Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days (Season 1)

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It is often the most challenging situations we face in life that teach us the most about who we are as individuals and how we tick. ~ Dunamis]

About the Show

Remember Morgan Spurlock, of Super Size Me fame? He's back, and the star of wildly popular television series that TV Guide has called "equal parts funny and sobering and a million times smarter than most other shows on TV." He and his fiancée Alex leave their fabulous New York lifestyles behind for the heart of the Midwest: Columbus, Ohio. They work at multiple minimum wage jobs for 30 days earning $5.15 an hour. They get to experience first-hand the struggles that families earning minimum wage face as Morgan's niece and nephew come to live with them.

From experiencing the life of a former star athlete to living off the grid to dealing with alcoholism, 30 Days demonstrates all the ups and downs that people of different lifestyles face across the country.

Episode 1: Minimum Wage
Morgan Spurlock and his fiancée Alex leave their fabulous New York lifestyles behind for the heart of the Midwest, Columbus, Ohio. Morgan and Alex work at multiple minimum wage jobs for 30 days earning $5.15 per hour. They get to experience first hand the struggles minimum wage earning families face as Morgan's niece and nephew come to live with them.

Episode 2: Anti-Aging
Can the aging process be reversed? A thirty-something former athlete battles back at his expanding waistline and lowering libido by going on an anti-aging drug regime prescribed by a doctor for 30 days. What will the effects be on his marriage, career, and mood? During his 30 days of drug therapy he will exercise with a trainer, adhere to a nutritionist's plan and undergo monitoring by his doctor to watch for any negative side effects. Can he recapture his youth?

Episode 3: Muslims in America
David Stacy, a 33-year-old Christian man from West Virginia, agrees to make a drastic life change for 30 days when he moves to the largely Muslim community of Dearborn, Michigan. David struggles with his feelings and previous prejudices against a religion that does not believe in Christ and in the minds of many Americans is associated with the September 11 terror attacks, as he befriends his new host family and adopts their customs.

Episode 4: Straight Man in a Gay World
A God-fearing 24-year-old conservative homophobe from red state America travels to San Francisco?s Castro District to live in what is notoriously known as one of the gayest areas of the country. As he joins a gay sports team, works a job that caters to gay clientele, attends gay-friendly church services and lives with a gay roommate, he gets an inside view of what it is like to live as a minority that still elicits strong feelings of hatred among many Americans. Throughout the 30 Days this former youth minister and member of the military will have his Bible-rooted values severely challenged as these important issues become very personal.

Episode 5: Off The Grid
Two 30-year-old professionals who are friends and typical Americans? i.e., ravenous consumers of fossil fuels such as gas and electricity?go ?back to the future? and learn to live without the natural resources that will be depleted from our earth in the not-too-distant future. To do this they'll uproot themselves and move to an 'eco village' in Missouri to live 100% OFF THE GRID.

As they set up house in a former 3,000 bushel grain bin, they will sustain themselves on a clean power such as solar and wind, recycle all their waste (both food and human), live in a car-free culture, grow and eat only organic foods and conserve their water use with solar showers and rain-catch systems.

Can these fossil fuel addicts wean themselves from their consumptive habits without their lives falling apart? Will they thrive in a community that is the total opposite their New Jersey neighborhood? And will the ecological solutions they learn stick once their Thirty Days are up?

Episode 6: Binge Drinking Mom
A mother concerned about her daughter's alcohol consumption now that she is in college agrees to binge drink for 30 Days to try to get through to her. In a booze-drenched Freaky Friday scenario, the daughter will see her mother drunk, vomiting, and hung over as she makes decisions about the tough social choices she faces every day in college. The mother, on the other hand, will become more aware of the enormous social culture pressure to drink that faces kids every day of their college careers.

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Wikipedia:
Season one premiered on June 15, 2005, and its respective DVD set was released July 11, 2006. The second season premiered on July 26, 2006. Season 3 of 30 Days premiered on June 3, 2008. FX said on November 6 that it would not be renewing the series for a fourth season, effectively canceling the show. The show has recently been picked up for re-air by Planet Green, though no new episodes have been ordered.

In the United Kingdom, the program is broadcast on More4 and Channel 4. In Australia, the program is broadcast on Network Ten and Lifestyle Channel. It currently airs in Canada on Independent Film Channel and Canal Vie. It also airs on FX in Latin America. In Norway it airs on TV 2. In Sweden it airs on TV4 and Kanal 9.

Season 1:
No. Title Original airdate
101 Minimum Wage June 15, 2005
102 Anti-Aging June 22, 2005
103 Muslims and America June 29, 2005
104 Straight Man in a Gay World July 6, 2005
105 Off the Grid July 13, 2005
106 Binge Drinking Mom July 20, 2005

Season 2:
No. Title Original Airdate
201 Immigration July 26, 2006
202 Outsourcing August 2, 2006
203 Atheist vs. Christian August 9, 2006
204 New Age August 16, 2006
205 Pro-life, Pro-choice August 23, 2006
206 Jail August 30, 2006

Season 3:
No. Title Original Airdate
301 Working in a Coal Mine June 3, 2008
302 Living in a Wheelchair June 10, 2008
303 Animal Rights June 17, 2008
304 Same Sex Parenting June 24, 2008
305 Gun Nation July 1, 2008
306 Life on an Indian Reservation July 8, 2008

Created by - Morgan Spurlock
Starring - Morgan Spurlock
Narrated by - Morgan Spurlock
Executive producers:
- John Landgraf
- Ben Silverman
- H.T. Owens
- Morgan Spurlock
- R. J. Cutler
Producer - Sebastian Doggart
Original channel - FX Networks
Original run - June 15, 2005 (2005-06-15) – July 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Days_%28TV_series%29

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Website - http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/30days/
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437696/
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