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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, July 10, 2020 20 By Rachel Jones TV Media Deadly fun: There's always a way to enjoy summer, even if it takes a murderous twist. "Killer Camp" is coming to America this year, premiering Thursday, July 16, on CW. Before you freak out, "Killer Camp" is a satirical, whodun- nit reality TV series that opens with 11 strangers meeting at Camp Pleasant. Nothing seems amiss at first, but we soon learn that one of the campers is a murderer — and that fact isn't kept secret. Camp counselor Bobby Mair ("The Hour") casually breaks the news to the campers/con- testants and explains how the competition works — the guests play to win cash prizes by day but then they get butch- ered by night. They are knocked off one by one in the most over- the-top way. But whodunnit? Camp Pleasant is full of ca- maraderie, but some of the trademark reality show sparks fly between contestants. And let's not forget the backbiting, double-crossing and lying, all building on the fact that each and every one of the contes- tants is a suspect. The mission? Find out who's committing the "murders," stay alive and stay in the game. The show's host, Mair, is a U.K.-based Canadian comedi- an. This series was originally broadcast in the U.K. last Hal- loween as part of the lineup for the British free-to-air TV chan- nel, ITV2. The show is one of CW's four alternative acquisi- tions, joining "Fridge Wars," "Taskmaster" and "Being Reu- ben." It is produced by Tues- day's Child, the London-based independent production com- pany behind the U.K. version of "Lego Masters," "The Hit List" and "Head Hunters." realtalk The contestants of "Killer Camp" A/SFCU 6x10 B/Wells Fargo Advisors 6x2.5 B/ The Pine Shop 6x7.5

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