Latest Reality TV Plan: Chubby Teens, Aborigines
Britain once shipped convicts to Australia. Now it will send 10 overweight teens. A new reality series called Fat Teens Can't Hunt aims to place pudgy adolescents in Australia's outback, where they would live with Aboriginal communities. But don't set your TIVOs yet. Producers are still searching for a suitable location, and a volunteer Aboriginal tribe.
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
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It used to be that the British shipped convicts to Australia. Now it will send 10 overweight adolescents. A new reality series called "Fat Teens Can't Hunt" will place the pudgy teens in Australia's outback. There they will have to live and eat with remote aboriginal communities. Okay, but don't set your TiVos just yet. Producers are still searching for a suitable location, and a volunteer aboriginal tribe.
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