Fox to Exploit Employee Layoffs for Fun & Profit!

[Danascot]

... with catchy name, "Someone's Gotta Go"!

Sacked Employees To Provide Fox with Ratings -- Everyone Wins!

Coming to Fox: a reality series in which actual companies that are struggling to stay afloat in this lousy economy agree -- presumably in exchange for money -- to let their staffs decide which among them is going to get pink-slipped to save money.

To populate its new "Lord of the Flies"-esque series, "Someone's Gotta Go," Fox has lined up actual companies -- smaller, Dunder Mifflin-esque-sized (15-20 employees) ones -- having financial difficulties.

In each case, the company's boss or owner will call all the employees together and tell them someone's going to get laid off. But rather than the boss/owner making the decision, he or she will instead give the employees all the available information about one another -- salaries, job evaluations, etc. -- and let the employees decide who will get pink-slipped.

Fox -- or at least its genius/madman head of reality-TV Mike Darnell, whom no one over there seems willing or able to reign in -- thinks people will flock to this show. Because it is about -- wait for it -- wish fulfillment. Because we've all been there when someone -- we'll call them Mister A -- once again cons their way out of getting shown the door at our place of employment, while poor old hard-working slob -- Mister B -- gets the old heave ho, and wished we were in charge so it hadn't played out that way.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2009/04/sacked_employees_to_provide_fo.html?hpid=topnews

[antigop]

1. That's disgusting. n/t

[county worker]

2. I think all reality shows suck.

My wife loves them, she even cries when someone has to go home. The weight loss one, the world race one, the greatest model one and some others are all the same in theme. People work their asses off, someone humiliates them and then sacks them. Great fun to watch!

[Skittles]

3. I agree, they are all disgusting

[Democracyinkind]

4. Bread and games, people, bread and games.

[Deja Q]

5. That's what people want. Let them have it.

When or if they decide they want more, they will inquire.

:shrug:

[Mnemosyne]

6. Just what TV needs - more mean shows. :( N/T

[ddeclue]

7. Umm this is a lawsuit/spree shooting waiting to happen..

Every time you think Fox has reached as low as they can go they find a new way to lower the bar.

:nuke:

[Deja Q]

8. I'll give them credit for their innovativeness.

[sufrommich]

9. Just when you think FOX has reached the depths of depravity. nt

[HughBeaumont]

10. Wow, can I invent a new word for this? Assbastardry.

It's the pinnacle of insensitivity. And it's on Faux.

Surprised?

Hells no.

Faux loves shitting on the little people . . . to the delight of their little people audience.

[Junkdrawer]

11. A new low. What's next? Beat the Reaper?

http://web.mac.com/bodhi188/iWeb/Miscellaneous%20Stuff/Firesign%20Theater.html

[Deja Q]

12. WHat, not "Beat Off the Reaper"?

I mean, this is FOX...

[muffin1]

13. Oh, dear god.

[Fire1]

14. The really sad part? People will actually flock to this

shit KNOWING they're being exploited.

[kimmylavin]

15. Can they vote their bosses out?

As payback for putting them through this humiliation?

[TahitiNut]

16. And when the humiliated laid-off worker comes back with a pump shotgun, will Fox cover that, too???

Oh, yeah. Ratings. :puke:

[hay rick]

17. Maybe Fox should start with their own staff.

Could be a really tough call... Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, Cavuto- and you can only sack one. Oh, the humanity!

[walldude]

18. Why don't they just skip the bullshit and get right to Death Race or The Running Man

Pussies....




This should go over about as well as that gold digger one they did.