Comment on The Joe Schmo Show, Jury Duty, and the Rise of ‘Regular Guy’ Propaganda

JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick are spending a little more time with Justin Timberlake. In fact, the trio recently caught the "SexyBack" singer's Forget Tomorrow World Tour stop at

Lauren "Lo" Bosworth is climbing a new hill in her relationship.  The Hills alum announced that she is officially engaged to Domenic "Dom" Natale.  "For you, my darling, it could only be a 'yes,'"

If you’re a Jedi, then Ryan Gosling is a Jedi… well, maybe. The Barbie star is reportedly in talks to star in a new Star Wars movie written and directed by Deadpool & Wolverine filmmaker Shawn

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are on the adventure of a lifetime. The Madame Web star stepped out with the Coldplay frontman for a tender stroll through Mumbai Jan. 20, displaying some

The Joe Schmo Show is nothing new. The version set to premiere Jan. 21 on TBS is, in fact, the second revival of a series that aired two seasons on Spike TV (now Paramount Network) beginning in 2003, before returning for a third in 2013. The apparently evergreen premise: In this fake reality competition, everyone is an actor and every outcome is preordained—with the exception of one poor civilian for whom the charade becomes his own personal Truman Show. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] To anyone unfamiliar with the original Joe Schmo, the TBS reboot might sound like a ripoff of Jury Duty, the reality comedy that became a surprise sensation on Amazon’s now-defunct FAST platform Freevee in 2023.

An average of 24.6 million viewers watched Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States on Monday per Nielsen. That’s a lower total than what was achieved by both of the two most recent inauguration broadcasts: 27% below the 33.8 million viewers who tuned into Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, and […]