Show Me the Money (U.S. game show)

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Show Me the Money
Created byDick de Rijk
Directed byR. Brian DiPirro
Presented by William Shatner
Composer(s) Doug DeAngelis
Kevin Haskins
Doug Beck
Country of origin United States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)Mike Nichols
Editor(s)Chip Brown
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s) Endemol USA
Release
Original network ABC
Original releaseNovember 15 
December 13, 2006 (2006-12-13)
External links
Website

Show Me the Money is a television game show hosted by William Shatner which ran on ABC from November 15, 2006 to December 13, 2006. The show employed an aspect similar to Deal or No Deal , but with open-ended trivia questions.

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William Shatner Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, author and film director

William Shatner, is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.

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Contents

The show was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. It also aired in Canada on CH.

Canada Country in North America

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

Game play

Before the game, scrolls were randomly distributed to thirteen female dancers known as the $1,000,000 Dancers. These scrolls show 12 different dollar amounts and a symbol representing the "killer card", which is a yellow triangle. The dollar amounts were:

$20,000$40,000$60,000$80,000 Warning icon.svg
$100,000$120,000$140,000$160,000
$180,000$200,000$220,000$250,000

Each turn involved a set of three concealed questions (A, B, and C) with a common initial word or phrase. The player was shown this initial phrase, and picked A, B, or C. The question was read, and the player could either answer it or pass and pick another letter. The player could pass twice on a turn, but then had to answer the remaining question; a player could not return to a previously passed question. After giving an answer, the player picked a dancer who still had her scroll, which was opened; then the correct answer was revealed. If it showed a dollar amount, it was added to the player's pot for a correct answer or subtracted for an incorrect answer.

When the player had given either six correct answers (shown as plus signs on the scoreboard) or six wrong answers (minus signs), each for a dollar amount (killer-card turns were not counted), the game ended and the player won the total in the pot. Thus, the maximum amount that could have theorhetically have been won (add signs the total of all six highest dollar amounts) would have been $1,150,000. The game could also end prematurely if the pot fell so far below zero that it could not become positive given the possible number of correct answers and dollar values remaining; this occurred at least once. The eliminated player who lost would have his/her final dance.

Killer Card

If the killer card was revealed, a "sudden-death" question was asked (with no option to pass). On the premiere episode only, only an incorrect answer on a regular question when the killer card was revealed would cause the player to face sudden death. The player had to answer correctly or else the game ended at once and the player won nothing. A correct answer on the sudden-death question, if asked, allowed the player to continue to the next turn with the pot unchanged. All the plus signs remained intact.

In actual practice during the show's brief run, everyone who picked the killer card did so on an incorrect answer, and none of them were able to answer the sudden-death question correctly.

Broadcast history

The show premiered on November 15, 2006 in the Wednesday 8:00 pm timeslot, with one episode airing per week for the next five weeks. On December 8, 2006, after the first seven episodes had been taped, an additional six-episode order as well as a planned move to a Tuesday night timeslot starting on January 2, 2007 were announced, which would have brought the total number of episodes to 13.

Cancellation

On December 15, 2006, ABC canceled the series after five episodes due to continually declining ratings, leaving two of the seven episodes that were produced unaired. [1] The show was replaced immediately with reruns of America's Funniest Home Videos . ABC had earlier decided to cease production of the series, but air the remaining episodes. [2]

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Three of the $1,000,000 dancers have since appeared on other shows:

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GSN picked up the rights to the seven episodes of Show Me The Money in June 2007, which included the five that aired on ABC, plus the remaining two episodes that the network did not air.

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The first episode aired on June 12 and the second episode aired on June 19. However, on June 26, GSN replaced the series with an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire . It is known that GSN pulled the show due to bad ratings for the first two weeks and it was replaced by Dog Eat Dog on the Tuesday nights for the remainder of July 2007. There is no indication that GSN will air the show again, thus the two episodes not broadcast by ABC remain unaired.

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(However, GSN's webpage for the show included a photo that appeared to be from an unaired episode. The carryover contestant from the last episode aired by ABC (Bob Glouberman) is shown with the amount of $890,000 displayed on the scoreboard; he finished the episode with $882,000 and was paid despite the fact that the show did not air.)[ citation needed ]

International versions

CountryLocal NameHostTop prizeNetworkYear Aired
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Khắc nhập, khắc xuấtMinh Tiệp (2008)
Hồng Phúc (2009–2010)
Thiên Bảo (2016-2018)
108,000,000 VTV3
MINITV5
2008–2010

Vietnam

The Vietnamese version (titled Khắc nhập, khắc xuất) was aired for 2 years and over 100 episodes, from 12 January 2008 to early 2010 on VTV3. Originally, it was hosted by Minh Tiệp, later by Hồng Phúc. All rules were similar to the American version, expect that there were 12 dancers and 2 rounds. In round 1, there were 4 plus signs and 4 minus signs (the slip values were 1 slip 0₫, 2 slips 50,000₫, 3 slips 75,000₫, 3 slips 100,000₫, and 1 each of 150,000₫, 250,000₫ and 500,000₫). In round 2, there were 4 multiply signs and 4 divide signs (3 slips did not change the total value, 4 slips were worth double, 4 slips were worth triple, and 1 slip was worth quadruple the amount). The two slips that are chosen multiplied the score by the factor between them (the maximum multiplier was 12). A contestant could win as much as 108,000,000₫ during the whole game. The biggest win ever was 105,300,000₫ on the episode that was broadcast on 17 May 2008.

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References

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  2. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6400436.html