Most secret plan shows extend flashy booty — a trip to Maui , a million dollars , or a stigma new auto — but TruTV ’s latest speculation is giving away something much more virtual : the opportunity to get out ofstudent loanword debt . Set to premiere July 10 on TruTV , Paid Offis design to avail contestants with college degrees win hard cash to put towards their loan payments , MarketWatchreports .
The show gives college alumnus with scholarly person loanword debt " the prospect to test the depth of their degrees in a fun , fast - pace trivia secret plan show , ” according to TruTV ’s description . In each episode , three protester compete in rounds of triviality , with one contestant eliminated each round .
OneFamily Feud - vogue section asks contestants to guess the most popular resolution to college - related poll question like “ What ’s the best caper you may have while in college ? ” ( Answer : Server . ) Other section test contestants ' oecumenical trivia knowledge . In one , for lesson , a dissenter is given 20 secondsto guesswhether sure characters are fromGoodfellasor the tiddler ’s showThomas & Friends . Some segment also give them the chance to answer questions related to their college John Roy Major .
found on the number of doubt they reply correctly , the last contestant standing can win enough money to compensate off the entirety of their student debt . ( However , like most biz shows , all prizes are taxable , so they wo n’t take home the full amount they win . )
Paid Offwas created by actor Michael Torpey , who is well known for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections military officer Thomas Humphrey in the Netflix seriesOrange is the New Black . Torpey , who also hosts the show , says the suit is personal to him .
“ My wife and I struggled with educatee debt and could only pay it off because — true tale — I booked anunderpants commercial , ” Torpey says in the show ’s pilot episode . “ But what about the other 45 million Americans with student loans ? Sadly , there just are n’t that many underpants commercials . That is why I made this game show . ”
The show is likely to line some literary criticism for its apparently flippant treatment of a serious issue that affects roughlyone in fourAmericans . But according to Torpey , that ’s all part of the plan . The host told MarketWatch that the show is designed “ to be so stupid that the citizenry in power look at it and say , ‘ That guy is making us appear like a bunch of dum dums , we ’ve got to do something about this . ’ ”
Paid Offwill premiere on Tuesday , July 10 at 10 p.m. Eastern time ( 9 p.m. key time ) .
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