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July 26, 2004
Sperm to star in Reality TV Show
As reported here on the Gene Expression blog, the TV execs who brought us some quality TV reality shows like "Big Brother" are bravely venturing where no reality TV show has gone before: into a living body.
The premise of Make Me a Mum is this: 1,000 men, or if you prefer, the sperm of 1,000 men, will be competing with one another for the opportunity to fertilize a single lucky woman's egg. Were the fertilization to happen the old fashioned way, I think Brighter Pictures (UK) could anticipate great ratings during the climax of the series, at least. But the way this show is being pitched, fertilization will be taking place in vitro, so that the two finalist teaspoons of sperm, tailed by fiberoptic cameras, can battle each other on TV as they try to reach the egg.
Don't got out and arrange to get a UK TV feed just yet though. Make Me a Mum isn't likely to get out of concept stage, based on public outrage and broadcaster indifference.
-----Source: Gene Expression, reporting on this Daily Mail UK article.
Posted by canton at July 26, 2004 06:11 PM