Truth… if You Dare

August 13, 2007

The reality television boom has spread all over the world, and now American audiences have the chance to see that what goes around, comes back around in the form of depraved, life-ruining game shows.

“Nothing but the Truth”, a runaway hit in Colombia, hooks contestants to a lie-detector test backstage, and grills them with twenty-one questions about their life, work, family, and general moral fiber. Then, in front of an audience of friends, family, employers, and loved ones, must answer the same questions, and have the results read aloud to the audience. Tragedy and hilarity ensues.

And, of course, it’s coming to American television soon.

FOX has put the show on the fast track, and is expected to start airing the television equivalent of rubbernecking in a few months. As for the prospective contestants: they should hope their closets are very, very clean. Or else.