Show Me the Money

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Show Me The Money

Genre	Quiz show
Running time	60 minutes
Creator(s)	Endemol
Starring	William Shatner
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC
Original run	November 14, 2006–present
No. of episodes	4
Official website

For the Australian version, see Show Me the Money (Australian game show).

For the Irish television program of the same name, see Show Me the Money (Ireland).

Show Me the Money is a television game show hosted by former Star Trek actor William Shatner, which premiered in its regular one-hour time slot on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8pm ET on ABC. On January 2, 2007, the show moves to the new timeslot of Tuesdays at 8pm. The show takes its title from the catch phrase in the film Jerry Maguire.

The show is taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood.

1 Game play
2 "Killer Card"
3 Cancellation
4 External links

[edit] Game play

Before the game, scrolls are distributed randomly to thirteen female dancers. These scrolls show 12 different dollar amounts and a symbol representing the "killer card". Currently the dollar amounts are:

$20,000	$40,000	$60,000	$80,000
$100,000	$120,000	$140,000	$160,000
$180,000	$200,000	$220,000	$250,000

Each turn involves a set of three concealed questions (A, B, and C) with a common initial word or phrase. The player is shown this initial phrase and picks A, B, or C. The question is read and the player can either answer it or pass and pick another letter. The player is allowed to pass twice on a turn, but then must answer the remaining question. There is no going back to a previous question after passing. After giving an answer, the player picks a dancer who still has her scroll, which is opened; then the correct answer is revealed. If it shows a dollar amount, this is added to the player's pot for a correct answer or subtracted for an incorrect answer.

When the player has 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 are not counted), the game ends and the player wins the total in the pot. (Thus the maximum win is the total of the six highest dollar amounts, currently $1,150,000 U.S.) The game may also end prematurely if the pot falls so far below zero that it could not become positive given the possible number of correct answers remaining.

[edit] "Killer Card"

If the Killer Card is revealed and the player answered wrongly, a "sudden-death" question is asked (with no option to pass). The player must answer correctly or else the game ends at once and the player wins nothing. A correct answer on the original question, or on the sudden-death question if asked, allows the player to continue to the next turn with the pot unchanged. All the plus signs remain intact.

[edit] Cancellation

Due to continually declining ratings, ABC has opted not to order any further episodes after the seven new episodes they purchased. The ordered episodes will continue to run, but no further episodes are planned.