I believe so. The show is based in Chicago. The thing that was interesting in the show was the accents. A lot of Kentucky and rural Ohio.
The participants on stage were largely very, very poor folks who had some form of chaos in their lives. Typically this was the kind of chaos that arises from being poor and having a very, very short time horizon.
The folks in the audience -- basically a jeering crowd -- were blue collar. At the end of the show, they'd take a mic into the audience and allow them to insult the participants.
The whole spectacle was ugly stuff.
One of the many reasons why I hardly watch TV anymore at all....mainly just South Park and occasionally Mad TV. Most of the rest, in my view, merely represents time of your life that you won't get back.