TBS’ new game show The Misery Index, inspired by the card game Sh*t Happens, is predicated on the idea that everyone is messed up and life is horrible but it could be worse, participants told TV critics at TCA.
The show features The Tenderloins comedy troupe, stars of TBS sibling truTV’s Impractical Jokers: Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano, who will be featured as recurring panelists.
The game show features two teams, each of which includes one contestant and two Tenderloins. Teams will compete against each other by attempting to rate real-life misery situations on a scale of 1-100, based on the “Misery Index” ranking system created by a team of therapists.
Jameela Jamil, who is hosting, said it’s a good way to learn “who’s a sociopath.” Sounding dangerously just-a-paycheck-y, she said she had not met any of The Tenderloins...
The show features The Tenderloins comedy troupe, stars of TBS sibling truTV’s Impractical Jokers: Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano, who will be featured as recurring panelists.
The game show features two teams, each of which includes one contestant and two Tenderloins. Teams will compete against each other by attempting to rate real-life misery situations on a scale of 1-100, based on the “Misery Index” ranking system created by a team of therapists.
Jameela Jamil, who is hosting, said it’s a good way to learn “who’s a sociopath.” Sounding dangerously just-a-paycheck-y, she said she had not met any of The Tenderloins...
- 2/12/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
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