‘Our lead actor doesn’t know he’s in a television show!’ The return of an unbelievable TV hoax

2026-03-19 - 13:19

Jury Duty’s first season convinced a member of the public he was taking part in a documentary about how courts work – but it was really a reality show where everyone else was actors. Its company retreat-based sequel ups the stakes brilliantly If ever there was a TV show that you’d think should be left at a single season, it would be Jury Duty. The Amazon series became a slow-burning, word-of-mouth hit through 2023 for pulling off a frankly unbelievable stunt: successfully convincing one man, Ronald Gladden, that he was taking part in an LA courtroom documentary when, actually, everything about the process was staged and he was the only participant who was not an actor. Continue reading...