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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.
Seasons
Episode 1
Reality TV
30m
Major issue: Reality TV craze
Episode 2
Driving in America
30m
Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
Episode 3
Drugs
30m
Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
Episode 4
Vegetarian or Vegetarded
30m
Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
Episode 5
FCC or F-YOU-CC
30m
Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
Episode 6
America vs. Aliens
30m
Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
Episode 7
Grand Theft Apocalypse?
30m
Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
Episode 8
Fashion: Gay Conspiracy?
30m
Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
Episode 9
Love Thy Gay-bor
30m
Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
Episode 10
Clones of Contention
30m
Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
Episode 11
Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe?
30m
Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
Episode 12
Sports Stars: Monsters?
30m
Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
Episode 13
Tipping: Chinese City?
30m
Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
Episode 14
Makeovers for Jesus?
30m
Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
Episode 15
Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe?
30m
Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
Episode 16
Music in America
30m
Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
Episode 17
Healing Through Porn?
30m
Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
Episode 18
Crime and Funishment?
30m
Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
Episode 19
Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse?
30m
Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
Episode 20
Hellphones vs. Interthreat
30m
Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
Episode 21
Mother Earth: Bitch?
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 22
Voting Electible Dysfunction
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 23Latest episode
Sex Battle USA
30m
No overview is available.
Episode 24
Pistol Whipped America
30m
No overview is available.
