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Country of origin | United States |
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Producer | Bryan Ferre |
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Release | Unaired |
The Prodigy was an alleged proposed American reality TV show in 2007 that promised $1 million in cash and prizes to the ultimate winner, but was actually a recruiting scheme for an alarm sales company. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The show staged casting events at college campuses throughout the country in 2007. [5] [6] [7] [8] The show's creative director and producer Bryan Ferre announced that they were recruiting field camera crew from Collins College (Arizona). [9]
Students were reportedly selected from around the country, perhaps as many as 2000. Many of the students cast in the show later claimed it was an elaborate scam by Utah-based security alarm company Firstline Security. The "show" was produced by "Actuality Entertainment", [7] and producers promised the students it would air on a major network. Many students never saw any cameras, however. No show ever aired. [10] [11] [2] [12] Firstline subsequently went into bankruptcy, [4] [13] [14] and the state of California launched an investigation of the company's practices which led to its license being revoked. [15] [16]
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