NBC Show 2

TV Nation: Season 1: Episode 2

USER SCORE
No score yet
tbd
VOTE NOW
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 
NBC Show 2

Episode Details & Credits

NBC | FOX | Air Date: July 26, 1994
Starring: Jane Morris, Janeane Garofalo, Merrill Markoe, Jonathan Katz, Rusty Cundieff, Louis Theroux, Michael Moore, Ben Hamper, Karen Duffy, Roy Sekoff, Jon Derevlany
Summary: This Episode's Segments:CEO Challenge:
TV Nation challenges the CEO's of major corporations to perform some simple tasks using their company's products in order to justify their huge salaries. We ask the chairman of IBM to format a disk, the chairman of Palmolive to wash dishes, and the CEO of Phillip Morris to roll a cigarette. AIDSThis Episode's Segments:CEO Challenge:
TV Nation challenges the CEO's of major corporations to perform some simple tasks using their company's products in order to justify their huge salaries. We ask the chairman of IBM to format a disk, the chairman of Palmolive to wash dishes, and the CEO of Phillip Morris to roll a cigarette. AIDS Insurance Brokers: If you could make a lot of money through the death of another individual, would you do it? TV Nation visits some people who would-brokers who make available to investors the life insurance policies of AIDS patients at discount prices. When the patient dies, investors can claim the entire value of the policy, and make a huge profit. Klan PR Makeover: Most people realize that politicians uses media experts to coach them on how to use the media to their advantage. Few people realize that hate groups do the same. TV Nation meets the "National Director" of the new, media-savvy Ku Klux Klan to see how the Klan's rhetoric has changed. Kuwait: Remember the Gulf War, when Allied troops went to Kuwait to defeat the Iraqis and restore democracy? TV Nation travels to liberated, democratic Kuwait to find out if the Gulf War really did bring democracy to a country where, for example, women cannot vote. Pets on Prozac: Psychiatrists have been prescribing Prozac to people with mental problems for many years now. But what about pets with mental problems, such as a dog that is obsessed with a log? TV Nation checks up on a number of pets that have been prescribed Prozac by their veterinarians and see what the drug has done.… Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, News/Documentary, News, Documentary

Season 1 Episodes

More From Metacritic
What to Watch Right Now on Paramount+
Find a list of the best recent and upcoming film and TV titles added to...
What to Watch Right Now on Amazon's Prime Video
Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...
What to Watch Right Now on Netflix
Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...
What to Watch Right Now on Hulu
Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...
Current TV Shows
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 92 The Pitt: Season 2
2 87 Hacks: Season 5
3 87 Industry: Season 4
4 87 Rivals
5 87 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal:...
6 85 The Beatles Anthology
7 85 The Traitors [UK]: Season 4
8 85 Bait: Season 1
9 84 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
10 83 Lord of the Flies
11 83 Riot Women: Season 1
12 83 For All Mankind: Season 5
13 81 The Muppet Show (2026)
14 80 Outlander (2014): Season 8
15 80 The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1
16 80 The Comeback: Season 3
17 80 One Piece (2023): Season 2
18 80 Dark Winds: Season 4
19 79 How to Get to Heaven From...
20 79 Gary
SEE ALL

Seasons & Episodes