Heads Up! (game show)

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Heads Up!
Genre Game show
Based onHeads Up!
Starring Loni Love
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65
Production
Producer Ellen DeGeneres
Running time30 minute episodes
Production companies A Very Good Production
Telepictures
Original release
Network HLN (Unaired)
Family Channel

Heads Up! is an American television game show based on the mobile app of the same name, itself inspired by a segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . The series is hosted by Loni Love. [1]

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Sixty-five episodes of the show were produced for HLN, but prior to airing, the channel shelved it in March 2016. [2] The production company behind the series, Telepictures, confirmed they were looking into other possible partners. [3] The completed episodes would eventually air in Canada on Family Channel and Family Chrgd. [4] [5]

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