Michaela Dowd
Director
Primetime: What Would You Do? (2009)
Season 5
An American television news magazine and hidden camera show. Actors act out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras videotape the scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how. Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react differently. Quiñones appears at the end to interview the bystanders about their reactions. As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making inferences on the bystanders' reactions.
Released Feb. 26, 2008
Episode 59 min
10+
Genres: News, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.bullying, tmdb.hidden-camera, tmdb.bigotry, imdb.social-experiment, tmdb.illegal-activity, imdb.reenactment, imdb.ethics + 5 more, imdb.hidden-camera, imdb.docusoap-reality-tv, imdb.question-in-title, imdb.question-mark-in-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title
Watch Providers: Hulu, fuboTV, Disney Plus
Production Companies: ABC News, Lincoln Square Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - September 14, 2012
A manager tells an interviewee she won't be hired because of her gender; a waiter refuses to serve a homeless man; a child at a lemonade stand overcharges customers; a teen throws a fit in a dress shop; a kid wears a sandwich board as punishment.
Sept. 14, 2012, midnight
S5E2 - September 21, 2012
None
Sept. 21, 2012, midnight
S5E3 - October 5, 2012
None
Oct. 5, 2012, midnight
S5E4 - October 12, 2012
A comic insults audience members; underage service members try to buy drinks; a customer accidentally breaks a bottle of wine, then tries to pin the blame on others; a woman tries to force her daughter to tan; a woman abuses the nanny.
Oct. 12, 2012, midnight
S5E5 - October 19, 2012
A hopeful "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" contestant cheats; a child wants a Halloween costume meant for the opposite gender; a cashier questions a man buying two diamond bracelets; a diner forces a restrictive diet on her daughter.
Oct. 19, 2012, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 5959 min.
Released: Feb. 26, 2008
Last Air Date: Oct. 7, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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