From WSJ:
Fox Reality Channel, the only all-reality, all-the-time cable and satellite network has greenlit production on its latest original series "Smile…You're Under Arrest!," an inventive and unique show that constructs elaborate stings to bring real fugitives to justice. Armed with a troupe of improvisational actors and police officers, "Smile…You're Under Arrest!" masterminds some of the most hysterical and outrageous stings ever caught on tape.
Yes. Finally. How many times have you been watching grainy police video of undercover sting operations on 60 Minutes or the local news and thought to yourself, "This could definitely use some improv actors and/or comedic outrageousness"? Probably never. But how many times have you watched Punk'd and thought to yourself, "Ashton Kutcher and everyone involved in this show should be put in jail,"? At least once. Well, this show is the next best thing: an unbearable hidden camera prank show in which arrests are the ultimate punchlines.
In this innovative prank show, actual wanted criminals are lured to various fake scenarios; this can be anything from work as an extra on a movie set to a fashion shoot where the subjects think they are on their way to becoming a supermodel. The conclusion to each sting will see the actors reveal the truth to the criminals; then the police immediately apprehend the criminals and bring them to justice.