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The chosen ones: Audiences paid to be present on TV shows
Updated On: 08 April, 2014 08:29 AM IST | | A correspondent
<p>They clap, they laugh, they ask questions on cue. We discover a few surprising facts about the ready audiences that are seen at television shows...</p>
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Navjot Singh Sidhu on the TV show, 'Comedy Nights with Kapil'. The show employs several people as its audience
You are sitting at home before the TV screen and watching a show or a film. Chances are you’re thinking: I wish I could do this for a living! As it turns out, there are people who do just that. Not only do people get cast as characters on a TV show, there are many who form part of what is called the ‘paid audience’. The latter comprises a segment of people who often queue outside a studio as they are on the lookout for a show where they can play the audience. These are people who are made to laugh and clap on cue.
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