Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:09 AM

Coming soon to your TV: Celebrity War Games

LOS ANGELES (AP) ' A new TV competition series that tests celebrities against the demands of military exercises will be produced for NBC.

"Stars Earn Stripes" is the working title of the show from veteran producers Dick Wolf ("Law & Order") and Mark Burnett ("Survivor," ''The Voice"). Nine celebrities from music, sports and Hollywood will be paired with trainers at a "top-notch, secret training facility," the producers said in a statement Thursday.

The contestants will face weekly challenges such as hostage-rescue exercises or placing a laser target atop a mountain.

And presumably, at the end of each week the worst-performaning celebrity gets shot...

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Coming soon to your TV: Celebrity War Games (Original post)	brooklynite	Apr 2012	OP
"You're on in 5, Mr. Busey."	pepperbear	Apr 2012	#1
I might actually watch this	Drale	Apr 2012	#2
Isn't there a new show called "The Hunter" or "The Hunted" or some such?	RC	Apr 2012	#3
or, just good old Bead & Circuses...	brooklynite	Apr 2012	#4
Is this from the Onion?	TBF	Apr 2012	#5
I'm holding out for Celebrities vs Lions: Roman Redux	NightWatcher	Apr 2012	#6
Oh my Gawd	longship	Apr 2012	#7
Not to my tv they're not.	marybourg	Apr 2012	#8

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:16 AM

pepperbear (4,762 posts)

1. "You're on in 5, Mr. Busey."

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Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:22 AM

Drale (7,487 posts)

2. I might actually watch this

it might be really funny.

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Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:33 AM

RC (21,873 posts)

3. Isn't there a new show called "The Hunter" or "The Hunted" or some such?

Built around a not too distant future where there is a contest where people hunt people with real weapons. A Survivor type show with real human killing in it.

Our overlords are numbing us for the fate they have in store for us.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 11:48 AM

brooklynite (13,081 posts)