This show debuted on ABC last night. The premise is a person who is wealthy goes undercover and associates with folks that are struggling or dealing with personal and financial crisis and hardship, She then gives away money to these people that are determined to be the most deserving.
The millionaire in the fist episode was a woman who grew up poor and was destitute at 21 but a millionaire by 23 after starting a business out of her car and having a payphone as her first business phone. I never really caught what she did to make all this money but now she appears to have written countless motivational books and has five kids and a great life.
These are good things. However I lasted about 10 minutes into the show as we kept hearing about how poor she was growing up and how seeing these folks in distress reminded her she had been on welfare. It was all a little too self congratulatory for me. Perhaps later and I am sure later the show did become more about the stories of those who needed help and she can certainly stop by and drop a check off here if she would like but the show was a miss for me.
We appear to have a new formula for a show. Undercover Boss is a better fit, we still hear much about the CEO's but the main focus is on the employees.
This show might get better. I will not be watching to see.
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