Wa$ted! is a U.S.

United States

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 television show currently running on Planet Green and hosted by Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch

Annabelle Gurwitch is an American comedic actress. She is best known as the original hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie. She is also a noted author and columnist and was most recently the host of Wa$ted! on Planet Green....

 and Holter Graham

Holter Graham

Holter Ford Graham is an American actor and labor union leader. He made his feature film debut at the age of 13 in the 1986 comedy-horror film Maximum Overdrive...

. It originates from a television show from New Zealand by the same name

Wa$ted! (TV show)

WA$TED! is a New Zealand reality television show which shows families their impact on the environment and helps them to become greener in their daily lives. The show has been acclaimed as the first show of its type. Even in production, they reduce their impact on the earth by using hybrid cars,...

.

Six episodes were shown on TLC

TLC (TV channel)

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 before the show was moved to Planet Green. Those six episodes were then reordered with the four remaining in the first season causing some to confuse their original airdate.

Format

The show opens with the hosts giving the family or business an overview of their wasteful life and returning to them months worth of their own trash. They then have to sort through it and are shown all the hazardous, recyclable, and reusable items they have wasted. Next they examine the house and point out faults such as heating, aging machines, lights and televisions being on, automobiles, and water use among other things.

Based on all this, an ecological footprint

Ecological footprint

The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate. It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area necessary to...

 is created to show how many acres it takes to sustain the household. The hosts then help the family or business implement greener alternatives and change their wasteful habits. They also promise to match the amount that they save in utilities and the like by projecting the totals forward for one year.

The family or business is given 3 weeks to change their habits. Afterward, they are evaluated on how well they did, given a new footprint based on their new habits, and awarded money equal to their energy savings.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired	Season Premiere	Season Finale
	1	10	2008	April 15, 2008	July 23, 2008
	2	10	2009	April 22, 2009	June 24, 2009
	3	10	2010	April 21, 2010

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