The Briefcase (2016)

Genre

reality television

Country

Australia

How it feels

Two financially struggling Australian families are each given $100,000 in cash. They must decide whether to keep the money or give some or all of it to the other family, unaware that the other family faces the same choice.

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What happens

The Briefcase is an Australian reality television program, based on the American program of the same name, which airs on the Nine Network. Each episode sees two Australian families, struggling financially, each given $100,000 in cash that they must decide either to keep for themselves or to give all or in part to help out the other family, unaware that their counterparts are also faced with the same dilemma. The six episode program debuted on 20 June 2016. It received a generally negative reception from audiences and critics both before and after its premiere broadcast, with one commentator calling it "exploitative poverty porn at its worst". After two episodes, the program was moved from its 7:30pm timeslot to after 9:30pm following low ratings which also resulted in a poor lead-in for Nine's marquee drama Love Child which followed immediately after. The last episode was burnt off as counter-programming against the 2016 Summer Olympics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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