Paid Off with Michael Torpey
Network: TruTV
Produced by Cowboy Bear Ninja
ROLE: UPM (Run of the show) & LINE PRODUCER (Live Segments)
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In this comedy trivia game show hosted by actor/comic Michael Torpey, three college graduates test the depth of their degrees to pay off their student loans.
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PRESS:
An angry satire using goofy entertainment as a vehicle for political dissent
This clever new quiz show has an interesting and pointed twist.
Laughter Is the Best Debt Relief
“I want you to be pissed off that the show has to exist."
A TV Show So Dystopian Its Host Says It Shouldn’t Exist
The most 2018 show.
Paid Off With Michael Torpey: The Game Show Fighting Student Debt
The real goal here isn’t just to win cash, it’s to help fight America’s student debt crisis.
The lucky contestants who answer enough questions potentially can wipe out their student loan debt.
The series sparked intense conversation around the national student debt crisis.
Humor is exactly what the game show, Paid Off, harnesses to call attention to the student loan crisis plaguing millions of Americans
It’s about telling stories… so we could put faces to the crisis, and bring change through government.
“I truly hope the show won’t have to exist for long, but until real reform comes to higher education I will continue to highlight the stories of the 45 million Americans affected and give away as much money as possible to as many people as possible.”
No, the solution isn’t to make people work harder for debt relief—it’s to just relieve their debt.
Eliminating student debt one show at a time
Jodeci Richards, 27, of Atlanta won almost $10,000 on the show — about enough to wipe out her remaining loans from Florida State University.
Host Michael Torpey had an epiphany about student debt after he paid off his wife's loans.
Unlike the Hunger Games—or even regular game shows, where some players walk away empty handed—Paid Off is no zero sum game.
The Controversial Game Show May Be The Fastest Way To Wipe Out Your Student Debt
Paid Off's tone is tense and angry, balanced with enough dark humor to let you know it’s well aware that everything is colossally screwed up.
Sure, it’s unconventional, but the show brings attention to a severe problem in America.
Paid Off with Michael Torpey Returns | truTV
Network: TruTV
Produced by Cowboy Bear Ninja
Role: UPM (Run of the show) & LINE PRODUCER (Live Segments)
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In this comedy trivia game show hosted by actor/comic Michael Torpey, three college graduates test the depth of their degrees to pay off their student loans.
____________
PRESS
An angry satire using goofy entertainment as a vehicle for political dissent
The Guardian
This clever new quiz show has an interesting and pointed twist.
NY Times
Laughter Is the Best Debt Relief
Bloomberg Business
“I want you to be pissed off that the show has to exist."
Teen Vogue
A TV Show So Dystopian Its Host Says It Shouldn’t Exist
The Atlantic
The most 2018 show.
Fast Company
Paid Off With Michael Torpey: The Game Show Fighting Student Debt
Paste
The real goal here isn’t just to win cash, it’s to help fight America’s student debt crisis.
Vice
The lucky contestants who answer enough questions potentially can wipe out their student loan debt.
Forbes
The series sparked intense conversation around the national student debt crisis.
Futon Critic
Humor is exactly what the game show, Paid Off, harnesses to call attention to the student loan crisis plaguing millions of Americans
Newsweek
It’s about telling stories… so we could put faces to the crisis, and bring change through government.
Best Of NJ
“I truly hope the show won’t have to exist for long, but until real reform comes to higher education I will continue to highlight the stories of the 45 million Americans affected and give away as much money as possible to as many people as possible.”
Deadline
No, the solution isn’t to make people work harder for debt relief—it’s to just relieve their debt.
Paste Magazine
Eliminating student debt one show at a time
Metro
Jodeci Richards, 27, of Atlanta won almost $10,000 on the show — about enough to wipe out her remaining loans from Florida State University.
AP News
Host Michael Torpey had an epiphany about student debt after he paid off his wife's loans.
NPR
Unlike the Hunger Games—or even regular game shows, where some players walk away empty handed—Paid Off is no zero sum game.
Fortune
The Controversial Game Show May Be The Fastest Way To Wipe Out Your Student Debt
Bustle
Paid Off's tone is tense and angry, balanced with enough dark humor to let you know it’s well aware that everything is colossally screwed up.
Elle
Sure, it’s unconventional, but the show brings attention to a severe problem in America.
Paste Magazine
