Jeff Probst to Host Live Like You're Dying
Jeff Probst is expanding his resume beyond Survivor.
The fantastic reality TV hot has created — and will host — a new reality program for CBS. The series, Live Like You’re Dying, will feature an individual who has been given a terminal diagnosis with a finite amount of time to live and “take them on the last adventure of their life,” according to Probst.
He talked to Entertainment Weekly about the show, which will include reunions with lost friends or formerly feuding family members, a “legacy moment” that will ensure their name carries on forever, and living out a personal dream.
“It could be playing guitar with Eric Clapton or jumping out of a plane into a volcano,” Probst said. “Whatever it is that you’re still desiring to do in your life — we want to make it happen.”
October 20th, 2008 7:22 PM
I think this is a terrible idea for a show. No matter how you slice it, you're exploiting these people and feeding off their sad situations. I'm sure it will be sad and touching and make everyone who watches it cry, but it still makes me uncomfortable. It's like a joke you'd see in a movie.
I don't know where network executives get their ideas. I saw this video recently where people on the street give reality show pitches and I think some of these shows are actually being made.
This is what TV in America has come to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pryx5fSCEP4