Greed (game show)
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| Directed by | Bob Levy |
| Presented by | Chuck Woolery |
| Narrated by | Mark Thompson |
| Composer(s) | Edgar Struble |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 44 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Dick Clark Bob Boden |
| Location(s) |
Fox Television Center Hollywood, California |
| Editor(s) | Floyd Ingram |
| Running time | approx. 44 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dick Clark Productions |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Television |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | November 4, 1999 – July 14, 2000 |
Greed is an American television game show that was first broadcast on Fox in November 4, 1999 and last broadcast on July 14, 2000 with the total of 44 episodes in one season. Chuck Woolery was the show's host, with Mark Thompson serving as a primary announcer. The game consisted of a team of contestants who answered a series of multiple-choice questions for a potential prize of up to $2 million ($4 million on five Super Greed episodes). The program's catchline is "The Richest Most Dangerous Game In America."
Greed premiered on November 4, 1999 and was widely considered as 20th Century Fox Television's response to the success of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. After renewing the show for the summer of 2000 with a possible return the following season, Fox abruptly canceled the program on July 14, 2000. Repeats of Greed have broadcast on GSN in January 2002.
Six contestants were asked a question with a numerical answer between 10–999. Each contestant locked-in their answers using a keypad in front of them. After all six contestants submitted a guess, the answer was revealed and the contestant with the guess farthest from the correct answer was eliminated. The surviving contestants were stationed at podiums based upon the closeness of their guess to the correct answer, with the contestant who had the closest guess becoming the team's captain. If two or more contestants gave the same guess or guesses that were of equal distance from the correct answer, the contestant who entered their guess before the other(s) received the higher ranking.
Toward the end of the run, the qualifying round was eliminated. Five contestants were introduced and sent to their positions, which had been determined by a random drawing backstage.
The team then attempted to answer a series of eight questions worth successively higher amounts, from $25,000 up to $2,000,000.
Each of the first four questions had one correct answer to be chosen from several options (four for questions 1 and 2, five for questions 3 and 4). The host Woolery reads the question and answers to one contestant, who would choose one of them. The captain could either accept that answer or replace it with a different one. If the final choice was correct, the team's winnings were increased to the value of that question; the captain could then choose to either quit the game or risk the money on the next question. If the captain quit after any of these four questions, the money was split evenly among all five team members. Giving/accepting a wrong answer ended the game and forfeited all winnings. The team member in the lowest position (farthest from the correct answer when a qualifying question was played) gave the answer to question 1, and each question after that was answered by the member in the next higher position.
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