Hole in the Wall (U.S. game show)
| Hole in the Wall | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Directed by |
Ron de Moraes (Fox) Rob George (Cartoon Network) |
| Presented by |
Brooke Burns; Mark Thompson (2008-2009 Fox version) Teck Holmes (2010-2012 Cartoon Network version) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 (Fox) 4 (Cartoon Network) |
| No. of episodes | 18 (8 unaired) (Fox) 40 (Cartoon Network) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Cecile Frot-Coutaz (Fox) Scott St. John (Cartoon Network) |
| Producer(s) |
Jon Peper David Ruskey (game producer; Fox) |
| Editor(s) | Narumi Inatsugu |
| Camera setup | John Perry |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | FremantleMedia North America |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox (2008–2009) Cartoon Network (2010–2012) |
| Original release |
Original series: September 7, 2008 – March 15, 2009 Revived series: October 6, 2010 – January 19, 2012 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Hole in the Wall is an American game show that has aired in two versions on American television.
The first version aired on the Fox television network from 2008 to 2009. The show was an adaptation of the Japanese game Nōkabe (脳カベ?) (meaning Brain Wall, nicknamed by YouTube fans as "Human Tetris") in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutouts in a large 13 feet (4.0 m) by 7.5 feet (2.3 m) Styrofoam wall moving towards them on a 50 feet (15 m) track. FremantleMedia North America produced the series. Brooke Burns and Fox announcer Mark Thompson were the hosts of this version. On May 20, 2008, Fox announced that it would commission 13 hours of Hole in the Wall from FremantleMedia North America. According to a Hollywood Reporter report, these hours could be split and aired as 26 episodes. Production began July 13, 2008 at CBS Studios-Radford. On March 17, 2009, Fox pulled the series again, replacing it with reruns of King of the Hill and American Dad!. The program's cancellation was announced in May 2009.
On July 20, 2010, Cartoon Network announced that it picked up the series, now updated for its younger audience. FremantleMedia would return as the show's producers. The series premiered October 6, 2010, with Real World Hawaii cast member Teck Holmes as host. Joining him as the show's lifeguard was model/lifeguard Emily Hedicke. A second cycle debuted in April 2011, and features a new co-host, lifeguard Aaron Gingrich. On January 19, 2012, the CN version of Hole in the Wall aired its last episode.
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