Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton

Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton
Graham Norton and four panelists play Would You Rather...?
Also known as	'Would You Rather...? WYR...?'
Genre	Comedy
Directed by	Alexander Vietmeier
Presented by	Graham Norton
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Graham Norton Graham Stuart Jim Biederman
Location(s)	Manhattan Center
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	So Television
Distributor	BBC America
Release
Original network	BBC America
Original release	3 December 2011 – 25 February 2012
Chronology
Related shows	The Graham Norton Show
External links
Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton

Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton is a panel game hosted by Graham Norton on BBC America. The show features a panel of American comedians and celebrities who answer "would you rather" questions in the style of the popular parlor game. An example of a question used on the program is, "Would you rather watch your parents have sex every day for a year, or join in once just to make it stop?" The show premiered on 3 December 2011, in its regular time slot of Saturdays at 11 pm following The Graham Norton Show.

Would You Rather...? is notable as being among BBC America's first efforts at original programming, as the channel initially focused on imports from the UK. The show is part of the channel's strategy to create new American programs as companions to the channel's established British hits, such as, in this case, The Graham Norton Show.Would You Rather...? is also one of the few examples of the panel game genre in America, and it is the first panel game to air on BBC America.

Each episode features four panelists who answer questions in three acts. Each question is worth five points, with a possible perfect total of 35.

BBC America ordered 13 episodes of Would You Rather...? for series 1. The episodes were recorded in New York at Manhattan Center in September and October 2011. Panelists included Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Baron Vaughn, Michael Ian Black, Mo Rocca, Eugene Mirman, Faith Salie, Dave Hill, Jessi Klein, Andrea Rosen, Christian Finnegan, Leo Allen, Hannibal Buress, Janet Varney, Joe Mande, Jordan Carlos, Michelle Buteau, Sam Seder and Sherrod Small.