ABC offers some video of losing contestants getting forcibly ejected from 101 Ways To Leave A Game Show, set to debut June 21. There's lots of screaming.The show may actually be a shrewd move by ABC to pivot from its flagging Wipeout franchise. Let's face it, our sadistic selves like to see other people get tossed and thrown and tumbled about. But Wipeout has run through so many seasons and versions and episodes, that a new format for tossing and throwing and tumbling may be necessary.
I assume nobody's really been hurt on the show, or the lawsuits would have flown thick and fast. Host Jeff Suthpen comes on all smarmy and unendurable, which is what you want for a sadistic stunt show. The question-and-answer segments before the real entertainment focus on picayune pop culture, which again is just right for this brainless format.
The show could perform well. But if it bombs, will the producers get strapped into ejection seats and blasted into the upper atmosphere?
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