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Let's Make A Deal

CBS

This show is a new take on the classic where audience members dress in crazy costumes to win big prizes and cash by making deals with the host, Wayne Brady.
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Auction Hunters

Spike TV

Clinton "Ton" Jones and Allen Haff, two prospectors, win auctions and gather items from storage units that they turn around and sell for a profit.
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Flavor of Love

VH1 (ended 2008)

The fact of the matter is, Flavor Flav's "romantical" experiment, "The Flavor of Love", didn't quite work. It seems once the show ended, Hoopz (the finalist) started getting a lot of attention, from magazines and men. And now she doesn't have time for her man Flavor Flav.

After the taping of The Flavor of Love wrapped, Flavor took Hoopz to London to spend some time with him while he completed a small tour with Public Enemy. While there, Flavor asked her to accompany him on a trip to Hawaii. Hoopz informed him that she wouldn't be going. It seems her newfound career was more important than Flavor. You see, Hoopz was an aspiring model/actress just like all the rest. She only went on the show for fame.

Flavor then called his producers, furious that he had been duped. "Get me 20 more!" He screamed into the phone. "I went through all that and I ended up with nothin'! Get me 20 more!"

Now Flavor, undaunted by this failure, is going to try again, but this time he's doing it right.

This season Flavor has chosen 20 new unique girls of all different races, ages and body types and brought them to his mansion. This time the entire show will be focused on truth; No lies, no fakery. This time Flavor is hoping to find real girls who really want to love Flavor Flav. Every challenge Flavor poses, from running a soul food restaurant to competing in a hip hop dance off, will be engineered to weed out the gold diggers, fame chasers, fakes and chicken heads. Whether it's meeting Flavor's celebrity friends from the world of hip hop or accompanying him on a trip to some exotic local, these girls will constantly be put to the test.

In the end, Flavor will pick his favorite girl and present her with a shiny new gold grill. And this time, hopefully, she won't be a lying gold digger.moreless
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Hoarding: Buried Alive

TLC

TLC takes viewers into homes cluttered and packed by people who are obsessed with saving items in large quantities that most people would discard in the trash.
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HGTV Design Star

HGTV

HGTV Design Star is back for an all new season as 12 new contestants see if they have what it takes to be the next Design Star. Previous winners include: Season 1 David Bromstad Season 2 Kim Myles Season 3 Jennifer Bertrand Season 4 Antonio Ballatore Season 5 ???moreless
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

ABC (ended 2002)

This game is based on the British version of the same name. This game is simple, but in a hard way: Be the first to answer a question correctly, get up on stage to answer 15 more questions correctly, and you win $1 million. But the hard parts are these: Be the first to answer a "fastest finger question" (a question with 4 answers to be placed in a certain order) correctly. The person who does this gets up on stage and into the "hot seat", where s/he will answer 15 multiple choice questions. The second hard part is the multiple choice questions get tougher as they go along: for that reason, 3 "Lifelines" (types of aid) are there to help: once one lifeline is used, it cannot be used again. These Lifelines are: 1. Ask the audience, usually used in one of the first 7 or 8 questions. The audience uses the keypad in front of their seats to vote on what they think the answer is, and the results are shown to the player on his/her computer screen in bar graph form. 2. Phone a friend. The player may phone one of his/her friends that may know the answer to this question, but has 30 seconds to come up with an answer. 3. 50:50, in which 2 of the wrong answers are taken away, leaving one wrong answer and the correct one. When Super Millionaire rolled around (see bottom), they also threw in 2 additional lifelines only for use on the last 5 questions. They are: 4. Three Wise Men: three trivia experts (usually one pop culture expert, one general knowledge expert like a former millionaire from the show, and one expert in any school subject such as history, science, etc.) are chosen before the show to provide contestants with assistance. When the contestant gets stuck on a question, (s)he can call upon these 3 experts and they'll have 30 seconds to discuss the answer, but they do not have to reach a consensus (for example, one might say D and another might say B.) 5. Double Dip: The contestant will have two shots at answering the question. The player may give one answer and if it's wrong, (s)he may give another answer, which will be the final answer to the question. If the first answer is right, the lifeline is still considered to have been used. But the main catch is that if you use the Double Dip, you MUST answer the question. You can NOT walk away. Beginning with the 2004-2005 season, the syndication version's money tree amounts were modified throughout the whole tree and a lifeline was added to the for the last five questions only: 6. Switch the Question: Once a contestant has reached the second safe haven, they are allowed to use this lifeline and ask for the current question to be switched. Once switched, they are not obligated to answer and can still back out. However, any lifelines used with the discarded question are not reinstated. Each question also has a cash value. For the first 5 questions (usually general knowledge), if a player answers a question incorrectly, s/he wins nothing. (This has actually happened to a few unfortunate contestants!) The original version's cash values are: 15. $1,000,000 14. $500,000 13. $250,000 12. $125,000 11. $64,000 10. $32,000 9. $16,000 8. $8,000 7. $4,000 6. $2,000 5. $1,000 4. $500 3. $300 2. $200 1. $100 The bolded dollar values indicated safe havens. Once you cross the $1,000 mark, you can't leave with less than $1,000. Once you pass the $32,000 question, you're guaranteed to leave with at least $32,000. Contestants can also walk away with the money that s/he has already won if s/he can not risk getting an incorrect answer. Because if (s)he goes for it and the answer is wrong, his/her winnings drop down to the value of the last safe haven question answered. In the Meridith Viera version, the values of the $32,000, $64,000 and $125,000 questions would later change to $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000, respectively. The first "millionaire" was John Carpenter in November 1999. Throughout its run, Millionaire was given several variations and specials to increase interest. These included: All-Star Week: The show's biggest previous winners came back to face the hot seat again. What they won the second time around they kept half of, donating the rest to their favorite charity. Losers Week: The previous contestants who walked away with $0 came back for a second shot at the million. Tax-Free Week: Most contestants usually were charged taxes that were brought on by winning large amounts of money. Contestants during this week were released from those liabilities and allowed to keep their full winnings. Super Bowl Night: This was a special held the week before Super Bowl Sunday, with all of its questions pertaining to professional football. Academy Awards Special: A special held during the exciting time before Oscars were awarded. All of the questions pertained to the Academy Awards and their winners. Family Week: During this week, each of the contestants faced the hot seat with one of his or her children. Valentine's Week: Lovers faced the hot seat together during these specials held during the week of Valentine's Day. Celebrity Week: Favorite celebrities were invited to face the hot seat to win money for charity. Guests included Rosie O'Donnell, Drew Carey, Emeril Lagasse, and Kermit the Frog. Since they were playing for worthy causes, celebrities were allowed to "cheat" by shouting hints or answers to the one in the hot seat, up to $32,000. Pop-Up Week: During one of the celebrity weeks, "Pop-Up Video" pop-ups were added to increase interest in the show. The pop-ups gave information about the questions, the celebrities, or the show in general. Mega Millionaire: Started 72 shows after David Goodman won the million in July of 2000 and lasted until the next big winner. The 15th question was no longer worth $1,000,000. It became a progressive jackpot that went up $10,000 for every night without a millionaire. Since it started 72 shows after the previous winner, the jackpot started at $1,720,000. The jackpot ended when Kevin Olmstead won it in April 2001. The jackpot at that point was $2,180,000! Although the daily syndicated version (with Meridith Vieira) continues to air (without the fastest finger) the Regis Philbin nighttime version has been revamped into "Super Millionaire" in which a contestant can win up to $10 million. Super Millionaire's Money Tree goes like this: 15. $10,000,000 14. $5,000,000 13. $2,500,000 12. $1,000,000 11. $500,000 10. $100,000 9. $50,000 8. $30,000 7. $20,000 6. $10,000 5. $5,000 4. $4,000 3. $3,000 2. $2,000 1. $1,000 Other foreign versions also exist, but the game in certain countries has been modified for budget reasons. Millionaire can be seen at the following times: Original Regis version: Daily at 5:00 P.M. on GSN (Pacific time, please adjust accordingly) Daily at midnight on GSN (Pacific time, please adjust accordingly) Weekends at 1:00 P.M. on GSN (Pacific time, adjust accordingly) Super Millionaire: Currently not showing.moreless
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My Super Sweet 16

MTV - Music Television (ended 2008)

My Super Sweet 16 follows a series of 15 year old girls as they rigorously plan, prep, and finally partake in their sweet 16 party. Will the event be a success? Or a stinker? Will bossy parents, friends, or greedy siblings stand in their path of a dream celebration? Sometimes sixteen... ain't so sweet. Seasons There have been 3 seasons of My Super Sweet Sixteen so far. Typically, a season has six through ten episodes in it. Most Common Locations: La Jolla, California Newport Beach, California Atlanta, Georgia Beverly Hills, California New York, New York Scottsdale, Arizona Boca Raton, Florida Miami, Floridamoreless
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Breaking Amish

TLC

Breaking Amish takes a look at what happens when four Amish people and a Mennonite leave the world of buggies and horses and venture out to New York City. The series unfolds as a wild ride of firsts. At the end they must decide- remain in their faith, or denounce it and be shunned by their families.moreless
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Clean House

Style Network

Each week, one cluttered clan puts itself at the mercy of host Tempestt Bledsoe and her crew of interior designers and organizers. They decide what stays and, more importantly, what goes--by way of a giant yard sale. Then they turn around and pour the proceeds into a much-needed home makeover.moreless
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America's Got Talent

NBC (Returning June 4th, 2013)

Premiering in 2006, America's Got Talent (also known as AGT) is an American reality television series on NBC. The show was developed with the help of Simon Cowell but due to Idol and Fox obligations, he has never judged. The show is a talent competition has no restrictions to age or act with the main focus on whether or not it was entertaining, providing for sometimes untalented but hilarious acts getting through. It is broken down into three main rounds with cuts constantly happening. The acts first compete on stage in front of an audience and the 3(4) judges. Each judge has a loud 'X' buzzer they can press if they feel an act is not meeting expectations. If an act gets all the judges to buzz it is immediately over and they are out of the competition. These remain active through-out the show, but during later rounds frequently get used. It starts off with auditions week held across the country where acts have roughly 90 seconds to impress the judges and an arena audience. Following each act the judges quickly vote and majority rules if they go to the next round or cut on the spot. Following auditions week the show and accepted acts move to Vegas where the acts perform again, only this time in front of only the judges and no audience. Following Vegas week the judges cut the competition aggressively to 48 acts to move onto the next, most important, round. The 48 acts chosen go onto the live quarter-finals in various cities to compete on live television for the audiences vote as the power now shifts away from the judges. There are 4 quarter finals with 12 acts performing each week (4 advance each), followed by two semi finals (4 advance each) followed by the final where the winner is declared. The grand prize winner will receive $1,000,000 and a chance for their own show in Vegas. Recent seasons have implemented a YouTube week where the judges will select from online YouTube submissions and a few lucky acts will be chosen to perform live at the end of the quarter finals with a chance to move to the semi finals as extra wild card spots. AGT is now on it's seventh season (2012) and had numerous casting changes. Hosts in order of appearance:
Season 1 (2006) - Regis Philbin
Season 2-3 (2007-08) - Jerry Springer
Season 4-7 (2009-2012) Nick Cannon. Judges in order of appearance:
Season 1 (2006) - Brandy Norwood, David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan
Season 2-4 (2007-09) - Sharon Osbourne, David Hasselhoff, Piers Morgan
Season 5-6 (2010-11) - Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel, Piers Morgan
Season 7 (2012) - Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel, Howard Sternmoreless
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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo

TLC

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo followsl follows Alana Thompson, the outspoken 6-year-old beauty queen from TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras. Viewers can take an inside look at the family home in rural Georgia, where the Thompson clan indulges in their favorite pastimes, such as free-wheeling through mud pits and picking up road kill for grilling.moreless
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Married to Jonas

E!

Married to Jonas stars Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle in a docu-soap series that chronicles both the young couple's suburban domestic life and Jonas' re-teaming with his siblings Joe and Nick as the group gets ready to record new music.moreless
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Nashville

FOX (ended 2007)

This new "docu-soap" follows a group of people as they try to make it big in Nashville's music and social scenes. Participants include Jamey Johnson, Matt Jenkins, Lindsey Hager, Jeff Allen, Clint Moseley, Chuck Wicks, Rachel Bradshaw, Mika Combs, and Sarah Gunsolus. After only two episodes the show got pulled from the weekly schedule, but set to return on November 9th 2007, but even before that happened FOX pulled the plug once and for all canceling the show and taking the show off for ever. It remains unknown how many episodes were produced in the first place.moreless
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Extreme Makeover

ABC (ended 2007)

Extreme Makeover follows the stories of the lucky individuals who are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be given a truly "Cinderella-like" experience: a real life fairy tale in which their wishes come true, not just by changing their looks, but their lives and destinies. This magic is conjured through the skills of an "Extreme Team," including the nation's top plastic surgeons, eye surgeons and cosmetic dentists, along with a talented team of hair and makeup artists, stylists, and personal trainers, led by an on-camera Extreme Makeover expert. This season will feature more "news you can use" tips about fashion, hair and makeup for the home viewers also, so they, too, can experience a little bit of the show's magic. Each self-contained episode features two people, seen first in their "before" phase, then as they undergo their various procedures, and finally, in a climactic unveiling - the "after" -when the candidates reveal their new selves to their families and friends.moreless
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

PBS (ended 1995)

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, based on the popular computer game, was first seen in September of 1991 and became one of the most popular kids' game shows of all time. The series aired on PBS, probably the best place to reach it's target audience. Like the computer game, the game show's basic purpose was to ultimatly capture the head of an international crime syndicate. In this case, the head was Carmen Sandiego and in each episode she would send one of her henchmen out to steal a national landmark. The contestants job was to use their knowlegde of geography to track each criminal from country to country and city to city with the goal of capturing the henchman, restoring the landmark to it's home, and whom ever got enough points would have the chance to capture Carmen. The game show was hosted by Greg Lee and the contestants were given orders from The Chief, played by Lynne Thigpen, who ran the ACME Detective Agency. Rockapella was the singing group that sang the popular theme song and helped give the contestants clues. The V.I.L.E. Henchmen
Carmen's henchman consisted of Vic the Slick, The Contessa, Robocrook, Top Grunge, Eartha Brute, Patty Larceny and Double Trouble. The Contessa left at the end of the 1st season and returned in the 4th season with a new look. At the beginning of the second season, Kneemoi and Wonder Rat joined the ranks of the other henchman, followed by Sarah Nade in the 3rd Season. In 1996, the original format of the series came to an end. That fall, the series was redesigned and renamed Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Theme Song: "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
Written by: Sean Altman & David Yazbek
Sung by: Rockapella
Spinoffs: Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? First Telecast: September 1991
Last Telecast: September 1996
Episodes: 295 Color Episodes PBS Broadcast History September 1991-September 1996----Weekdaysmoreless
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Junkyard Wars

TLC (ended 2004)

This engineering challenge started off some years ago in the UK and has now made it over to TLC. In 2001 they filmed two seasons' worth of programs with a whole series of extreme Junkyard machines being built by teams of bikers, high-tech engineers, school teachers, and even hillbillies!moreless
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Monster Garage

Discovery Channel (ended 2006)

Monster Garage is a game show where a group of people who have a passion for building, modifying, or fabricating cars get the chance to create a vehicle that can transform into a completely different machine. If the build is successful, the build crew gets a tool chest with $3,400 worth of Mac tools. Later add-ons to the prize, Monster Garage soundtrack CD, and occasionally (to some of the builders who go above and beyond) a Monster Garage jacket. If the build is a failure, host Jesse James feeds it to a shredder. James got his Discovery Channel fame by being chronicled in Motorcycle Mania and Motorcycle Mania 2. In Monster Garage, he is practically involved in every build; from design, construction (or destruction), and the Monster Challenge.moreless
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Braxton Family Values

WE - Women's Entertainment

WE tv's original series Braxton Family Values is in its second season. The show features the rambunctious, tight-knit Braxton sisters — Grammy© Award-winning artist Toni Braxton, Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar — and their headstrong mother, Evelyn, and offers an inside look at their lives and the drama of family chaos. They battle it out for the spotlight with sibling rivalry, man drama, bankruptcy, a DUI, an absent dad and much more. Through the laughter, tears, screaming and door-slamming, this family still has each other's back.moreless
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Gigolos

Showtime

Showtime follows five men who earn a living as male escorts in Las Vegas in this racy reality series.
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QI

BBC Two

In today's world, the Information Age, there are a lot of things we don't know. What is life? What is consciousness? How did the universe begin and when will it end? As QI proves, we know a lot less about the universe, and even ourselves, than we previously thought. What colour is the universe? Beige. How many senses have you got? From nine to over twenty. How many moons does the Earth have? At least seven. Forget about the questions nobody has answers to. Immerse yourself in the Quite Interesting world of QI and never be bored again.moreless
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