Crossballs: The Debate Show is a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games. It debuted on July 6, 2004 and ran for eight weeks. It aired Tuesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The twenty-third and final episode aired on August 24, 2004. Show number 24 was taped but never aired, after one of the unsuspecting guests, James March, threatened to sue Comedy Central.
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Episode 1
Major issue: Reality TV craze
Episode 2
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
Episode 3
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
Episode 4
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
Episode 5
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
Episode 6
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
Episode 7
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
Episode 8
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
Episode 9
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
Episode 10
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
Episode 11
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
Episode 12
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
Episode 13
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
Episode 14
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
Episode 15
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
Episode 16
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
Episode 17
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
Episode 18
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
Episode 19
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
Episode 20
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
Episode 21
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Episode 22
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Episode 23
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Episode 24
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