Plot Synopsis

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? uses hidden cameras and actors to see how people react when put in provocative situations. The program takes real-life situations, some of them straight from the headlines, and records the everyday dilemmas that test character and values. Will people be compelled to act or just mind their own business?

ABC debuted a new season of this series on Friday, May 31, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT, with an episode that features these scenarios: a rude street musician who makes his living insulting people; a clearly intoxicated couple and their young child are sitting at a marina bar, drinking and carrying on, when they head back to their boat; a transgender girl trying on dresses to wear to her prom; and a woman in a wedding dress who runs into a bar, sits down at a stool and orders some hard liquor, while explaining she is having cold feet.

On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT, ABC premiered a new season of WHAT WOULD YOU DO? The season opener features these scenarios: Online Predator; Race Appropriate Toys; Inappropriate Mom; Invasion of Privacy; and Bowling Shoe Swap.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? returned for a new season on Friday, June 17, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT on ABC.

A new season of WHAT WOULD YOU DO? premiered on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 10pm ET/PT on ABC, with John Quinones returning. The new season continues May 24 and then Fridays at 9pm beginning June 15.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? returned for a new season on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT on ABC, with John Quinones hosting once again. In the season debut, celebrity guest Nyle DiMarco, DANCING WITH THE STARS and AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL winner, goes behind the scenes for a story on deaf discrimination and a scenario inspired by the news story in which a Georgia woman called the police on a black man babysitting two white children.

ABC premiered a new season of WHAT WOULD YOU DO? on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT, with anchor John Quinones returning. In its twelfth year on television, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? continues to showcase the kindness of strangers. Celebrity guests appearing this season include actress Sutton Foster, Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon, professional WWE wrestler Nia Jax and GMA3: STRAHAN, SARA & KEKE co-host Sara Haines.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? returned for its 16th season on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT on ABC. Hosted by anchor John Quinones, the new season continues to reveal how people behave when they think no one is watching by using hidden cameras to record real reactions to thought-provoking scenarios. This season, Quinones welcomes guest correspondents Sara Haines and W. Kamau Bell, as they observe how real people react when tricky situations and moral dilemmas arise in public settings. The program brings audiences together, providing them with hope by showcasing the kindness of strangers. In the season opener, bystanders grapple with a schoolteacher's side hustle on an adult-content site, objections to immigrants applying for work, a deli staffer dealing with a rude customer, breastfeeding in public and a man bothering a woman at the gym.
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO? returned for a new season on Monday, October 7, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT on ABC. Hosted by anchor John Quinones with correspondent Sara Haines, Season 17 continues to reveal how people behave when they think no one is watching by using hidden cameras to record real reactions to thought-provoking scenarios. The season opener features a secret romantic affair being exposed; an underage teen who is pressured to buy an illegal vape; a rude customer who berates an immigrant employee; and an employer who refuses to hire a job applicant because of their weight.