Hollywood Showdown
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| Hollywood Showdown | |
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| Format | Game show |
| Presented by | Todd Newton |
| Narrated by | Randy West |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sande Stewart Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PAX 2000 GSN 2000-2002 |
| Original run | January 23, 2000 – April 1, 2002 |
Hollywood Showdown is an American game show that aired on both PAX (now Ion Television) and Game Show Network from January to November 2000, then again until April 2002. Reruns aired on GSN again from September 2004 to April 2005 plus June 2006 and June 2007 on TV Guide Network. Todd Newton served as host, with Randy West announcing.
Produced by Sande Stewart, the game was similar to Jackpot!, whose creator/producer Bob Stewart is Sande's father.
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[edit] Format
Seven contestants competed for one whole week of shows. One player would be at the podium with host Newton and would pick people from the gallery to challenge. Each had an envelope with a dollar amount in it, and the amount in the envelope would be added to the "Box Office" (equivalent to the "Jackpot" on Jackpot!), which began at $10,000.
The two contestants would then square off in a question round. Newton would read a series of Hollywood related questions with three answer choices, and the contestants would buzz-in to answer. If correct, he or she scored one point, otherwise, if wrong, the opponent chose from the remaining two choices. If no one was correct, the question was thrown out, and the correct answer was revealed. The first person to answer three correctly stayed on stage and got to pick another contestant.
One contestant's envelope had the "Box Office" card, and the winner of that particular question round got to play for the Box Office jackpot.
[edit] Box Office
The object of the Box Office round was to answer 5 questions correctly. Before each question, host Newton would give the contestant two category choices. The first four correct answers were worth $500 each, a fifth won the Box Office.
At any time, a contestant could quit and take what they had won up to that point. However, an incorrect answer lost whatever winnings they had earned; either way, if a contestant did not win the Box Office, they would play another game and search for another Box Office card.
When a contestant won the Box Office, he/she retired from the show, and a new contestant took his/her place for a new search for the Box Office card.
[edit] Friday Payoff
All weeks were self-contained, meaning that a game in progress on Friday could not continue into the following Monday. When time ran out, all remaining players in the gallery opened their envelopes, and the player with the Box Office card competed in the final question round for that week. The winner of that round could either take $1,000 or return next week to play again for a brand-new $10,000 Box Office.
[edit] Box Office Bonanza
This was a special week of episodes that aired during the show's first season in 2000, where the "Box Office" card was replaced by the "Blockbuster" card. If chosen, the Box Office Jackpot doubled (but returned to its pre-doubled total if the subsequent Box Office round was not won). On Wednesday of that week, a record $33,260 jackpot was won. The Friday payoff rules remained, except that the winner took home $2,000.
