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[[I Thought It Meant|Nothing to do with]] trying to kill anyone from ''[[30 Rock]]''.
 
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== Anime &and Manga ==
* ''[[Zombie Loan]]''
* ''[[Detective Academy Q]]''
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* In ''[[Virtuosity]]'', Sid 2.0, a serial killer personalty construct originally in a virtual reality system has figured a way to escape into the real world, takes over a TV studio and announces "Death TV" where the viewers get to vote by telephone on which member(s) of the studio audience dies.
* In ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'', Frank D'Amico plans to stream the execution of {{spoiler|Kick-Ass and Big Daddy}} live on the internet.
* Subverted in ''[[Death Race]]''. The death race is mandatory, but users don't control the deaths. Also, the entire event is a pay-per-view tv show.
 
 
== Literature ==
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* In ''[[The Subject Steve]]'', there is a variant of this near the end. It is described as "a revolutionary media space that binds together the most innovative aspects of gaming, spectacle, democracy and commerce."
* For a while it seemed that every second (young)adult horror in the library was one of these.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]'' "Homicide.com": Quite possibly the [[Trope Maker]] here.
** ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' "The Mikado" came about a year before the "Homicide" episode. They may be sibling [[Trope MakersMaker]].
* ''[[Without a Trace]]'' "Party Girl"
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' "Revelations"
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* An episode of season 8 of ''[[Spooks]]'' had a group of eco-terrorists kidnap a load of high-powered buisness man and host a live trial on the internet whether the businesses were unethical. If the internet voted them guilty, their execution would be streamed live.
* ''[[Tracker]]'' had an episode that involved a kidnapped girl in a tank of water that was slowly filling up. Possibly a subversion in that the kidnap turned out to be a setup by the girl to get money from her father.
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* In ''[[Devil Survivor 2]]'', [[Meaningful Name|Nicaea]] shows videos of death... BEFORE they happen. {{spoiler|It's so you can prevent it.}}
 
== Web Comics ==
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Achewood]]'' had resident murderous psychopath Nice Pete take the concept one further by having the murder be tied to an automatic device controlled by web poll.
 
 
== Real Life ==
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