Click (game show)
| Click | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Merv Griffin |
| Directed by |
Kevin McCarthy (1997-1998) Bob Hersh (1998-1999) |
| Presented by | Ryan Seacrest |
| Narrated by | Amber Bonasso (Season 1) Amber Willenborg (Season 2) |
| Theme music composer | Steve Lindsey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | John Lauderdale |
| Location(s) | The Production Group Studios Los Angeles, California (first season) Jonas Jensen Studios Seattle, Washington (second season) |
| Running time | approx. 22-26 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | September 6, 1997 – August 1999 |
Click is an American television game show based around computers and the then-relatively novel medium of the Internet. The youth-oriented series was created by Merv Griffin and hosted by Ryan Seacrest, with a female co-host who also served as announcer: Amber Bonasso in Season 1, and Amber Willenborg in Season 2.
It aired in syndication from September 6, 1997, to August 1999; reruns aired for several years on Game Show Network.
Three teams (green, red, and yellow) of two teenagers played three rounds, where the aim was to answer questions worth varying amounts of money.
In each round, the contestants stood at podiums facing a large video wall (which acts as a computer), each screen of that wall had an icon with a symbol representing a category on it. A flashing cursor bounces around the board and stops when someone "clicks the mouse" (pushing down a large red button in the center of the podium at the central station) A question is then read, and teams earned cash for correct answers.
Two main categories (called "Stations") were featured in the first season; regular knowledge categories were answered at "The Motherboard", the station where teams played the game. The Hard Drive station was added in Season Two and was where the regular knowledge categories were answered. "The Motherboard" was only used for clicking the mouse on one of the three stations.
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Note: These general knowledge categories were asked at the motherboard during the first season.
Each team takes turns facing the computer. They each have 60 (originally 90) seconds to answer as many questions as possible. The value of the questions are $25, $50, $75 or $100. One icon on the board is called "Double Click", where the team can double their current score with a correct answer. A team earned $100 if they had no money after a Double Click answer.
During the second season, regular questions were no longer at the motherboard; instead they were now at another station called "Hard Drive". One player stood at the motherboard clicking while his/her partner ran to one of the three stations. Also, the "Word Wizard" was renamed the "Chat Room". The "Web Site" stayed the same.
Starting with the lowest-scoring team, each team keeps control of the mouse as long as they answer questions correctly. If at any time they miss a question, the opposing teams at the main podiums can buzz in and steal control. Landing on a "Virus" ("Crash" in the second season) meant a question was asked to the teams at the podiums for control. If neither team answered correctly, the first team kept control. Question values are still worth anywhere from $25–$100.
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