I’ll give you two guesses which network this is from, but you’ll probably only need one. Variety reports that Fox will work with producer Scott Satin from “Who Wants to be a Superhero?” on the tentatively titled project “Smile! You’re Under Arrest.”
The concept behind this show is that people with outstanding warrants are made to believe they will become rich, only to find out they’ve been setup by law enforcement officials. The show will target relatively petty criminals, who have no problems signing a release to be on TV, and in the end whatever promises were made to lure them will be kept.
“Unlike ‘Punk’d,’ where things start out bad, this shows starts out being the best day of your life,” said Fox’s Mike Darnell. “Everything is fantastic. Then you find out you’re under arrest.”
“This show is very Fox,” Darnell said. Take from that what you will.