Jesus wept. I've heard some bad ideas for a show in my time (Keith Chegwin being naked in a pretend studio springs to mind) and MTV have seemingly got a prize error-gramme. Frighteningly, people seem to like it.
The show in question is Meet or Delete, the "multi-platform reality show which links young people together through what they share on their computer." Yes. Really. Meet or Delete has been commissioned for a second series starting this September airing on mobile, Internet and TV platforms on MTV channels in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific.
The show will run to preposterous 36-episodes in the second series, with mobile TV and websites in Europe airing four short-form shows filmed in Sweden, Spain, Germany and the UK.
Gideon Bierer, senior vice president of digital media, MTV Networks International, said: "Meet or Delete delivers on our digital promise to reach audiences wherever they are. It’s a great example of a creative idea which has been developed across platforms - mobile and online as well as on-air – and customized for MTV audiences in Europe, Asia and the US."
Those taking part in the show decide to 'meet or delete' based on the contents of the other person's hard drive. As part of the new series, the Meet or Delete website, www.MeetorDelete.com, has been expanded and now enables users to build profiles, upload videos and photos. What would they think of my extensive notes on the siege at Waco and MP3s called 'Stoat' and 'Kill Jamie Oliver'? I'd probably get 'deleted' and/or arrested.
Sadly for us sensible folk who don't fall for cheap ass gimmicks like this, we can't delete programmes from the listings... thankfully, that's what the 'off' button is for. [Mof Gimmers]
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From: TV Review: Too Poor for Posh School, Channel 4, Thursday, 11 March, 9pm