When Women Rule the World
When Women Rule the World is an announced reality television series originally announced to premiere on Fox Broadcasting in spring 2007, then pushed to June 2, 2008, then delayed again in April 2008. However, the show never aired in the United States. The show consisted of 12 women and 12 men sent to a "primitive location" where the men were forced to be subservient to the women. The women voted off one man per week. The final man left was awarded $250,000. Cast members include Carla Turco, Jacky Reres, Karen Mangeney, Mike Babassi, Robbie Kaller. The show was hosted by Judi Shekoni. The show was broadcast in Finland on MTV3 and in Belgium on PLUG RTL (summer 2010). Cancellation
Mike Darnell, Fox's head of reality programming, explained that the series was shelved due to being dormant for too long. He commented: "[When Women Rule the World] will never make it [to the schedule]. Nothing's wrong with it, it just sat on the shelf too long. Sometimes things sit on the shelf too long and get old." The series eventually aired in Finland. Adaptation
An adaptation of the series, which was also titled When Women Rule the World, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. The eight-episode series premiered on September 4, 2008, and it was hosted by Welsh television presenter Steve Jones. Filmed in the Dominican Republic, the series followed ten men in competition for a reward of €30,000 (US$33,141); in order to win the reward, the men were required to act as personal servants for a group of eight women. One of the men were eliminated from the competition each week by the group in exchange for supplies. Speaking on the adaptation, executive producer Peter Davey stated: "We have changed it quite a lot. We've created more set pieces, which the Americans didn't have." See also
 List of television series canceled before airing an episode

References

"Fox's When Women Rule the World will have 'macho, chauvinistic guys' obeying women" by Andy Dehnart, 17 January 2007

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