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Originally Posted by Ryan
I just want to watch some high-def footage of pretty fish and coral reefs, where does TLC even find all these morons?
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Different network, but yeah...and still part of your Discovery+ subscription. Enjoy!
'Adults Adopting Adults' is abruptly canceled after online backlash. A&E says decision was due to 'ratings performance'
I'm sure.
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After airing just three of an expected 10 episodes, the A&E reality show about adults adopting other adults just as they would children, has been removed from the network's schedule and online. Monday night's episode did not air.
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Uhh...
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However, The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that the show, which debuted Jan. 31, was taken off the air following fan reaction to the storyline that involves Danny Huff, a 59-year-old from Ohio, as he attempts to make 20-year-old expectant mom Ileana part of his family. Huff is married to a woman named Christy, who's openly much less enthusiastic about the adoption. He explained early on that a previous attempt to adopt an 18-year-old had not worked out, because he'd developed feelings for the young woman. (A press release for the show had described the situation as simply "an inappropriate relationship.")
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This is what passes for "entertainment" and programming in 2022. Lovely.
I realize 18 is "legal", but it's not one bit less creepy when a 59-year-old (married) guy is putting the mooch on said 18-year-old. Who in the hell at A&E thought this was something to base a TV show around?
These networks are all in a race to see which one can be the most unlike they were 20 years ago. I think A&E just pulled ahead a bit, but I know Discovery and TLC will pull out all the stops with season five of
NAMBLA Party Yacht: The Young Butt Chronicles and
Strap-On Midgets Looking for Parolee Love.