Caesars Challenge
| Caesars Challenge | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Michael Dubelko Rick Rosner |
| Directed by | Steve Grant |
| Presented by | Ahmad Rashād |
| Starring | Dan Doherty Chad Brown Zach Ruby |
| Narrated by | Steve Day |
| Theme music composer | Stormy Sacks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 155 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Rick Rosner |
| Producer(s) | Harry Friedman |
| Location(s) | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Rosner Television Stephen J. Cannell Productions |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | June 14, 1993 – January 14, 1994 |
Caesars Challenge is an American game show that aired on NBC from June 14, 1993 to January 14, 1994 and emanated from the Circus Maximus Theatre inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ahmad Rashād hosted the series and, in keeping with the theme of the show's location, he was assisted by a man dressed as a Roman gladiator. Dan Doherty played the role for most of the show's run, with Chad Brown and Zach Ruby handling the earliest episodes before Doherty joined the show.
The show was a co-production of Rosner Television and Stephen J. Cannell Productions.
Three contestants competed, and three rounds were played. The object in each round was to solve a jumbled word displayed on a 9-screen slot machine on stage by placing letters in their proper places. In order to do this, the contestants answered a series of multiple choice trivia questions that had three possible answer choices. Each new word was associated with a specific category, and a new set of questions were played for each word. Correct answers paid off at $100 in the first round, $200 in the second round, and $300 in the third round. Two words were played in each of the first two rounds, with the third round played until time was called with as many words they could get in as possible.
Correctly answering a question won money to the player that did so, as well as the right to place one of the letters. After a letter was placed, he/she got five seconds to guess it. One position in each word was designated the "Lucky Slot", signified by a lighted red border surrounding the screen, and an instant cash jackpot was associated with it. The jackpot started each day at $500 and increased by that amount each word it went unclaimed, resetting to $500 once someone won it.
Once a word was correctly guessed, the player that did so won money based on how many letters were unplaced when the word was unscrambled. The value of each unplaced letter was equivalent to the value of the questions in the round ($100 in round one, $200 in round two, and $300 in round three as previously mentioned). If the player solved the word immediately after placing a letter in the Lucky Slot, the value of the jackpot was also added to his/her score.
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