Dirty Rotten Cheater
| Dirty Rotten Cheater | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Bil Dwyer |
| Country of origin |
 United States
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| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Studio 41, CBS Television City |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jonathan Goodson Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | PAX |
| Original release | January 6 – April 14, 2003 |
Dirty Rotten Cheater is a game show that aired on PAX from January 6 to April 14, 2003. The show's gameplay combines elements of Weakest Link and Family Feud along with the BBC game format The Enemy Within, with a contestant being privy to answers in each round and trying to elude detection by fellow contestants and the studio audience. The PAX version, of which 13 weekly episodes aired, was hosted by Bil Dwyer, produced by Jonathan Goodson, and shot at CBS Television City in Hollywood (except for the original pilot, which was titled Cheaters and produced on the Weakest Link's set at NBC Studios in Burbank). Different versions of the show also aired in other countries.
Each episode opens with six contestants walking up to their podiums, each of which is equipped with a monitor. The contestants open their monitor doors and find out if they have been designated the "Dirty Rotten Cheater". After each contestant is introduced, he or she faces the camera and other contestants and claims to not be the Cheater.
Each round (there were 5 rounds total) begins with a survey question, similar to those on Family Feud (for example, "Which parts of their body do women think are too big?"). In the first four rounds, each player gives one answer, with he or she receiving money if their answer appeared on a list of top 10 responses given. As shown in the below table, answers that rank lower in the top 10 are worth more money than the higher-ranked answers (as opposed to Family Feud, which gives greater reward for higher-ranked answers). A contestant receives no money for giving an answer that is not on the top ten list. The Cheater can see the entire top ten list of answers displayed on their podium monitor, and may choose to either give a high-dollar answer to build their own bank (and raise suspicion from their fellow contestants) or a low-dollar answer in hopes of throwing off suspicion.
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