Crossballs: The Debate Show is a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's Crossfire and MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews. In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games. It debuted on July 6, 2004 and ran for eight weeks. It aired Tuesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The twenty-third and final episode aired on August 24, 2004. Show number 24 was taped but never aired, after one of the unsuspecting guests, James March, threatened to sue Comedy Central.
Crossballs: The Debate Show (Season 1)
Reality TV (Episode 1)
Air date: 2004-07-06
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issue: Reality TV craze
Driving in America (Episode 2)
Air date: 2004-07-07
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Teenage drivers, senior drivers, drunk driving.
Drugs (Episode 3)
Air date: 2004-07-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Legalization of marijuana, consequences of using drugs, drug use among teens.
Vegetarian or Vegetarded (Episode 4)
Air date: 2004-07-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Veganism, healthy foods.
FCC or F-YOU-CC (Episode 5)
Air date: 2004-07-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Indecent exposure on television, innapropriate content of music, TV, and movies and how it affects our youth.
America vs. Aliens (Episode 6)
Air date: 2004-07-15
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Immigration to the United States, problem with illegal immigrants, American tourist behavior.
Grand Theft Apocalypse? (Episode 7)
Air date: 2004-07-20
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Video game obsession among adults and youth, violence in games, lack of educational value in games.
Fashion: Gay Conspiracy? (Episode 8)
Air date: 2004-07-21
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Fashion choices among US people, gay people in the fashion industry, exposing skimpier fashions to youth.
Love Thy Gay-bor (Episode 9)
Air date: 2004-07-22
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Gay marriage in the US, rights of gay couples, and fighting for gay rights.
Clones of Contention (Episode 10)
Air date: 2004-07-27
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Cloning of animals and humans in the US and the good and bad things associated within.
Frat-tastic or Frat-tastrophe? (Episode 11)
Air date: 2004-07-28
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Behavior of college students in fraternities and sororities, grades, and dormitories.
Sports Stars: Monsters? (Episode 12)
Air date: 2004-07-29
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Salaries of athletes, recent legal problems of sport icons, and safer sports for youth.
Tipping: Chinese City? (Episode 13)
Air date: 2004-08-03
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Cusine, tipping in restaurants.
Makeovers for Jesus? (Episode 14)
Air date: 2004-08-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issue: Religion in society and throughout the world.
Flabulous or Fat-tastrophe? (Episode 15)
Air date: 2004-08-05
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Overweight people in society, fast food, weight loss & diets.
Music in America (Episode 16)
Air date: 2004-08-10
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Decline of the music industry, downloading music, explicit lyrics, rap music.
Healing Through Porn? (Episode 17)
Air date: 2004-08-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Pornographic images & video, strip clubs, sexual influence.
Crime and Funishment? (Episode 18)
Air date: 2004-08-12
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Crime in America, prison system, treatment of convicts.
Plastic Surgery: Nip-pocalypse? (Episode 19)
Air date: 2004-08-17
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Plastic surgery, demand for perfection in society.
Hellphones vs. Interthreat (Episode 20)
Air date: 2004-08-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Major issues: Cell phones, computers, advanced technology.
Mother Earth: Bitch? (Episode 21)
Air date: 2004-08-19
Runtime: 30 min
Voting Electible Dysfunction (Episode 22)
Air date: 2004-08-24
Runtime: 30 min
Sex Battle USA (Episode 23)
Air date: 2004-08-25
Runtime: 30 min
Pistol Whipped America (Episode 24)
Runtime: 30 min
Seasons
Episodes 24