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Someone’s Gotta Go- We think its the execs over at FOX, but that’s actually the title of a new Fox network reality tv show currently in production. Each episode of Someone’s Gotta Go will feature a small business faced with lay-offs. But instead of the boss deciding who’ll be let go, the company opens the books on everyone’s salaries and employees decide which one of their colleagues will get the boot.
I don’t even know where to begin with what’s wrong with this scenario. First of all, the world needs another reality TV show like Donald Trump needs more hair spray. At this rate, we won’t be done with everyone’s 15 minutes of fame until around the year 2040. Is America that celebrity obsessed that everyone has to become one? Even worse than our celebrity obsession is the idea that network execs want to make money so badly that they are willing, even in this economy, to turn lay-offs into entertainment for mass consumption. Over the past several months, I’ve watched heart wrenching news programs that follow families as they spiral into bankruptcy and foreclosure after a layoff. Marriages end, children are displaced and people lose the sense of stability they’ve often worked their entire lives to achieve. This is entertainment? With unemployment levels poised to hit double digits – is this something we want to make sport of?
No word on whether or not the businesses that participate receive any sort of payment, but even if they do, for the bosses that own the companies involved, we think it’s a bad idea to sell your employees out for a little reality show fame and some cash. And for the geniuses who came up with this really bad idea, poorly played indeed. I hope this show gets laid off, and fast.
Learn more about the gem of a show here.
