Pick up your remote and get ready to set your Tivo/DVR for this Saturday. The show is called Big Spender and it is on the A&E Network. Not only is this show extremely entertaining, it is also educational, and it may just help you get your financial life back on track.

http://www.aetv.com/bigspender/index.jsp

Here is the general premise of the show: A person, who has a lot of debt, has noticed their financial and person lives spiraling out of control.  The several episodes I have seen have highlighted consumers that not only owe creditors money, they may owe their own family members thousands of dollars!

At this point they turn to financial expert and motivational speaker, Larry Winget, to put them into a financial boot camp regiment. Usually this show comes with a lot of emotional heartache (meaning very entertaining “waterworks”) when the person realizes they need to change their spending habits and mend broken relationships in their life. Larry monitors as this person attempts to make changes in their life, then he grades them on their improvement several weeks later before sending them on their way.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Larry Winget, he is basically what you would get if you could genetically mix Doctor Phil and John Wayne. He is no nonsense financial cowboy, and takes no prisoners as he tosses his clients back onto the right track. Larry will tell his clients how it is, and that these changes had to have happened yesterday.

If you are in debt, know somebody who is in debt, or just like a good dosage of reality television, set your Tivo’s for this Saturday morning.

Let me know what you think of this show…