Race to Escape | |
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Genre |
Game show Reality |
Starring | Jimmy Pardo |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Running time | 60 minutes (includes adverts) |
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Release | |
Original network | Science Channel |
Original release | July 25 | – August 29, 2015
External links | |
Website | www |
Race to Escape is an American reality competition television series, produced by Axial Entertainment and Entertainment One Television for the Science Channel. It was originally announced in April 2015.
The escape room themed series, hosted by comedian Jimmy Pardo, sees two teams of three competitors compete against each other, attempting to solve a series of psychological clues or puzzles in an attempt to escape a themed room. The teams compete for a prize worth US$25,000 each episode.
The series premiered in the U.S. on July 25, 2015 on the Science Channel.
Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on September 9, 2015 on Discovery Science.
The series averaged 397,000 total viewers, an increase of 19% on the Science Channel's primetime average in the year-to-date.
Daily News journalist David Hinckley gave the program three out of five stars, describing it as "not the best competition game show ever, [but] it's decent summer fun."