Must Watch
by Liam Hogan
Topping TV viewing figures for the thirty-ninth straight week comes the juggernaut reality show Must Watch. The will-they-won’t-they relationship drama—with added guns, knives, and poisons—is engrossing enough, but the clincher is the army of roving researchers, heavily armed, who canvas pedestrians and knock on front doors. Anyone who can’t answer their multiple-choice questions to prove they are, indeed, avid watchers becomes part of that evening’s entertainment.
Some nervous industry experts have suggested killing off potential audience members isn’t a sound growth strategy, but with 97% audience capture rates, it’s a formula we don’t see changing any time soon.
Liam Hogan
Liam Hogan is an award-winning short story writer, who dabbles in drabbles.
