# What show was this?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 29, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-was-this/366539 "2006-07-29T14:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-was-this/366539/1 "2006-07-29T14:45:54Z")

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I caught about half a sentence of a news ticker on E! the other day, and my curiosity has sent me all over the place trying to find what they’re talking about. So far, no luck.

What I saw was: “…was cancelled due to low ratings. Remaining contestants will share a cash award.”

So…what (I presume) reality show was it that got tanked before the game-thingy was over?

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-was-this/366539/2 "2006-07-29T14:57:19Z")

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It was a show on ABC called [_The One_](http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002914380) which was basically an _American Idol_ clone.