Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host

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Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host
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Genre Game show
Created by
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Burnett
  • Barry Poznick
  • David Granger
  • Will Macdonald
Production companies One Three Media
Monkey Kingdom
Original release
Network TBS
ReleaseOctober 22 (2013-10-22) 
December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)

Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host is an American game show that premiered on October 22, 2013, and aired on TBS. [1] [2] It is hosted by comedians D. L. Hughley and Michael Ian Black. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Premise

Two comedic hosts try to deceive contestants with unique/odd/implausible statements; one is telling the truth and another is lying. The contestant must decide which fact presented by the hosts is the truth in order to win money. [6] [7] [8] After a few chances of guessing which host they trust is telling the truth, the contestant gets an opportunity to choose a true fact from a range of statements to add an additional $20,000 to their winnings. [9]

Episodes

No. in
series
Title Original air date Production
code
U.S. viewers
(million)
1"Ambree Klemm"October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)1011.17 [10]
2"Todd Jones"October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)1021.24 [11]
3"Jamal Quezaire"November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)1031.28 [12]
4"Brian Yarbrough"November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)1041.04 [13]
5"Patricia Canale"November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19)1051.14 [14]
6"Thomas Riker"November 26, 2013 (2013-11-26)1061.22 [15]
7"Jason Adler"December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)1071.15 [16]
8"Natalie Hall"December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10)1081.17 [17]
9"Nikki Kirkland"December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)1091.07 [18]
10"Frank Rice"December 17, 2013 (2013-12-17)1100.56 [19]

Reception

Melissa Camacho of Common Sense Media gave the show 3 out of 5 stars. [20]

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