Report: Ryan Seacrest's New Game Show Could Remake TV

Ryan Seacrest isn’t sure quite what to expect on Sept. 9, when he begins hosting Million-Second Quiz on NBC. He just knows it will be different. “This is intense. It’s a sporting event,” he says. “And if you look at the amount of money that’s guaranteed at the end of this — almost $2 million — there is considerable emotion.”

According to Forbes, The American Idol and radio host, who is also an executive producer of Quiz, gathered recently with fellow producers and NBC brass to offer a preview of the show’s set. The quirky space atop a low-rise former Mercedes-Benz dealership in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, hard by the Hudson River, suits one of the more eccentric ventures in recent broadcast television history. Quiz will air 10 of 11 nights in a row, pausing only on Sunday, Sept. 15 for NFL football.

The schedule and the offbeat address are just two of the show’s distinctive traits. The show features several aspects of its consumer proposition that could, given the right planetary alignment, not only boost NBC’s sagging fortunes but reshape the broadcast landscape. At least, a quick yanking after three episodes (now a fall ritual among beleaguered broadcast networks) isn’t in the offing.

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