Friction
TED Radio Hour
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Reality Dating: A Game Show to Win a Big Cash Prize
In the real world, somebody who wants to just hook up and then move on will ghost you. But on your show, there's no ghosting. Like there is only hashing it out,. which presumably is why it makes for good television. Oh, absolutely. I think that what we've tried to do are take these tropes that exist in the real dating world and play a game. It's really a game show to try to win a big cash prize, which disincentivizes the ghosting. We get to watch people have an emotional reaction to wanting something and either getting it or not getting it.
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