Take It All (game show)

Take It All
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Howie Mandel
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Howie Mandel Mike Marks Scott St. John Aaron Cunningham
Production company(s)	Universal Television Alevy Productions
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	December 10, 2012 (2012-12-10) – December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17)
Chronology
Related shows	Deal or No Deal America's Got Talent
External links
Official website

Take It All is an American game show hosted by Howie Mandel. It premiered on NBC on December 10, 2012, as part of the 2012–13 television season.^[1] In April 2012, NBC placed a seven-episode order for the show under the original title Howie Mandel's White Elephant.^[2]

Contestants on the show participate in a game similar to a white elephant gift exchange, attempting to win or steal more-valuable prizes each round to avoid elimination. The final two contestants participate in a variant on the prisoner's dilemma in which one decision by each of the two finalists determines whether they both go home with prizes, one winner takes everything, or they both go home with nothing.

Gameplay

Main game

Five contestants are chosen randomly at the start of the game. Five prizes are hidden inside boxes on the Dream Screen, each with a value between $5,000 and $12,000. The first contestant chooses a box and the contents are revealed. The next contestant can choose an unopened box or steal the first contestant's prize. A contestant whose item is stolen must then choose an unopened box or steal from another contestant; however, contestants cannot steal back their own item immediately.

Prior to having their item stolen, a contestant can block another contestant from stealing it. Each contestant can only block their item from being stolen once during the game. Once the contestant chooses to block their item from being stolen, it cannot be stolen by any contestant during the round.

The contestant with the lowest-value prize is eliminated at the end of the round. The process is repeated with the remaining four contestants in round two, which features prizes valued from $15,000 to $25,000. The contestant who finished with the most-valuable prize in the previous round begins round two. Again, the contestant with the lowest-valued prize is eliminated, and the remaining three contestants compete for prizes valued from $30,000 to $100,000 in round three. The final two contestants after round three advance to the Prize Fight.

Prize Fight

The final two contestants each select a random card from a deck of ten containing values ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. The values chosen are not revealed to either contestant upon selection. The two remaining contestants then separately and secretly decide to "keep mine" or "take it all", similar in format to the prisoner's dilemma. If both contestants choose "keep mine", each leaves the game with the prizes already accumulated earlier in the game, along with the cash value selected at the start of the Prize Fight. If one contestant chooses "keep mine" and the other chooses "take it all", the contestant who chose "take it all" collects not only their prizes and cash award, but also the other contestant's prizes and cash award, and the contestant who chose "keep mine" leaves empty-handed. However, if both players choose "take it all", both players forfeit all prizes accumulated during the game as well as the cash awards, and both leave empty-handed.

Nielsen ratings

See also

• Friend or Foe?
• Shafted
• Golden Balls

References

External links

• Official website
• Take It All at the Internet Movie Database