The reality TV landscape is about to get a lot more real with the premiere of ‘Dirty Rotten Scandals’ on E!, a documentary series that uncovers the dark truths behind popular shows like ‘America’s Next Top Model’, ‘Dr. Phil’, and ‘The Price is Right’. With firsthand accounts from former employees and guests, this series promises to reveal the manipulative production tactics, workplace harassment, and personal hardships experienced during filming.
Two decades after its original run, America’s Next Top Model — the Tyra Banks-created reality show where aspiring fashion models compete to prove they can make it in the modeling industry — is back in the headlines as the subject of a buzzy new Netflix docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. Having dropped on the streamer on February 16, the three-part series explores the controversial legacy of ANTM, one riddled with exploitative challenges, racial insensitivity, body shaming, and more.
And it’s not the only new doc to put the modeling competition under the proverbial microscope: Next month, E! is coming out with its own docuseries Dirty Rotten Scandals, which will look at not only the contentious history of ANTM but also similarly beleaguered television programs including Dr. Phil, The Price is Right, and more.
What is Dirty Rotten Scandals about?
Dirty Rotten Scandals will dig into the behind-the-scenes conflicts and pop-culture footprint of television programs including the reality competition America’s Next Top Model, the game show The Price is Right, and the talk show Dr. Phil. “This groundbreaking documentary demonstrates how the promise of televised help may have become a platform for profit and exploitation, revealing the dark side of America’s self-help industry and the real human cost of entertainment masquerading as therapy,” reads E!’s official series synopsis.
Who is in Dirty Rotten Scandals?
The multi-part doc will feature firsthand accounts from former employees and guests of series including America’s Next Top Model, Dr. Phil, and The Price is Right, detailing the manipulative production tactics, workplace harassment, legal entanglements, and personal hardships experienced during filming.
Viewers can expect to hear from self-proclaimed “world’s first supermodel” and former ANTM judge Janice Dickinson, as well as that show’s season 17 winner Lisa D’Amato, the latter of whom has publicly compared the problematic series to the Stanford Prison Experiment.
When does Dirty Rotten Scandals premiere?
Dirty Rotten Scandals is set to premiere on Wednesday, March 4, at 9 p.m. ET on E!. The first episode will focus on Dr. Phil; after that, two back-to-back episodes centered on America’s Next Top Model will air on March 11 beginning at 9 p.m. ET, followed by an installment about The Price Is Right on March 18 at 9 p.m. ET.
Where can I watch Dirty Rotten Scandals?
Dirty Rotten Scandals will air on E!. If you don’t have a traditional cable plan, E! network content can be streamed through live TV streaming services including YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV Stream, FuboTV, and Sling Blue.
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