nouseforaname No one's called this show a masterpiece(or at the very least they shouldn't) but you're really shooting yourself in the foot when you're trying to criticize a show like this and in the same breath, trying to reinstate your heterosexuality with a bit of oh so manly "hey, don't get me wrong, I'm all for the swimsuit models and cheerleaders in skimpy outfits running in slow motion and what have not, I dig da ladies!"... bravo, just bravo...what was it about the "lonely guy in his 23rd story apartment building hoping to scope out some booty"?I thought so.

Brian Washington This has to be probably one of the worst shows to ever be produced by the "Peacock Network". This show is even worse than "Pink Lady and Jeff". The only reason this piece of crap is on the air is because it is cheap to produce and even if it does badly in the ratings it won't cost the network all that much money. But the main problem with this show and other shows like it is that it caters to the lowest common denominator of human beings. Anyone who would look at people humiliate themselves eating and drinking disgusting concoctions or willingly put themselves in danger just to earn a few bucks tells you how greedy and stupid people are just to gain attention. I wonder how they will feel when someone becomes seriously hurt or, worse yet, even killed. Then maybe this garbage will go off the air.

witch-6 I'm a 40-something mom of 3 kids and my husband and I love this show. I will admit to turning away during the gross food challenges, last year when I was pregnant with the twins I actually lost my dinner more than once just hearing about it. But the rest of the show rocks. A previous reviewer called it one of the worst shows on television but for those of us who think Masterpiece Theater is a good excuse to take a nap, Fear Factor is fantastic.Plus Joe Rogan is very easy on the eyes.

Countess_Olaf Okay. Back when I saw this show, probably about a year or two ago, it did seem pretty cool to me (around 13 years old, at the time). People getting put up against each other, and put up against some common fears that people generally have. Now it seems.. trashier. The tasks are becoming stupider, and less based upon fear than they are on strength and the willingness to degrade oneself. Things are beginning to get too repetitive (many of the tasks seem to involve dropping from the air and hitting a target on water, or eating various disgusting animal parts.) The tests are degrading, and at least twice in the last month (December 2002 through January 2003) I can recall people becoming physically ill and vomiting during the second stunt, as the sounds are played so everyone can hear and the host laughs at them. The concept of the show had been okay, but it is getting out of hand lately, and not to mention old. I think it is due time that NBC yanks this from its already declining-quality lineup.