# Which TV Format, Highest Profit To Cost Ratio?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 27, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608 "2022-11-27T00:26:50Z")
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### Author: ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608/21 "2022-11-30T17:42:01Z")

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The beauty of something like AFV is that the audience supplies the content, and the prize is only something like $10,000.

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### Author: ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608/22 "2022-11-30T22:15:03Z")

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> [@Asuka](#):
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> Tosh.0 was at one point MTVs highest rated show which has to stand for something.

Tosh.0 was never on MTV. Comedy Network.

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### Author: ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608/23 "2022-11-30T23:03:56Z")

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But MTV does have some pretty strong opinions on what the most profitable show format is for their network:

> <https://twitter.com/mtvschedule/status/1336142782688350208>

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