New Dutch commercial television channel Talpa is planning to broadcast a show called I Want Your Child and Nothing Else featuring a single woman who gets to choose a sperm donor to father her child, Dutch media reported on Wednesday.
The program is initially a one-off that will be aired on August 23, with viewers allowed to vote on whether it should stay on the air, the Algemeen Dagblad daily reported.
The idea for the “spermshow”, as Dutch media are calling it, was already launched once in 2001 but caused a storm of protest in The Netherlands, even leading to questions in Parliament.
The idea was shelved but will now be re-used by Talpa, which has launched a competition allowing five producers to show one episode of a new TV show.
Viewers then get to vote on which show can stay on the air. — AFP