“The Show” (** out of four) was an obvious melodrama about a television show host (Josh Duhamel) who has a nervous breakdown and starts a new show in which the contestants end their lives for money in front of a mass audience. Duhamel is no Peter Finch and this is no “Network” but Giancarlo Esposito’s heartbreaking, Oscar-worthy performance as a struggling father makes this worth watching for at least a few minutes. Esposito also directed and ironically- you wish he focused the film more on his character instead. James Franco appears unbilled in a minor role at the beginning