Primetime: What
Would You Do? is an American television news magazine and hidden camera show broadcast on ABC since 2008 as part of
the Primetime series.
The series is hosted by news correspondent John Quiñones. In the series, actors act out scenes of conflict
or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras videotape the
scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how.
Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races
or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react
differently. Quiñones appears at the end to interview the bystanders about
their reactions. As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or
club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making
inferences on the bystanders' reactions.
