"This is the craziest s--t I EVER watched on tv"

[Bob Jersey]

So said Grenadian X poster Mougabé (link) yesterday after seeing "Naked Attraction," the 10-season veteran of UK Channel Four's late-night lineup once referenced by our own Adam Bowie (link) inside a thread about the "Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show" moving to Four back in 2016, which is now being rolled out elsewhere... including to Max, who's sprung for six seasons (didn't say which ones) of the show Ofcom amazingly cleared because, in the end, there's no onscreen, ahem, activity...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/naked-attraction-nude-dating-show-max-1235597729/ (link)

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[Adam Bowie]

Yup - Naked Attraction is still going strong. I don't think there's much pretence that it exists for any reason apart from to gawp at naked people.  They might put a sheen of body-positivity or LGBTQ+ friendliness over the top, but that's spin.

My suspicion would be that it'll do incredibly well for Max to the point that in the not too distant future they'll commission a US version. It's an insanely cheap format:  a minimal set, and a filmed meal for the winners. The only real "cost" is finding people that are happy to have themselves filmed nude full in the knowledge that episodes will air forever more.

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[Adam Bowie]

I see that the first part of my prediction has already come true. THR notes that it's sitting atop Max's "Most Popular" list: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/naked-attraction-max-most-popular-1235602099/

[Doug Eastick]

never heard of it.... but I clicked the link, looked at the stage image of people blurred in glass boxes and all I could think was "The Box" hosted by Matt Leblanc in Episodes.

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[PGage]

I watched the first episode last night to see for myself. I am not offended by naked bodies, but I am offended by vapid inanity, and that is pretty much all I got from it. There are so many easier and less inane ways to look at naked people these days. I won’t be watching anymore.

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[Adam Bowie]

To be completely clear, *none* of this was a recommendation. 

As you say, if you want to stare at naked people and have the internet, it's not exactly difficult...

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[Kevin M.]

I am reminded on the late Bill Hicks who had a bit about advertising where he said, if they could, advertisers would have ads on TV featuring fully naked women on the screen along with the words “Drink Coca-Cola,” and we are not too far away from that being a reality. 

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[Mark Jeffries]

And in looking at the Top 10 series list, only one HBO series is on the list--"Winning Time." Almost half the list is Discovery programming, almost all of it spinoffs of "30 Day Fiancée." Before "Naked Attraction" was discovered, the number one most days was a spinoff of "Adventure Time" (and this is not an insult to that show's rabid fan base).

I realize that most people seem to be only able to watch one HBO series at a time, but still, Daddy Zaslav is the winner here.  I wonder if Maher will be at number one when he returns this weekend or if Oliver will be. 

[Adam Bowie]

But isn't that really a function of the different types of programming? 

Winning Time has two seasons with a total of 17 episodes - viewers ideally should be giving it some attention while they watch it

90 Day Fiancé has 9 seasons and a total of 115 episodes (to date) - viewers can easily be doom-scrolling, folding laundry or doing the dishes while it plays in the background

Given that a lot of these self-selected rankers are just based on hours consumed, then shows with vast numbers of easily digestible episodes that can act as a kind of audio-visual wallpaper are always going to do well.

And I wouldn't be surprised if some random episode of Gold Rush regularly gets more viewers in its first week than whatever prestige HBO Sunday night drama is on air (Game of Thrones and its spin-offs excluded).

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[Bob Jersey]

Y'know, ginger man, I actually believed that such could have been a reality back around the same time as "NYPD Blue."

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Kevin M, Sept 28th:

[Bob Jersey]

Q&A with showrunner Darrell Olsen... they asked *awl* the right questions...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/naked-attraction-boss-casting-controversy-interview-1235604435/ (link)

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Moi, to Kevin M, Sept 28th:

[Doug Eastick]

I laughed when I read the answer about the American contestant.

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