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New reality shows stretch formats limits.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

| October 29, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Philippine Daily Inquirer Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Nestor U. Torre

AS THE REALITY TV TREND PEAKS and threatens to run out of viewer appeal, producers have been stretching the popular program formats limits in search of edgier material to exploreand exploit.

The latest shockeroo is a new show that nobly and charitably seeks to grant the last wishes of some terminally-ill patients!

The people behind the show swear that they simply want to make the patients final days happybut how come even some members of the US TV industry are crying foul?

The naysayers fear that the terminally-ill wishers will lose their privacy and that their painand yes, even their joy at finally getting to …

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