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SKIN WARS (GSN)

BROADCAST HISTORY:
8/6/14 - 6/29/16

STATUS:
canceled/ended (2015-2016 season)

TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season

SEASON(S):
3 (29 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled

DESCRIPTION:
(from GSN's press release, March 2016) Among the shows returning to GSN with new seasons in 2016 are the body painting competition series SKIN WARS (season 3), hosted by Rebecca Romijn and featuring judges RuPaul Charles and body painting icons Craig Tracy and Robin Slonina, returning Wednesday, April 20; IDIOTEST,hosted by comedian Ben Gleib,recently picked up for a 40-episode third season which kicks off Tuesday, April 12; and the brilliantly twisted HELLEVATOR, which will return this Fall as a special four-episode Halloween season event. This genre-mashing horror-themed game show dares three friends to ride a haunted elevator into the depths of an abandoned warehouse and survive a series of terrifying challenges in order to win up to $50,000. HELLEVATOR is produced by Matador and Blumhouse Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. Executive Producers are Jason Blum ("Paranormal Activity," "The Purge," "Ouija" and "Insidious"), who won a 2015 Emmy(R) Award for "The Jinx," and was nominated for an Academy Award(R) for "Whiplash," Jay Peterson and Todd Lubin of Matador ("Lip Sync Battle"), Shye Sutherland ("Wipeout," "Bullseye") and Blumhouse's Jessica Rhoades.

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Craig Tracy as Judge
· Rebecca Romijn as Host
· Robin Slonina as Judge
· RuPaul Charles as Judge

CREW INFORMATION:
· Colleen Sands as EP
· Craig Tracy as PROD
· Jill Goularte as EP
· Michael Levitt as EP
· Rebecca Romijn as EP
· Robin Barcus Slonina as PROD

GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (competition)

STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Michael Levitt Productions