Collegehumor (now known as Dropout) produced a show called Total Forgiveness in 2019. It's a show about two cast members at Dropout with a staggering combined $150,000 in student debt, who pitch a show to then-CCO Sam Reich where the two challenge each other for increasing sums of money that can be put onto their student debt.
From the setup in the show's first episode my assumption was a show similar to Jackass, with crazy challenges no sane individual would ever consider doing. In Jackass, however, the motivation is one-upsmanship, trying to impress friends with unbelievably dangerous stunts only to have them try to outdo it shortly thereafter.
In Total Forgiveness, the motivation is helping to pay off student debt.
Spoilers under the cut.
But then, the US is a land of man-made horrors
