Berlin -- Rtl again proved there is no such thing as bad publicity as its teen parenting reality show "Erwachsen Auf Probe" rode rough shod over a storm of public protest to a ratings win Wednesday night.
The show, a German adaptation of NBC format "The Baby Borrowers," scored a 19.1% market share with 2.2 million viewers in the key 14-49 demographic.
Rtl had to fend off attacks from politicians, church groups and parenting organizations to get "Erwachsen" on air. On Wednesday a German court overturned a suit aimed at blocking the show before its primetime debut.
Critics claimed the show -- in which teenagers test their (mostly non-existent) parenting skills on other people's kids -- violated the children's' rights and amounted to little more than crass voyeurism.
The show, a German adaptation of NBC format "The Baby Borrowers," scored a 19.1% market share with 2.2 million viewers in the key 14-49 demographic.
Rtl had to fend off attacks from politicians, church groups and parenting organizations to get "Erwachsen" on air. On Wednesday a German court overturned a suit aimed at blocking the show before its primetime debut.
Critics claimed the show -- in which teenagers test their (mostly non-existent) parenting skills on other people's kids -- violated the children's' rights and amounted to little more than crass voyeurism.
- 6/5/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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