Not accepting excuses is very good but I don't think it changes the way the people stuck with the problem think. We read posts here at PC where our friends are "stuck" and it can take many conversations to slowly help pull them from the muck? I would be too stressed being on national TV and having this "famous" guy calling me names, etc. and my resistance would be at its highest; there wouldn't be much "listening" going on by me.

Perhaps people in the audience and at home benefit from seeing the no excuses method but I am reminded of all the "Biggest Loser" shows I watch (last night's being the latest) and how I'm still 115 pounds overweight and not exercising? It's a safe, vicarious method of being reprimanded and I can feel energized and say I'm going to exercise, etc. but I do nothing and then feel badly about myself. Granted most people in the audience aren't cheating on their husband's with their husband's best friend or something so they're not going to feel badly about themselves but I think the "no excuses" goes right over most people's heads because, "Oh! He wasn't talking to/about me!"