Wipeout
Produced at Paramount Studios, Wipeout combined elements from several game shows and merged them into one new program for syndication. The host was Peter Tomarken, who had hosted Press Your Luck for CBS and had recently been part of ABC's failed Bargain Hunters. Wipeout was divided into three sections. The first round pitted three contestants, who were given a question and a computerized board with sixteen possible answers. Eleven answers were correct; the five others were " Wipeout s." Each contestant had to select an answer for an increasing dollar amount. If a correct answer was revealed, he or she had the option of playing on for another answer or passing to the next contestant. Any " Wipeout s" chosen would end his or her turn. Embedded behind one of the correct answers was a "Hot Spot" bonus prize (it would go behind another correct answer should the contestant who gained the prize later wiped out). Values for correct respons
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Episode 6
Week 5
aired: Wed, Jun 24, 2009
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Week 3, Part 2
aired: Wed, Jun 10, 2009
Time for a new obstacle introduction! This week the contestants attempt to jump blindly from a zip line onto a swinging platform covered in slippery goo. Sounds simple, right?
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