Here's a new point for those who like to argue that TV has gone too far: A Colombian game show has been canceled [1] after a woman confessed to hiring someone to murder her husband — and won $25,000 for it.

The woman was competing on a Colombian game show called "Nada Mas Que la Verdad," or "Nothing But the Truth," in which contestants are hooked up to lie detector machines and asked increasingly invasive questions for a chance to win up to $50,000 if they answer truthfully. She admitted she had hired a hit man to kill her husband, adding that the crime was never carried out because her husband was tipped off to the plot and fled.

The show had become a sensation [2] in Colombia, so much so that spinoffs are planned for several countries, including the United States. Fox bought the rights to the show [3] earlier this year and plans to make the stakes even higher, with $500,000 on the line for contestants who answer all 21 questions honestly.

American TV has done some pretty stupid things in its day — see: Darva Conger [4] — but do you think the U.S. version of the show will go this far?

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