The response to the Judge was
"A spokeswoman for ITV said: "We do not recognise the
district judge's description of our programme, or his opinion of the
viewing public and the people who choose to take part in our programme
in an effort to resolve their problems."
But on the same page as the Kyle story are two links to articles about people who ignored court imposed curfews by appearing on the show. There is no acknowledgment from the organisers of the shows of a link between behavouir and responsibility. In one case it was claimed
"His mother told the court how she took him on the talk
show - which deals with family and relationship issues - to try to get
help for him."
and in the other
"The TV show, which aired on 21 March, featured Byrne
talking about her relationships with her mother's and aunt's boyfriends
and included her in a shouting match with her lover's ex-partner"
and to make that worse
"Byrne was put up in a London hotel prior to recording the
show on 3 March, during which she was seen brawling with her lover's
ex-girlfriend"
Weirdly, I now want to watch such shows, car crash TV