30 Days (2005)
30 Days is a reality television show on the FX cable network in the United States, created and hosted by Morgan Spurlock. In each episode, Spurlock, or some other person or group of people, spend 30 days immersing themselves in a particular lifestyle with which they are unfamiliar, while discussing related social issues. As in Spurlock's film, Super Size Me, there are a number of rules unique to each situation which must be followed during each such experiment. At least one episode each season has featured Spurlock as the person spending the month in the particular lifestyle. 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.
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Episode 1 - Immigration
Release Date: 2006-07-26A border security guard moves in with a family of illegal immigrants.
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Episode 2 - Outsourcing
Release Date: 2006-08-03An unemployed American ventures to India for 30 days to observe the effects of job outsourcing on the Indian culture.
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Episode 3 - Atheist/Christian
Release Date: 2006-08-09A female atheist spends 30 days living with a fundamentalist Christian family.
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Episode 4 - New Age
Release Date: 2006-08-16Seeking relief from his hectic lifestyle, a man spends 30 days using new age methods to improve his personal well-being.
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Episode 5 - Pro-Choice/Pro-Life
Release Date: 2006-08-23Six years after having an abortion, a pro-choice woman spends 30 days living with pregnant women in a pro-life housing unit.
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Episode 6 - Jail
Release Date: 2006-08-30Morgan Spurlock undertakes a challenge himself and attempts to spend 30 days locked up in a county jail.