After embracing the dark side of reality television with its marriage-busting hit "The Moment of Truth," Fox is taping the power of its unscripted division for the forces of good.
The network has ordered a pilot in which an avenger of penniless single mothers hunts down deadbeat dads and forces them to pay child support.
Jim Durham, director of the National Child Support Center, functions as a sort of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" for tracking deadbeats. In the pilot, a financially destitute mom is contrasted with her wealthy ex-husband, who is living the high life. Durham confronts the man at his country club to shake him down in front his friends. It's ambush reality TV -- but for a noble cause.
"(Durham) calls them on the phone and gives them the chance to do the right thing," said executive producer JD Roth ("The Biggest Loser," "Beauty and the Geek"). "Of course, those calls are never met with anything but yelling. Then he goes into their life, finds out what kind of assets they have and makes their lives miserable -- foreclose on their house, repossess their car. He will squeeze them until the women get paid."
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It's not enough that the "d... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mike Smith | April 29, 2008 9:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's not enough that the "deadbeat dad" is a myth and countless publications have debunked it, but idiots at fox will actually spend money to keep the lie going.
Don't we have a war in Iraq going on? Yeah....but that's old new's....LETS VILIFY DAD's!!!
1. Posted by Mike Smith | April 29, 2008 9:55 AM |
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Posted on April 29, 2008 09:55