Killer Ratings

Killer Ratings (2019)
Season 1 - 7 episodes (2019 May 31)

Netflix Distributed Documentary Series

Availability: Limited

1 season

Plot:

The series explores Brazilian TV host turned politician Wallace Souza, who was accused of ordering murders in order to bolster ratings of his crime series.

Links:

• Watch the trailer 

Trivia:

• First reported on May 6, 2019.
• Souza rose to fame as the host of Canal Livre, a TV show broadcast in Manaus, the remote and lawless city surrounded by jungle in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon. 
• The show was a hit but its reputation was tarnished when it was claimed that Souza was only able to make it first to certain crime scenes because he had ordered the murders himself.
• In October 2009, Souza was charged with murder, drug-trafficking, intimidation of witnesses, illegal carrying of arms, and the formation of a criminal organization. He was expelled from the state assembly. 
• After the arrest warrant was issued, he disappeared but subsequently gave himself up before dying of a heart attack the following year.