The uncomfortable premise of the new game show "The Moment of Truth" (Fox, 9 p.m.) is simple: Contestants stand to win $500,000 if they don't lie in their answers to 21 questions.
If they do, however, they are also likely to be exposed or deeply shamed along the way, with questions such as: "Have you lied to get a job?" "Would you say your mother is a great cook?" "Do you wish you were still single?" And, "Do you really like these terrible reality shows?"
No, wait, that last one isn't in there.
But with contestants wired up to lie detectors as if they were suspected criminals or contestants on "Meet the Folks" on another one of those high-tech sets that looks like a UFO landing site, , it ups the ante from the old "Newlywed Game" with all manner of fake drama, tears and overwrought music. With this lasting an hour, it's not going to stretch out tension — it's going to drag big time.
Mark L. Walberg hosts, and everybody leaves feeling bad, even if they get money.
Naturally, "The Moment of Truth" is not among the game shows studied in the final installment of "Pioneers of Television" (CPTV, 8 p.m.), a series that only became more inadequate and superficial as it went along.
MAY SEE SOME FIGHTS.........
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If they do, however, they are also likely to be exposed or deeply shamed along the way, with questions such as: "Have you lied to get a job?" "Would you say your mother is a great cook?" "Do you wish you were still single?" And, "Do you really like these terrible reality shows?"
No, wait, that last one isn't in there.
But with contestants wired up to lie detectors as if they were suspected criminals or contestants on "Meet the Folks" on another one of those high-tech sets that looks like a UFO landing site, , it ups the ante from the old "Newlywed Game" with all manner of fake drama, tears and overwrought music. With this lasting an hour, it's not going to stretch out tension — it's going to drag big time.
Mark L. Walberg hosts, and everybody leaves feeling bad, even if they get money.
Naturally, "The Moment of Truth" is not among the game shows studied in the final installment of "Pioneers of Television" (CPTV, 8 p.m.), a series that only became more inadequate and superficial as it went along.
MAY SEE SOME FIGHTS.........
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