Identity (game show)
| Identity | |
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| Created by | Tim Puntillo |
| Developed by | Reveille Productions |
| Presented by | Penn Jillette |
| Narrated by | Joe Cipriano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Ben Silverman H.T. Owens Andrew Golder Tim Puntillo |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | A Golder Productions Valencia Productions Incorporated Reveille Productions NBC Universal Television Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | December 18, 2006 – April 27, 2007 |
| Website | |
Identity was an American reality/game show, hosted by Penn Jillette and produced by Reveille where contestants could win prize money of up to US$500,000 by matching 12 strangers one-by-one to phrases about their identities.
A contestant was introduced to twelve strangers. After seeing the strangers, the contestant was presented with a list of 12 identities (facts including occupations, hobbies, ages, etc.), each of which applied to at least one of the 12 strangers. While an identity could match multiple strangers, there was only one way to assign all the identities. Based primarily on visual observation, the contestant chose an identity and tried to match it to the correct stranger. In order to make a decision final, the contestant had to "seal the identity" by pressing their palm down on a provided podium after saying which stranger matched that identity. The game host, sometimes after finding out the stranger's first name, then asked the stranger "Is that your identity?" The stranger then confirmed or denied his or her identity.
Identity was placed on hiatus as of May 1, 2007. NBC said it would bring the program back later in the year, but never did.
For each correct match made, the contestant's potential winnings increased:
There were three "helps" available to the contestant:
The twelve people on the show whose identities are being guessed are known as strangers. The following are some famous strangers that have appeared:
During the first season, in addition to the regular game, like two other NBC game shows, Deal or No Deal and 1 vs. 100, there was an at-home game open to residents of the continental United States called "The Identity Challenge", where an at-home player chosen at random won $10,000 (US$) by choosing which of five strangers represents a product, or a profession related to the advertised product.
On the first two nights, three of the five were revealed to be incorrect throughout the game, and the answer was revealed before the final commercial break. On the next three, there was no such narrowing; all five strangers remained throughout the show.
To encourage viewers to watch television commercials during the show, the correct answer to the "Identity Challenge" question was revealed during a related commercial within the first 20 minutes of the show.
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