Excerpt via The Future
More and more reality TV competition shows are rejecting the idea of a traditional host in favor of digital prompts to guide contestants. Because these shows are among the cheapest TV to produce, executives may be cutting corners in the face of a possible recession — or smaller paychecks may be driving away the cultural icons the format once attracted.
Ugh, not again
AI is now stealing hosting gigs from humans, too, reports Vice.
- On Netflix’s The Circle, contestants receive prompts and challenges from a big-screen TV in their living quarters.
- On Pressure Cooker (also Netflix), contestants receive challenge instructions and game results from a kitchen ticket printer.
- On YouTube’s dating show The Button, a large talking button cracks jokes and prompts contestants to ask each other questions until one of them presses it — ending the date and sending in another option.
Are you cringing yet? We are.
