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# Sweep Us to the Bottom
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/734/
- Published: 2005-04-22T16:45:21.000Z
- Updated: 2005-04-22T16:45:21.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

May is almost here and that means May sweeps: the time when TVs struggle mightily for viewership and good ratings so they can hike their advertising prices. Television shows will be trying all sorts of stunts--from sudden plot turns to lasciviousness to violence--to lure viewers.

Example: "Entertainment Tonight" and its sister show "The Insider" paid $800,000.00 for the scandalous exclusive on convicted child rapist and ex-teacher Mary Kay Letourneau's wedding to her onetime victim and former sixth-grade student, Vili Fualaau. [Link.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/302450p-258916c.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)