Oh Sit!
| Oh Sit! | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Phil Gurin Richard Joel Deena Dill |
| Presented by |
Jamie Kennedy Jessi Cruickshank Sideline: Tanika Ray |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Phil Gurin Richard Joel Deena Dill |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Gurin Company 405 Productions Raquel Productions Inc. Warner Horizon Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | The CW |
| Original release | September 27, 2012 – December 19, 2013 |
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| Official website | |
| Production website | |
Oh Sit! is an hour-long game show competition series that premiered on September 27, 2012, on The CW. The series, according to the network, is a "high-octane musical chairs competition". Despite low ratings during its run, on September 26, 2012, Oh Sit! was renewed for a ten episode second season, which premiered on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 p.m. Central and concluded on December 19, 2013.
It was announced in September 2011 that The CW in conjunction with Gurin Company and 405 Productions was developing a musical chairs–like game show, Extreme Musical Chairs, that would change the format of the popular game into an extreme multiple round competition. The show was to increase to programming appeal beyond young females. Phil Gurin, who also produced ABC's Shark Tank and The Singing Bee.
The CW ordered 10 episodes of Oh Sit!, with the premiere on August 15, 2012 with another episode the next night. On September 26, 2012, Oh Sit! was renewed for a 10-episode second season premiering on Monday, April 15, 2013 and ended on June 24, 2013.
The format is a competitive music chair where contestant would race though 5 rounds of obstacle course to reach a chair with eliminations complete with music. The winning contestant would get a cash prize.
Each episode begins with 6 males and 6 females. There are 3 obstacles and 3 bridges in each round. Contestants lap around the track and accumulate a bank for each obstacle completed before the music stops. The dollar values for each obstacle increases with each round. After the music stops they must cross a bridge without falling in the water to claim a chair. Each chair is worth a random amount of money which is added to their bank. The highest chair value is worth $5,000 in rounds 1 and 2, and $10,000 in rounds 3 and 4. In the first round, 2 competitors are eliminated for not finding a chair and 1 is eliminated for having the lowest banked score of the round. In the next 3 rounds, 1 is eliminated for not getting a chair and 1 for having the lowest bank of the round. Contact is allowed, but contestants cannot: grab above the neck, push with the intention to harm another contestant, or push from behind unless the contestant is on a bridge. If any contestant(s) that advanced was found to have broken a rule, that contestant(s) will be disqualified. If any contestants are too injured to continue, disqualified, or decide to withdraw from the game, the last eliminated contestant(s) will be brought back into the game. 3 competitors advance to the final round called "Chair Mountain". Before they tackle Chair Mountain, the contestants get 1 final run around the track, with obstacles being worth $1,500 each in both seasons. Typically the winner accumulates a bank between $15,000 and $40,000 during the course of the show, with the chairs alone being worth up to $30,000.
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