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  1. Dave M7TLB πŸžπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸŒ» (thelovebug@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2024 11:12:50 UTC Dave M7TLB 🐞🇺🇦🌻 Dave M7TLB πŸžπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸŒ»
    • Moosical

    After making breakfast earlier I saw @Moosical watching Married At First Sight UK, on colleague recommendation.

    I've always felt that these forced-reality shows are vapid, shallow, and dangerous. Any event, televisual or otherwise, that requires a psychologist on standby is a huge red flag. Case in point is The Jeremy Kyle Show - no fault was found with the show, but it highlighted so much toxicity within the format.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jeremy_Kyle_Show#Cancellation

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.me.uk permalink

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    1. The Jeremy Kyle Show
      The Jeremy Kyle Show is a British tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle and produced by ITV Studios. It premiered on the ITV network on 4 July 2005 and ran for seventeen series until its cancellation on 10 May 2019. It was the most popular programme in ITV's daytime schedule, broadcast on weekday mornings and reaching an audience of one million. It replaced the chat show Trisha following its move to Channel 5 in 2004. The show was based on confrontations in which guests attempt to resolve personal problems, often related to family and romantic relationships, sex and addiction. It featured psychotherapist Graham Stanier, who assisted the guests during and after the show's broadcast, along with the use of lie detectors, despite lack of scientific evidence supporting the use of the equipment. The Jeremy Kyle Show became controversial for placing guests in confrontational situations, with Kyle often chastising guests whom he felt had acted in morally dubious or irresponsible ways and stressing the importance of traditional family values, while guests frequently displayed strong emotions such as anger and distress...

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