Thread: "Smile...you're under Arrest!" {Update}

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The Sting's the Thing on Fox Reality Channel's Original "Smile...you're under Arrest!"
Arresting new show captures criminals in a whole new way!

Last update: 3:34 p.m. EST Nov. 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Nov 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- How do you bring some of America's most elusive criminals to justice? Audiences will get hilarious answers to that question on the new Fox Reality Channel original series "Smile, You're Under Arrest!" premiering Saturday, December 27, at 7pET/4pPT. The only all-reality, all-the-time cable and satellite network brings a three-part series, featuring real-life sting operations that combine criminal justice with elaborate improvisational scenarios
In this innovative reality show, a talented team of comic actors set up elaborate scenarios to lure wanted felons -- with outstanding warrants ranging from DUI's to drug charges -- out of hiding. These sting operations include opportunities for felons to work as an extra on a movie set and as a model in a fashion shoot, among others. Once the trap is set and the actors have had their fun with the unsuspecting criminals, police officers arrest and haul them off to jail.
"Since the early days of television, shows like 'Candid Camera' and more recently 'Punk'd' have let America laugh at elaborately staged pranks and other 'gotcha' moments," said Bob Boden, SVP Production, Programming and Development, Fox Reality Channel. "'Smile...You're Under Arrest!' follows in the tradition of these popular shows. However, it is the first to present these never-before-seen tactics that have been used by law enforcement agencies for years to capture wanted criminals."
All of the cases featured in "Smile...You're Under Arrest!" involve the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department outside of Phoenix, AZ under the command of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is known as "The Toughest Sheriff in America." He has a reputation for unusual law enforcement tactics such as reinstituting chain gangs, housing prisoners in a desert "tent city" and forcing them to wear pink underwear. Arpaio believes that these stings provide a unique service to his community. "Because we give higher priority to capturing murderers, robbers and other violent offenders, we don't always have the resources to track down criminals with outstanding warrants for drug and alcohol-related cases," said Arpaio. "Employing the surprise sting operations featured in 'Smile...You're Under Arrest!' enabled us to capture multiple criminals all at once, with a lower cost to taxpayers. It also demonstrated that criminals are usually not the smartest people."
"Smile...You're Under Arrest!" is produced by Scott Satin, creator of such successful shows as "Most Outrageous Moments" for NBC and "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" for Sci-Fi Channel.
ABOUT SCOTT SATIN Scott Satin is a seasoned television writer, executive producer and director with major credits spanning over 20 years. He created the NBC franchise, "Most Outrageous Moments." Recently he also created with Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the Sci-Fi Channel hit "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" Satin has executive produced and written numerous reality, game and talk shows, including "Outback Jack" for TBS, and Meet My Folks and Who Wants to Marry My Dad for NBC. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Satin also wrote and produced over 150 live episodes of an updated version of the Gong Show titled "Extreme Gong" which aired on GSN.
ABOUT JOEL FRIEDMAN & JEFF FISHER
Joel Friedman and Jeff Fisher, known together professionally as FriedFish, have been working as a team for more than 20 years. Friends since their college days, the pair have jointly written, directed and produced numerous successful television projects for all the major networks covering a vast range of genres, such as talk shows ("Donny and Marie", "The People vs. Bill Weir"), kid shows ("The Nick Cannon Show") hidden camera comedies ("When Hidden Cameras Attack!" "Outrageous Celebrity Look-Alike Behavior: Caught on Tape") single camera comedies ("The Ralphie and Lana Show", "Van Stone", "The Tenderloins") and comedy hybrids ("The Dave Sheridan Show" and "Faking the Band"). Additionally, they are the creative minds behind the highly successful Carl's Jr. / Hardee's hidden camera campaign that premiered nationally this past year and is still running all over the country. Joel and Jeff continue to search out and create innovative media projects for anyone who will ask nicely.
ABOUT FOX REALITY CHANNEL
Fox Reality Channel launched in May 2005, to become the premier destination for lovers of unscripted programming. Fox Reality Channel is the only all-reality, all-the-time cable network featuring compelling original programming, never-before-seen U.S. premieres of international reality hits, and network favorites. Fox Reality Channel is available in nearly 50 million homes and can be accessed via broadband, mobile devices and other digital platforms such as iTunes(R) and Hulu. For more information on Fox Reality Channel programs and schedules, please visit foxreality.com.
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I wonder if they will show illegals getting caught? I hope so and I will be anticipating watching the show. GO SHERIFF JOE!!!

Like "smile your on candid camera".....maybe it will wake people up as to how NOT innocent they all are.

Originally Posted by alexcastro

I wonder if they will show illegals getting caught? I hope so and I will be anticipating watching the show. GO SHERIFF JOE!!!

La Raza's people will call up Fox and tell them they are not permitted do this.

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I thinks it's tasteless. I'm getting sick of all these so called "reality shows". The only reality they should be showing is news about the NAU, illegal alien crimes against Americans, our corrupt election system, etc.

Also, this seems really odd to me, that they would feature a show on one of the leading illegal alien crime stoppers in America. Hmm.. could it be that they want a backlash from those open border groups? Maybe garner more sympathy for the plight of illegal aliens? Just curious...

Originally Posted by chloe24

I thinks it's tasteless. I'm getting sick of all these so called "reality shows". The only reality they should be showing is news about the NAU, illegal alien crimes against Americans, our corrupt election system, etc.

Also, this seems really odd to me, that they would feature a show on one of the leading illegal alien crime stoppers in America. Hmm.. could it be that they want a backlash from those open border groups? Maybe garner more sympathy for the plight of illegal aliens? Just curious...

Exactly! The show will be edited and slanted to make Joe Arpaio look like some out of control "redneck" who oppresses poor Mexican women afraid to lose their children to the oppressive and racist "anti-immigrant" American government. You can guarantee that!

Originally Posted by millere

Originally Posted by alexcastro

I wonder if they will show illegals getting caught? I hope so and I will be anticipating watching the show. GO SHERIFF JOE!!!

La Raza's people will call up Fox and tell them they are not permitted do this.

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LaRaza will complain alright. And I suppose Obama will get this show classified as a "Hate Program".

Sheriff Arpaio gets 'real'
125 commentsby Randy Cordova - Nov. 18, 2008 02:56 PM
The Arizona Republic
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, TV star? It could happen when Smile ... You're Under Arrest! premieres in December on the Fox Reality channel.

"Sheriff Joe is an absolute natural," producer Scott Satin says. "He should have his own late-night talk show. He's wonderful on camera because he's not acting. He is a very sincere person."

That sincerity will be spotlighted in the show, which was filmed last year in the Valley. The premise involves elaborate sting operations used to nab people with outstanding warrants.
"It's Punk'd meets Cops," says Satin, whose reality credits include Who Wants to Marry My Dad? and the Sci-Fi Channel's popular Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, in which contestants are tested in such areas and bravery and courage.

The latter series helped inspire his latest offering.

"After that show was done, I was thinking, 'How can I do this for real?' " he says. "That's how it came to be."

The producers scoped out different law-enforcement agencies around the country before settling on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. The reason?

"Sheriff Joe was fantastic," Satin says. "I knew he was our guy, and I hoped he would help us and agree to let us help him."

Lisa Allen, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, says it wasn't a snap decision to agree to participate.

"A lot of thought and a lot of meetings went into it," she says. "It was a unique marriage between law enforcement and entertainment, and we had to make sure it was right."

So far, it looks like a successful marriage: About 400 warrants were cleared through the show. The show targeted people who had warrants issued for their arrests after failing to show up for court dates.

"That's what we hope people take from the show," Satin says. "If you have a court date, don't blow it off. That will get you in trouble."

Of course, the real entertainment comes in watching the felons get busted. In one sequence, a felon believes he is modeling Halloween costumes for a fashion show. Of course, one of the outfits consists of a prisoner's black-and-white stripes.

In another segment, lucky criminals think they are touring the set of a sequel to The Green Mile. The film's name: The Lime Green Mile.

Obviously, the show doesn't make a case for Arizona having the brightest law-breakers.

"You may have smart crooks, but we have really smart producers," Satin cracks.

Not only are our crooks gullible, they also love the spotlight. Every person caught in a sting signed a waiver to appear on TV.

"It's the Andy Warhol phenomenon," Allen says. "A lot of these guys thinking being on TV is a cool thing."

At this point, three episodes have been filmed. They will air at 5 p.m. Saturdays beginning Dec. 27. After that? Satin says the plan is to produce more shows if ratings warrant (pun intended).

"Everybody learned a lot from the experience," Allen says. "We're entertaining the thought (of doing more), but we haven't committed to anything yet."

Satin hopes that will change.

"I love Arizona and I love Sheriff Joe and I can't wait to come back and do more," Satin says, though he knows of one other element needed to keep the show in the desert.

Namely, that our criminal element doesn't wise up.

"Hopefully, a lot of people with warrants in Arizona don't have cable."


Reach the reporter at randy.cordova@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8849.
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