One show I'm really liking is on the new food channel (33), called Cutthroat Kitchen. It's the one cooking game show that doesn't make me want to go out and eat something I saw on screen (like most other cooking game shows do).
The four contestants are each given $25,000 each at the start and one contestant is eliminated after each of the three cooking rounds (and giving back the cash)... but that money is there to be spent on sabotage items that are up for auction at the start of each round. The winner then keeps whatever money is left that they haven't spent.

Quote Originally Posted by Megatran View Post
What's the go with these new ethnic stereotype tv shows about to hit our small screen.

Meet the Habibs (middle eastern)
Family Law (asian)

Just what we need. Re-enforcing stereotypes.
I've been wanting to have a semi-rant about those two upcoming shows for a while now... about how those (and other racial/ethnic demographic comedies in the past) are actually making it harder for us to teach our younger generations to not treat other races as inferior or funny. Considering the racial tensions at the moment with middle eastern ethnic groups (due to IS), I think it is a poor choice for Channel 9 to be producing a show that aims to make them a laughing stock to the white folk.

Family Law is based on a book by an Asian guy, but I don't know who created or wrote the Habibs show - I still don't think it is okay if the writers actually were Middle Eastern.
Obviously if the writers of those shows were of a different race it would be labelled as racist to make fun of another race, but I actually don't think it is okay to have "ethnic differences" humour written by anyone, even by people of that race who should be fighting against people making fun of their culture or differences. Because the damage isn't done by the one voice saying these things, the damage is done by the large audience who then propagate and keep that derogatory humour alive among their friends and family, for their own amusement or power. (kinda like cyber, office or schoolyard bullying, with a large number of people focussing on a single target)
Exaggerating or making fun of one's normal behaviour or cultural quirks is racist for anyone to do, especially if they are just doing it to make money... particularly on mass media (TV or film) that will impress a wide audience with new things to make fun of that race with, or to believe that the over-exaggerated behaviour done for comedic effect is the norm for all people of that race.