--- --- # _The Sex Factor:_ America's First Reality TV/Porn Hybrid by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen May 31, 2014 10:00 PM UTC by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen May 31, 2014 10:00 PM UTC Like pretty much every other reality TV show, [_The Sex Factor_](http://twitter.com/thesxfactor) appears to have the ridiculous conceit, the not-so-polished acting, and the obligatory dude with a British accent; who’s to say it won’t be a success? If that weren’t enough, the winner earns $1 million and the chance to do a scene with [Belle Knox](https://twitter.com/belle%5Fknox) (the Duke University porn starlet). I’ve got nothing to say, really, other than the [trailer](http://youtu.be/%5FdX53KKknnY) isn’t quite safe for work. But you already knew that from the title, didn’t you? The Sex Factor: America's First Reality TV/Porn Hybrid ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2803539/sex-factor-reality-tv-porn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2803539/sex-factor-reality-tv-porn/"},"headline":"The Sex Factor: America's First Reality TV/Porn Hybrid","datePublished":"2014-05-31T22:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:13.571Z","description":"The culture has moved on","url":"https://time.com/2803539/sex-factor-reality-tv-porn/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Porn","reality tv"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2803539/sex-factor-reality-tv-porn/","name":"The Sex Factor: America's First Reality TV/Porn Hybrid"}}]}] ```