Greed (TV series): Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Welcome to the richest, most dangerous game in America."''|'''Chuck Woolery''' at the start of each show.}}

 

 

Okay, more details — the prize is '''''two''''' million dollars. A team of five is to compete for it. There is a ladder of dollar values, just like in ''Millionaire'' (eight questions, worth $25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, $200K, $500K, $1 million and the top prize of $2 million), and there is an option to stop ''before'' you get the question for a level, but it's [[All or Nothing]] all the way up.

** [[Studio Audience]]

* [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer]]: Most, if not all, of the higher-level questions involved survey or poll results.

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* [[Catch Phrase]]:

** Only a few teams failed to make it to $100,000. About half made it to $200K, but only a few went on to win more than that. The second-to-last question only showed up three times (twice during the ''Super Greed'' special, where teams going for more than a million dollars were [[Consolation Prize|guaranteed $200K even if they lost]]), and the jackpot question only appeared once.

* [[Filler]]: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this [[Up to Eleven]], using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went multiple commercial breaks without advancing the gameplay one inch.

* [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]: When GSN bought the rights to rerun the show, they promoted it with a fun series of commercials between Chuck and a frazzled accountant counting out the $2,000,000 dollar by dollar.

* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: Buzzing-in early during a Terminator originally meant instant elimination; this was soon fixed to where a contestant could buzz-in early, but Chuck would stop reading the question immediately.

** During the first set of episodes, the top prize was $2,000,000 with $50,000 added every game it wasn't won; when the show became a regular series, the top prize was a flat $2,000,000.

* [[Ratings Stunt]]: The Million Dollar Moments in February 2000 and Super Greed in May 2000. Incidentally February and May are both [[Sweeps]] months.

* [[Stage Money]]: On the $200,000 and $500,000 questions, the captain is offered one-tenth the value of the question physically, which they can take and split evenly among their team if they are unsure of the fourth answer given. The $10,000 offered for challenging someone with the "Terminator" is also physically shown.

* [[Timed Mission]]: The final question and the Million Dollar Moments only allow the contestants 30 seconds to give their answers.