Believe it or not, some of the most fascinating data on the odious underbelly of human behavior can be found on late night television--wedged between sleazy infomercials hosted by long-forgotten celebrities and sitcom reruns featuring celebrities we'd like to forget.
I'm talking in particular about the television show "Cheaters," which has a rather engaging hook, especially if you're titillated by illicit human behavior--the kind that sells tabloids to the tune of billions of dollars a year. On each episode of this "reality" show, someone suspects his or her wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend of infidelity, and the aggrieved party wants the show's private investigators to get the dirt.
Eager to accommodate, the "Cheaters" crew surreptitiously follows the suspected cheater and records their illicit activities. Then the complainant gets to view the video evidence before the show's finale--an on-camera confrontation with the cheater (often with the "other" man or woman present to absorb the shame, embarrassment, or blows of the offended party).
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