I have learned today that Fail Army, the comedy series on NZ TV... is actually straight copied from some American TV show - which is copied from a Youtube channel, which just steals videos.

They get given the footage and are only allowed to replace the hosts and dubbing.

It's kind of wild how desperate broadcast TV is to be relevant, such it resorts stealing content from the internet and then puts 5-7 minutes of ads in. Looking at you, "X That Make You Laugh Out Loud".

thespinoff.co.nz/tv/12-02-2016

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