Radio host’s Judge Judy rip-off is proving a bridge too far for some. Plus: the SMH in Tele clothing
It’s been 10 years since Kyle Sandilands lost his last Channel Ten gig as a judge. He was sacked by Australian Idol after a stunt on the Kyle and Jackie O show which involved strapping a 14-year-old girl to a lie detector test and asking her about her sex life.
A decade on and King Kyle, as he calls himself, has been welcomed back by the new owners at Ten for the reality TV show Trial by Kyle, now in production. Trial by Kyle is a Judge Judy rip-off, with Sandilands ruling on highbrow issues such as a botched boob job and a stripper who got ripped off. But the pitch – “Witness the justice Kyle-style” – is not working with all potential plaintiffs and the show appears to be struggling with its casting.
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