TV Show Releases by Genre
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Sarah Palin's Alaska: Season 1
November 14, 2010
The former Republican vice presidential nominee brings much of her family back in front of the television cameras in her TLC reality show.
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School Pride: Season 1
October 15, 2010
Tom Stroup, Kym Whitley, Jacob Soboroff, and Susie Castillo work together with volunteers to help renovate and transform some public schools across America.
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Secret Millionaire: Season 2
March 6, 2011
Millionaires are sent to live undercover on a low budget before they reveal their identities and donate money to the people they met during the show.
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Shark Tank: Season 1
August 9, 2009
Based on the Japanese reality show (also adapted in the UK as Dragon's Den, currently on BBC America), five successful businessmen and women judge budding entrepreneurs to determine whether to invest in their ideas or not.
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Shedding for the Wedding: Season 1
February 23, 2011
Nine overweight couples compete to lose the most weight during a three-month period to win their dream wedding in this Sara Rue-hosted reality show.
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Sing On!: Season 1
September 16, 2020
Tituss Burgess hosts the singing competition series where contestants singing is judged by computer that selects those who sing the closest to the original song.
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Skating with Celebrities: Season 1
January 18, 2006
This "Dancing With The Stars" clone pairs C-list celebrities (e.g., Todd Bridges, Dave Coulier) with professional figure skaters (e.g., Tai Babilonia, Nancy Kerrigan) in a competition.
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So You Think You Can Dance: Season 1
July 20, 2005
From FOX, the creators of American Idol and the producers of American Bandstand and The American Music Awards comes So You Think You Can Dance.In its sophomore season, this show is offering the winner a one year contract for Celine Dion's Vegas show, a brand new car and $100K cash. Contestants perform a particular style of dance each week with a partner. The audience votes on their favorite couple leaving the 3 couples with the least votes up for elimination. After each dancer performs a solo of their choice for the judges, one male and one female contestant are up for elimination.
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Sons Of Hollywood: Season 1
April 1, 2007
This "real-life" take on HBO's "Entourage" follows the exploits of would-be stars Randy (son of Aaron) Spelling and Sean (son of Rod) Stewart, along with their manager David Weintraub.
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Squid Game: The Challenge: Season 1
November 22, 2023
The reality competitive series based on the series Squid Game features 456 contestants competing to possibly win $4.56 million.
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Storage Wars: Season 1
December 1, 2010
Four bidders seek out hidden treasure in the repossessed storage units they buy.
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Strange Days with Bob Saget: Season 1
November 30, 2010
Comedian Bob Saget travels around the United States to explore different subcultures.
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Stylista: Season 1
October 22, 2008
Contestants work to win their dream of an editorial job at Elle magazine.
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Survival of the Richest: Season 1
March 31, 2006
In this six-week reality challenge, teams of two compete in different taks to win a large cash prize. The catch? Each pair consists of a working-class person in debt, and an ultra-rich person with a huge net worth. (It's up to you to figure out why watching a multi-millionaire attempt to win even more money is compelling television.)
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Survivor: Season 1
May 31, 2000
The rules of Survivor are simple: average Americans are abandoned in the middle of some of the most unforgiving places on earth. Divided into teams, they participate in challenges given by host Jeff Probst, and every three days, the losing tribe must trek to Tribal Council to vote out one of their own. Halfway through the game, the challenges shift to individual competitions when the tribes merge and become one. Now the game is every contestant for themselves.The game is simple: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast, by winning immunity, thus not being eligible to have votes cast against yourself. However, the players must be careful about who they send packing - because after the merge, a jury of previously voted out contestants begins to form, and each week they return to watch the Tribal Council ceremony. At the end of the game, they vote for one of the members in the finals to win one million dollars and become the next Survivor!Generally, each season begins with a twist - something different to surprise the new castaways. Survivor is a game of adaptation, and the final two or three of each season are the players most able to adapt to their surroundings and to the people they are playing with. Survivor focuses on the people, and the social commentary that surrounds them. The game revolves around how these players can Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast.
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Take The Money and Run: Season 1
August 2, 2011
Contestants are given an hour to hide a suitcase full of money before being interrogated by a detective and prosecutor. If the detectives cannot find the money after 48 hours, the contestants get to keep the money.
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Teach: Tony Danza: Season 1
October 1, 2010
Tony Danza returns to his first job, working as a first-year English teacher for sophomore students at Northeast High School in Philadelphia.
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The $100,000 Pyramid (2016): Season 1
June 26, 2016
Michael Strahan hosts one of the three game show revivals on ABC scheduled for Sunday night.
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The Amazing Race: Season 1
September 5, 2001
The competitive reality series hosted by Phil Keoghan featured 11 teams of two completing challenges as they raced around the world to win $1 million.
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The Apprentice: Season 1
January 8, 2004
The competitive reality show featured 16 contestants seeking to win a chance to be selected by host Donald Trump to manage one of his properties.
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The Apprentice: Season 2
September 9, 2004
The second season of the competitive reality show featured 18 contestants seeking to win a chance to be selected by host Donald Trump to manage one of his properties.
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The Apprentice: Season 10
September 16, 2010
Donald Trump's competitive reality show returns with 16 non-celebrity contestants who have been affected by the economy.
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The Apprentice: Season 15
January 2, 2017
Donald Trump was fired after several derogatory statements about immigrants and the show returns with Arnold Schwarzenegger as host of The New Celebrity Apprentice with Jessica Alba, Steve Ballmer, Tyra Banks, and Warren Buffett as his advisors.
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The Apprentice: Season 11
March 6, 2011
The fourth round of the Celebrity edition of The Apprentice features Gary Busey, Jose Canseco, David Cassidy, Hope Dworaczyk, Richard Hatch, La Toya Jackson, Star Jones, Lil Jon, NeNe Leakes, Marlee Matlin, Mark McGrath, Meat Loaf, John Rich, Lisa Rinna, Niki Taylor, and Dionne Warwick.
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The Apprentice: Martha Stewart: Season 1
September 21, 2005
Sixteen contestants vie for a chance to work for the billionaire insider-trading homemaker in this spinoff from "The Apprentice."
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The Bachelor: Season 1
March 25, 2002
The Bachelor is an original one hour prime-time reality television series that gives one man and 25 women the unique opportunity to find true love in a most exciting and adventurous way.
The Bachelor will get to know the 25 women in a series of fun, exciting and exotic dates that will elicit real and raw emotions. Along the way he must follow a gradual process of elimination, as his initial 25 bachelorettes are narrowed down week by week by presenting them with a single, red rose. In the end, he will ultimately decide on the one woman who captures his heart. However, at any point along the way, should a woman decide that she is no longer interested in The Bachelor, she may reject his invitation to continue dating. If the women decide to stay, some lucky women will meet his family, and he will visit their hometowns for a slice of their life in an effort to determine the woman with whom he is most compatible.
The Bachelor provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of each participant involved in this unique dating process. At the end of the journey, this gentleman will have had an unforgettable experience, made new friendships and quite possibly found true love. But the big question is: After all of this, if he pops the question, will she accept?
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The Bachelorette: Season 1
January 8, 2003
A spin-off series from ABC's hit reality show, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette follows one woman in the search for her own Mr. Right from a pool of 25 eligible young men. After several weeks of meeting different men, going on amazing dates, and learning about their home lives, The Bachelorette will have the opportunity to continue dating one bachelor in the real world by presenting them with a single, red rose. Before this can happen, The Bachelorette must follow a gradual process of elimination, as her initial 25 bachelors are narrowed down week by week. At any point along the way, should a man decide that he is no longer interested in The Bachelorette, he may reject her invitation to continue dating.
This unique dating process will give both the bachelors and bachelorette an unforgettable experience and an opportunity to make new friendships and quite possibly find true love, but after all of this, will the man she chooses accept her rose, and if he does will he pop the question?
After being off the air for 3 years the series began again on Monday night, 19 May 2008 with its' 4th season, and now the 5th season is coming up.
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The Biggest Loser: Season 1
October 19, 2004
The biggest winner is "The Biggest Loser" in this compelling new weight-loss reality drama in which two celebrity fitness trainers join with top health experts to help overweight contestants transform their bodies, health and ultimately, their lives. Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives") hosts the unscripted, two-hour series in which two competing teams follow comprehensive diet and exercise plans to undergo radical physical makeovers. Unique physical challenges, surprising alliances and irresistible temptations make the competition even tougher for the contestants, who ultimately have to decide which player gets eliminated each week. In the end, "The Biggest Loser" becomes the biggest winner, walking away with a healthier body - and $250,000. "The Biggest Loser" is a production of NBC Universal Television Studio, Reveille, 25/7 Productions and 3 Ball Productions. Ben Silverman (NBC's "The Restaurant," "The Office (US)"), David Broome ("Jingle Ball Rock"), J.D. Roth ("NBC's "For Love or Money," "Endurance"), John Foy ("For Love or Money," "Endurance") and Todd A. Nelson ("For Love or Money," "Endurance") are the executive producers.
After the first Biggest Loser was crowned in January of 2005, a second Biggest Loser began in September, pitting the men versus the women in the ultimate chance of losing weight and feeling good about yourself. With the success of the second season, a special edition version of six episodes started in January 2006, with a third season starting in March 2006. Final Weight Loss of Season One Contestants:
This is all of the contestants in the order of most weight lost. It is shown in pounds.
1 (1) Ryan 330 > 208 (122 lost) 37% 18% 55%
2 (2) Gary 227 > 156 (71 lost) 31% 23% 54%
3 (8) Dave 250 > 179 (71 lost) 28% 25% 53%
4 (3) Kelly 242 > 163 (79 lost) 33% 17% 50%
5 (6) Andrea 215 > 156 (59 lost) 27% 21% 48%
6 (7) Kelly 223 > 151 (72 lost) 32% 15% 47%
7 (10) Aaron 261 > 200 (61 lost) 23% 21% 44%
8 (5) Lisa 236 > 179 (57 lost) 24% 7% 31%
9 (9) Matt 310 > 246 (64 lost) 21% 6% 27%
10 (4) Maurice 436 > 365 (71 lost) 16% 8% 24%
11 (11) Lizzeth 167 > 145 (22 lost) 13% 11% 24%
12 (12) Dana 175 > 153 (22 lost) 13% 8% 21%
NBC Broadcast History
October 2004 - Present: Tuesdays @ 8:00pm EST/PST.
January 2005 - February 2005: Wednesdays @ 9:00pm EST/PST (Special Edition version)
The Theme Song for the first season of The Biggest Loser is called "Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous," by RuPaul. Seasons two through five featured "Proud" by Heather Small.
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The Chopping Block: Season 1
March 11, 2009
Gordan Ramsey's former boss Marco Pierre White gets into the cooking reality TV business with a team competition to win $250,000 to open a restaurant.
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The Cougar: Season 1
April 15, 2009
Vivica A. Fox hosts this dating reality show which has a group of men in their 20s battling for the affections of 40-year-old Stacey Anderson.
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The Fairy Jobmother: Season 1
October 28, 2010
Hayley Taylor, an international career specialist, helps job-challenged families find work on the Lifetime series The Fairy Jobmother.
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The Gong Show (2017): Season 1
June 22, 2017
The reboot of the 1970s show is hosted by a British comic named Tommy Maitland (widely reported to be Mike Meyers) with a rotating panel of celebrity judges that include Jack Black, Dana Carvey, Will Forte and Zach Galifianakis.
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The Great Escape: Season 1
June 24, 2012
Teams of ordinary people are put in the middle of their own action/adventure movie. They must work together to hide from enemies, fight battles, solve mysteries and be the first to find freedom to win.
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The Hasselhoffs: Season 1
December 5, 2010
Actor/singer David Hasselhoff tries to guide his two grown daughters even as he pursues his own career.
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The Hill: Season 1
August 23, 2006
A camera crew follows Democratic Florida Congressman Robert Wexler and his staff as they go about their daily duties during the 2004 election cycle in this 6-part series.
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The Marriage Ref: Season 1
February 28, 2010
Jerry Seinfeld returns to NBC to produce a reality show where celebrities watch a couple's arguement and decide on who is the winner.
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The Masked Singer: Season 1
January 2, 2019
Nick Cannon hosts the celebrity singing competition based on the South Korean show of the same name. A judging panel that includes Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, and Robin Thicke eliminate and guess the identities of the 12 disguised celebrities, who compete against one another.
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The Mole (2022): Season 1
October 7, 2022
12 contestants complete challenges to add money to the final prize but also must try to figure out who is the "mole" that is trying to thwart their efforts in this reboot of the 2000s ABC reality show hosted by Alex Wagner.
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The Proposal: Season 1
June 18, 2018
Each episode features 10 contestants selected by a panel of matchmakers must make an impression to win a chance to win the heart of a "mystery suitor or suitress" in this dating reality show hosted by ex-NFL quarterback and Season 5 Bachelor Jesse Palmer.
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Season 1
October 14, 2010
The Real Housewives franchise moves west to Beverly Hills to follow the lives of Taylor Armstrong, Adrienne Maloof, Camille Grammer, Kim Richards, Kyle Richards, and Lisa Vanderpump.
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Season 1
May 12, 2009
Bravo heads down the coast from New York to the Garden State to join the lives of one family of housewives.
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The Real Housewives of Washington D.C.: Season 1
August 5, 2010
Bravo's latest Housewives franchise expands to the nation's capitol with five housewives, including Michaele Salahi, who caused a national security scare when she and her husband crashed a party at the White House.
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The Singing Bee: Season 1
July 10, 2007
Contestants must sing accurately even when the band stops playing.
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The Traitors: Season 1
January 12, 2023
Hosted by Alan Cummings, 20 contestants (including 10 from such reality shows as The Bachelor, Big Brother, and Survivor) compete in challenges at a Scottish castle to win the $250,000 prize, but three competitors have a plan to steal from the others.
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The Traitors [UK]: Season 4
February 26, 2026
The fourth season of the British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns with 22 contestants. Again three "traitors" are secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 1 Jan 2026 and in the US on Peacock on 26 Feb 2026]
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The Traitors [UK]: Season 3
March 6, 2025
The third season of the British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns with 25 contestants. Again three "traitors" are secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 1 Jan 2025 and in the US on Peacock on 6 Mar 2025]
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The Traitors [UK]: Season 1
November 29, 2022
Based on the Dutch series De Verraders, the British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman features 22 contestants. Three are "traitors" secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 29 Nov 2022 and in the US on Peacock on 15 Feb 2023]
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The Traitors [UK]: Season 2
March 8, 2024
The second season of the British reality series hosted by Claudia Winkleman returns with another 22 contestants. Again three "traitors" are secretly trying to eliminate the others "faithfuls" from the game to win the £120,000 prize.
[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 3 Jan 2024 and in the US on Peacock on 8 Mar 2024]
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The Voice : Season 1
April 15, 2012
The singing competition has Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton as vocal coaches who will mentor the singers chosen through blind auditions.
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The World According to Paris: Season 1
June 1, 2011
Paris Hilton returns with another reality show, which is described as a look at her "real" persona and life.
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Season 1
August 9, 2009
A 20-foot-high wall is built around a group of eight families in the Atlanta, GA area and they compete for the $250,000 prize.
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Top Chef: Season 7
June 16, 2010
The reality show brings 17 contestants together to compete for the title of Top Chef in the nation's capitol.
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Top Chef: Season 1
March 8, 2006
The ten-episode competitive cooking series set in San Francisco pits a dozen aspiring chefs against each other for a $100,000 cash prize and is hosted by Katie Lee Joel.
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Top Chef: Season 5
November 12, 2008
17 contestants compete for the title of Top Chef in New York City for the show's fifth season.
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Top Chef: Season 6
August 19, 2009
Top Chef returns for its sixth season, this time the setting is Las Vegas.
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Top Design: Season 1
January 31, 2007
On the heels of "Project Runway" and "Top Chef" comes Bravo's latest talent competition, which pits a dozen aspiring interior designers against one another for a chance at a large cash prize.
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Total Blackout: Season 1
April 25, 2012
Jaleel White hosts the game show where contestants take part in challenges in complete darkness.
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Treasure Hunters: Season 1
June 18, 2006
Ten teams of three travel around the country in search of clues that lead to a "hidden treasure" in this Amazing Race-esque (in concept, not in execution) reality competition.
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Twentyfourseven: Season 1
December 6, 2006
Seven twenty-somethings from different backgrounds are up-and-comers in Hollywood in MTV's attempt at a real-life version of "Entourage."
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Unan1mous: Season 1
March 22, 2006
Nine contestants are locked in a modern, stylish bunker for a chance to win $1.5 million. The catch: The jackpot will decrease over time until the contestants are able to come to a unanimous decision about which one of them should win the money.
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Whisker Wars: Season 1
August 5, 2011
Men from beard-and-mustache clubs across the country compete for the right to represent the United States at the World Competition in Norway in this self-described docu-comedy.
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Who's Still Standing?: Season 1
December 19, 2011
If contestants give incorrect answers, then they drop through trap doors on the trivia game show with a $1 million prize.
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Whodunnit?: Season 1
June 23, 2013
Giles the butler (Gildart Jackson) hosts this reality-competition show where 13 contestants must figure out who is the "murderer" at Rue Manor to win the $250,000 prize.
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Wipeout: Season 1
June 24, 2008
Contestants race through a huge obstacle course hoping not to fall into mud for a $50,000 prize.
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Wizard Wars: Season 1
August 19, 2014
Before a panel of judges that include Penn & Teller, Jason Latimer and Christen Gerhart, teams of magicians compete for a $10,000 prize and the chance to face professionals such as Two-time World Championship of Magic winner Gregory Wilson; Wynn Resort resident magician Shimshi; Justin Flom of YouTube fame, and mentalist Angela Funovits.
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Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton: Season 1
December 3, 2011
Talk show host Graham Norton presents BBC America's first original programming. The panel game show features celebrities who must choose from one of the options provided in the questions.
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Coming Soon
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America's Got Talent: Season 21
- Start date: Jun 2, 2026
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Love Island (2019): Season 8
- Start date: Jun 2, 2026
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Password (2022): Season 3
- Start date: Jun 2, 2026
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