Think about all the “quirky” things you do when you think no one is perceiving you.
low ratings and eventual cancellation.
Viewers would be simultaneously bored and disgusted.
People would think the scenario is a bit contrived and they wouldn’t believe is wasn’t scenarized.
I have a tendency to do the things that will save a desperate situation but also (mostly) create stupid obstacles out of nowhere. Basically ‘this guy’ from an xkcd strip
People would yell impatiently at the screen so often they’d get a hernia and sue the show’s producers for injury.
“Jesus christ you are sitting uncomfortably and you are thirsty and need to pee you KNOW it so don’t fucking sit on the sofa staring at the clock for fifteen fucking minutes again I swear to god I can see on your FACE that you are not relaxing”
Besides the boredom and disgust, I feel like I’d get a lot of armchair psychologists trying to diagnose me with something.