What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)

What Would You Do? (commonly abbreviated as WWYD, and formerly known as Primetime: What Would You Do? through the program's fifth season), is an American situational hidden camera television program that has been broadcast on ABC since February 26, 2008. It is hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones and was created by Chris Whipple.

What Would You Do?
GenreHidden camera
Presented byJohn Quiñones
StarringVarious actors
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons14
Production
Production location(s)New York metropolitan area (various locations)
(most episodes; some episodes filmed on-location in U.S. states not within the area)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s)ABC News Productions
YouTube
DistributorDisney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseFebruary 26, 2008 (2008-02-26) –
present (present)
Chronology
Preceded byPrimetime
External links
Website

The program was conceived as a format-based series for ABC's newsmagazine Primetime, however all on-air references to the parent program were removed from What Would You Do? following the discontinuation of Primetime as a standalone program by the network in 2010, with subject-based formats of the program, such as Primetime: Family Secrets, airing thereafter during the summer months or as a temporary replacement for entertainment programs cancelled during the fall-to-spring television season.

Format

The program features actors acting out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras record the scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how. Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react differently. Many of the scenarios take place in dining locations. The situations often pertain to prejudice with race, sex, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical and mental disabilities, obesity and weight, sexual harassment, vandalism, theft, physical appearance, homelessness, financial trouble, parenting, and social status being common themes. Quiñones appears at the end of each scenario to interview bystanders and witnesses about their reactions.

As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making inferences on the bystanders' reactions.

Many of the scenario actors appear in only one or two episodes. Several, however, have become staples of the program, including Yuval David, Diana Henry, Vince August, Jeremy Holm, Michael J. Lyons and Traci Hovel.

Episodes

Season 14 (2019)
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
TBA1"Episode 01"9 August 2019 (2019-08-09)
What Would You Do?: Diners react to a family who can only pay for one meal to share. "Dancing With the Stars" winner Nyle DiMarco participates in a scenario that resembles his experiences being deaf.
TBA2"Episode 02"16 August 2019 (2019-08-16)
How will people react when they see an impatient cashier, a man telling his date to split the check, a family holding an opioid intervention and a teen who seems to be taking insensitive selfies.
TBA3"Episode 03"23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
How will people react to a white coach demanding a barber cut a black student athlete's braids, and trans advocate Jazz Jennings joins the set for a scenario that hits close to home.
TBA4"Episode 04"30 August 2019 (2019-08-30)
A young woman waits outside of a bar for her rideshare car. A man tells her he's her driver, even though his car doesn't match the app's notification. Will passersby intervene?
TBA5"Episode 05"6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
What will customers say when they see two white children bully their white friend and black classmate? And diners react to a daughter revealing her surprising DNA results to her parents.

Syndication

Reruns of older What Would You Do? episodes began airing on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on February 15, 2011, under the title What Would You Do?: OWN Edition (in a manner similar to the specialized network-based titles of other network newsmagazines aired in the form of episode compilations on cable channels such as Dateline on ID and 48 Hours on ID on Investigation Discovery).

Reruns of the program began airing on HLN in 2013, as part of the cable news channel's primetime schedule.[1][2] In the United States, the show can be seen on A&E since 2015. On July 7th, WWYD? Airs For A 15th Season For The Summer.

Ratings
  • 2007–2008: #81, 8.0 million[3]
  • 2008–2009: #79, 6.8 million[4]
  • 2009–2010: #90, 5.7 million[5]
  • 2010–2011: #123, 4.9 million[6]
  • 2011–2012: #123, 5.0 million[7]
  • 2012–2013:
  • 2013–2014: [8]
  • 2014–2015: [9]

2014 season
  • August 1: 3.65 million viewers[10]

2015 season
  • May 29: 5.034 million viewers[11]
  • June 5: 4.66 million viewers[12]
  • June 12: 4.64 million viewers[13]

References
  1. "Cable News Ratings for Thursday, December 26, 2013". 27 December 2013.
  2. "Primetime: What Would You Do? Ratings – TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com.
  3. "Disney ABC Press".
  4. "Disney ABC Press".
  5. "Final 2009-10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership". 16 June 2010.
  6. "2010-11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages". 1 June 2011.
  7. "Complete List Of 2011-12 Season TV Show Viewership: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops, Followed By 'American Idol,' 'NCIS' & 'Dancing With The Stars'". 25 May 2012.
  8. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/06/live7-dvr-ratings-how-i-met-your-mother-tops-adults-18-49-almost-human-hawaii-five-0-lead-percentage-increase-person-of-interest-biggest-viewership-gains-in-week-13/226873
  9. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/08/live7-dvr-ratings-complete-2014-15-season-the-big-bang-theory-leads-adults-18-49-ratings-increase-raising-hope-earns-biggest-percentage-increase-the-blacklist-tops-viewership-gains/413678/
  10. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/08/04/friday-final-ratings-what-would-you-do-2020-adjusted-up/289702/
  11. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/15/wayward-pines-leads-adults-18-49-viewership-percentage-gains-in-live-7-ratings-for-week-36-ending-june-1/417616/
  12. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/08/friday-final-ratings-whose-line-is-it-anyway-the-messengers-adjusted-down/413562/
  13. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/06/15/friday-final-ratings-fifa-womens-world-cup-what-would-you-do-adjusted-up/417378/
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