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Revision as of 20:06, 16 August 2017 (view source) Looney Toons (talk \| contribs) m (Looney Toons moved page Phone in Game Shows to Phone-In Game Show: adding proper punctuation) ← Older edit		Latest revision as of 14:05, 3 October 2020 (view source) Robkelk (talk \| contribs) m (removed Category:Game Show; added Category:Game Show Tropes using HotCat)
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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''Come on! You only have 60 seconds left to call in for a shot at $100! All you have to do is unscramble this famous thing! "~~TVTORPES~~ALLTEHTORPES"! Keep ringing those phones! We don't have all night! Call! Call now! <ref>Call costs $100 a minute, 18+ only, many will enter, very few will have a bloody chance.</ref>''}} A [[Phone-In Game Show]] is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. It is a logical extension of the concept of a [[Home Participation Sweepstakes]], except in this case, the ''whole'' show is one. These are a form of live [[Game Show]] where viewers can call in to a special number and hopefully get a chance to come on air to potentially win something by providing an answer to a question or logic puzzle. They were quite popular in Europe as a fixture of late-night television on commercial television channels, and even on dedicated ''quiz channels'' that dedicated their lineup to ''just'' this genre. If done right, they can at least be [[Rule of Fun\|fun to watch]], and leave you wondering if you should even phone in and give it a shot yourself! Line 36: * [[One-Episode Wonder]]: ''The Debbie King Show'', aired by ITV Play, was a cross between a phone-in quiz and a news programme. Hosted by QuizMania's Debbie King, they still decided to go on with the show, even though ITV had announced earlier that day that the Play channel would be "suspended" as part of investigations into their use of premium-rate lines. [[Sarcasm Mode\|Whoops.]] * [[Screwed by the Network]]: The 0898-gate scandals caused almost every single phone-in quiz game on-air in the United Kingdom to get affected in some way. Quite a few of them got either put on hiatus or cancelled. ----- {{quote\|''...oh I'm so sorry, the answer we were looking for was "~~Vest~~Leather ~~Port~~Plots", popular retailer of ~~sweatervests~~fetish-themed grave decorations!''}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Game Show Tropes]] [[Category:Phone in-In Game ~~Shows~~Show]]