it?
MW: If offered, I’d consider.
So, I think whoever is producing this is going to work awfully hard to get Mark, and I hope they get him.
This show is the biggest piece of trash on TV. I’d rather watch hours of Fox News than this disgusting show.
What’s so objectionable about the truth?
What’s so objectionable you ask? We don’t need to here about the dirty laundry reguarding a person who is obviously in need of help or self gradification. But of course there are those viewers who cant get enough of watching people who expose them selves for their own personal amusement.
PLEASE, let’s keep politics out of this!
Sean, what correctional facility are you in where they force you to watch certain TV shows? Are you up for parole soon? I hope so. Then you will be able to watch only the TV shows that you like.
The mods may remove this if they don’t want the other article revealed.
Do you believe, diablo, that it is, IN ANY WAY, appropriate for a non-Springeresque show (which takes out the possibility of actors and the like) to compel a “contestant” to out her father as a pedophile, presumably on national television?
As long as it comes back on broadcast TV I will be happy!
Nope, it’s entering syndication!!!!
And where do they air syndication??? Broadcast television, not an IPTV or Internet only channel :)
Considering the attention span and intelligence of the “average” TV viewer nowadays, reviving this isn’t a surprise. It just makes me angry because this mindless drivel is pretty much all the syndicators and networks consider. Oh well; I didn’t watch it on Fox, and I won’t watch it on wherever it ends up.
When was the intelligence of the average TV viewer higher?
In the 2000s with Paradise Hotel?
In the 1990s with The Ricki Lake Show?
In the 1980s with Too Close For Comfort?
In the 1970s with Three’s Company?
In the 1960s with Mister Ed?
The average TV viewer didn’t used to be any smarter. We’ve always been dummies and our shows have always reflected that.
I doubt they will find anybody to do this show since the ‘controversy’ of the last incarnation of it. BUT you know there might actually be somebody desperate for the cash although I dont think anyone actually walked away from the show with any money, at least its a cheap show to produce.
OK, here’s how I’d do it.
- 10 questions
First 4: pretty light stuff, $5,000
2nd 3: heavier, last question might destroy someone’s trust, $10,000
3rd 2: much heavier, guaranteed to get a few gasps from the audience, $25,000
Last 1: is this really worth the money?, $50,000
The family can hit the gong for 1 question, and the contestant can hit a gong for one question; however there will be replacement questions.
So, I wonder if they bring this back to beat Oprah to the punch with O.J. ;)
As much as I like to see additional shows in syndication, there’s so many other shows I’d rather see. Then again, it would be interesting to see them market this in a late-night slot, say after 10 pm or even midnight.
This is why we need a freaking FCC that’s not going to serve the corporations.
You gave us the article with the one jackpot winner from the FOX run. If anyone honestly believes that this garbage has a place on television, go to the article about this win (it should be on this blog, a couple days below) and see the kind of question one has to answer to win a half a million dollars on that piece of garbage.
As somebody who works in broadcast TV, you’re totally full of dangerous crap with that line of thinking.
The FCC (or any governmental body) should have absolutely no say-so in the “quality” of programming. I think “The Moment Of Truth” is horrible, exploitative and disgusting… but I will strongly defend their 1st Amendment right to spend money and produce that show. I will not watch it and I will encourage others to not watch it, but the government should have absolutely no role in determining what goes on television*.
* = Exceptions made for common-sense guidelines, of course.