Hollywood Showdown
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Hollywood Showdown was an American game show that aired on both PAX-TV (now ION Television) and Game Show Network from March 1999 to November 2000. Reruns aired on GSN from November 2000 to July 2001, and again from September 2004 to April 2005 and on June 2006 on TV Guide Channel. Todd Newton served as host, with Randy West announcing.
[edit] Format
Hollywood Showdown, produced by Sande Stewart, was a game very similar to Jackpot, whose creator/producer Bob Stewart is Sande's father.
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 "Jackpot" on Jackpot), which began at $10,000.
The two contestants would then square off in a best of five question round. Newton would read a series of Hollywood related questions with three answer choices, and the contestants would buzz-in to answer. The first person to answer 3 correctly stayed on stage and got to pick another contestant.
One contestant had the "Box Office" envelope, 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 but stays to play another game and search for another box office card.
When the contestant wins the Box Office, he/she retires from the show.
[edit] Box Office Bonanza
This was a special week of episodes in 2000. The "Box Office" card was replaced by the "Blockbuster" card. If chosen, the Box Office Jackpot doubled. On Wednesday of that week, a record of $33,260 was won.
