In the Netflix series The 8 Show, eight participants, all in financial hardship, take part in a Money Game. They are assigned to different floors depending on which numbered card they choose before entering the studio, with each floor increasing both in size and value. 

As the audience watching this show is entertained by the series’ scenes, there is an implied narrative about how showmakers want to be entertained so they can keep playing the game. So that the clock does not run out of time. The eight contestants do things in the hope that the audience will be entertained; the more entertained the audience is, the more time will be added, and the more money they will earn. 

Each player represents a different socioeconomic class. Floors seven and eight gain more and more money while spending it on lavish things that don’t make a dent in their earnings, while the lower floors have to do extra jobs to make the higher class value them. 

I think this show does a great job of representing the things that an audience is willing to watch purely for entertainment and the lengths a creator is willing to go to for money.