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WANNA BET? [PROGRAM CHANGE] [DELETED]
Air Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#101) "Episode 101"
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TRACTOR STRIPPER, LUMBERJACKS, VACUUM ID, UNDERWATER RUBIK'S CUBE AND MARCHING BAND, ON ABC'S "WANNA BET?"

"Episode 101" -- "Wanna Bet" is a weekly, one-hour primetime event in which celebrities have the chance to earn big money for the charity of their choice by betting on the success or failure of the wildest stunts, tricks and mental challenges that ordinary Americans � housewives, truck drivers, dentists, kids � can dream up and perform in front of a studio audience. "Wanna Bet?" airs TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Editors note: This program was scheduled to air on Aug. 11, but was replaced in that time period by episodes of "Samantha Who?"

Hosted by British comedy sensations Ant and Dec, "Wanna Bet?" features celebrity contestants/judges. Larry Joe Campbell (ABC's "According to Jim"), comedian Tom Green, Ali Landry and Shawne Merriman are this week's celebrity panel.

Attempted stunts include: a 30-member marching band piling into a van and playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" in under 10 seconds, solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded under water, identifying 5 out of 5 vacuum cleaners by sound only, and sawing through three logs faster than a chainsaw.

"Wanna Bet?" executive producers are Phil Gurin ("The Singing Bee," "The Weakest Link," "Miss Universe) and Marc Jansen ("Lingo"). The show is produced by The Gurin Company.

"Wanna Bet?" is broadcast with Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,D parental guideline.

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