Killed in the Ratings

Overview:

• Title: Killed in the Ratings
• Author: Daniel Marcus
• Year: 1997
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

A TV producer of snuff programming (TV shows which plan and film actual murders), tries to deal with dropping ratings and the rising costs of settlement payments to the victim's families.

Awards:

• 1998. Killed in the Ratings Asimov's Readers' Poll, Asimov's Reader's Poll -- Short Story (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1997. Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1997 (1997, Gardner Dozois, $2.95, 160 pages, Magazine)

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