What are your greatest fears? Heights? Tight spaces? Snakes? Well, never ride in a glass elevator filled with snakes. But also, rejoice! The god of reality TV has sent us salvation from our phobias. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox has ordered a reality TV pilot called Panic Attack, in which contestants will face the things they fear the most with the help of a pair of married therapists. Fear Factor, you say? Sure, but whereas Fear Factor quickly devolved into a game of Who Likes Bull Testicles?, Panic Attack seems to have a triumph-of-the-human-spirit bent. Now, when you think "a pair of married therapists,...
- 4/27/2010
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Fox has ordered a reality pilot about conquering one's fears.
In "Panic Attack," contestants face their greatest fears -- heights, snakes, tight spaces -- with the help of a pair of therapists.
The project is from frequent Fox collaborator A. Smith & Co., which also produces "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares."
"Panic" will be hosted by Nik and Eva Speakman, married psychotherapists and motivational speakers who host the U.K. series "A Life Coach Less Ordinary." Each week, five people who suffer from the same phobia will be brought together to work through conquering their fears.
The series is produced by Arthur Smith and Kent Weed.
"Panic" is the latest in a series of reality projects in the works that mark a return to the intense, adrenalin-based ideas in vogue during the genre's formative years. Michael Bay is shopping an action-based series with Magical Elves, and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are crafting "The Great Escape,...
In "Panic Attack," contestants face their greatest fears -- heights, snakes, tight spaces -- with the help of a pair of therapists.
The project is from frequent Fox collaborator A. Smith & Co., which also produces "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares."
"Panic" will be hosted by Nik and Eva Speakman, married psychotherapists and motivational speakers who host the U.K. series "A Life Coach Less Ordinary." Each week, five people who suffer from the same phobia will be brought together to work through conquering their fears.
The series is produced by Arthur Smith and Kent Weed.
"Panic" is the latest in a series of reality projects in the works that mark a return to the intense, adrenalin-based ideas in vogue during the genre's formative years. Michael Bay is shopping an action-based series with Magical Elves, and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are crafting "The Great Escape,...
- 4/26/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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