TV

NBC Ditches Game Show Altogether After ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Outbreak

DUMPED

The network had just one week of the show left to film but have decided to flush the whole thing down the toilet.

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Production on NBC’s new game show Ultimate Slip 'N Slide was temporarily halted last month after dozens of crew members on the California set fell ill with “awful explosive diarrhea” apparently caused by giardia. But now, NBC is ditching the show altogether, TMZ reports. The network had already filmed seven weeks of the show, and had just one week left to film. It was set to premiere on August 8 but has now been flushed, just like those over-worked port-o-potties.

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