Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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Live shopping experience promotes products, entrepreneurs.
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America’s Big Deal
What's the Story?
Executive produced by product inventor Joy Mangano, AMERICA'S BIG DEAL is a competition series that gives viewers the chance to participate in a prime time shopping experience. Hosted by Mangano and entertainment journalist Scott Evans, each live episode features four product inventors pitching their products for 2.5 minutes in front of representatives from national retailers like Macy's, HSN, QVC, and Lowe's. The audience can purchase the item by scanning a QR code that appears on their screen during the show, or by going to the series website. After receiving feedback from the panel, they must wait to see how much of their product sold during the broadcast. At the end of each episode, the person who makes the most money from sales wins the opportunity to entertain buying offers from the retailers to bring the product to their stores.
Is It Any Good?
This interactive advertising and shopping extravaganza shows product inventors going live on a nationally televised stage for a chance at making their product a household name. Joy Mangano, whose entrepreneurial success inspired a film starring Jennifer Lawrence, touts the series as a unique opportunity to celebrate and promote the hard work of entrepreneurs and small business owners. To this end, she, along with the panel of retailers, offer lots of positive feedback about the products, the pitches, and the stories behind them. While there are some Shark Tank-like moments, especially when purchase offers are being made, America's Big Deal is more about cheering all the inventors on. But despite the good vibes, the big push to get viewers to buy the products as quickly as possible is consistent, and makes it as much a commercial as it is a reality competition.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way the products featured on the series are being pitched to consumers. What strategies do they use to make it seem that you can't live without what they are selling? Why is it important to recognize this?
How much time and work have the product inventors featured on America's Big Deal put in to creating and launching their products? What inspired them to invent them? What keeps them from quitting when things go wrong?
Do you have an idea for a product that you can sell? What will make it successful? What would it take to produce and market it?
TV Details
- Premiere date : October 14, 2021
- Cast : Joy Mangano , Scott Evans
- Network : USA
- Genre : Game Shows
- Character Strengths : Communication , Perseverance
- TV rating :
- Last updated : February 15, 2023
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