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VH1 and Entertainment Weekly Join Forces and Put America's Pop Culture Knowledge to the Test With New Original Series 'The World Series of Pop Culture'
Nationwide Search for Experts in Pop Culture Trivia From the Executive
Producer of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' Premieres Summer 2006
Interactive Show Components Include Online Game Play, Show Highlights,
and a Chance to Qualify Online
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 --
Question #1: On their self-titled sitcom, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley
Feeney work as bottle-cappers at what Milwaukee brewery?
Question #2: On the series "Twin Peaks," what is Agent Dale Cooper's
favorite dessert?
Think you know the answers? Read on and find out.
VH1 and Entertainment Weekly challenge America to answer those questions
and so many more when they test the country's pop culture savvy with the new
original series "The World Series of Pop Culture." From the executive
producer of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire," "The World Series of Pop Culture"
is the ultimate pop culture competition designed for teams to display their
astounding range of knowledge about everything music, television and film.
Hosted by NY1 News anchor Pat Kiernan, "The World Series of Pop Culture" is
scheduled to premiere on VH1 in the summer of 2006.
The search for the country's best pop culture gurus begins in March with
regional qualifying competitions in five cities:
* Los Angeles March 4th & 5th
* Chicago March 11th & 12th
* Dallas March 18th & 19th
* Atlanta March 25th & 26th
* New York April 1st & 2nd
Thousands will audition but only 15 teams of three players each will be
chosen to compete for "The World Series of Pop Culture" championship. The 16th
and final team will be cast online at http://www.vh1.com, where budding
contestants can attempt to qualify by taking VH1's very own "Pop Culture IQ
Test." Three of the top scorers from the online test will join forces and
become the final "wildcard" team in the tournament. Visit
http://www.vh1.com/shows/casting_call/ for more details.
VSPOT, VH1's broadband network will also be the source of supplemental
exclusive show content, game highlights and much more including online game
play.
All 16 teams will face off in New York City and compete in the biggest
team trivia challenge ever. Here's how the game is played: once the first
category is revealed, the teams will have 30 seconds to deliberate before
sending a teammate to the microphone to play for that entire category. The
chosen players will each get one question per round, and each category will
contain ten rounds of questions of increasing difficulty. Categories will run
the gamut, being as broad as "Family TV" or as specific as "1980's Teen Comedy
Films."
Within a round, a player is eliminated if he or she answers the question
incorrectly and his opponent answers his correctly. The first team to beat
its opponents in three categories, and eliminate all their players, will win
and move on to the next round. In the very end, one team will be crowned the
champions of "The World Series of Pop Culture" and receive $100,000 in cash
and prizes.
"This is truly a search for the best pop-culture heads in America," said
Michael Hirschorn, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and
Production, VH1. "What's really exciting about 'The World Series of Pop
Culture' is that it's tailor made for the emerging multiplatform universe.
Viewers can do more than just watch. They can participate, and possibly even
win."
"Entertainment Weekly's Pop Culture Quizzes have long been a favorite with
our readers," said Fred Nelson, the magazine's VP of Editorial Development.
"We are delighted to partner with VH1 and Embassy Row to engage America's
passion for entertainment in a dynamic new format."
Viewers can log onto http://www.vh1.com to find out how to audition and
learn more about "The World Series of Pop Culture."
VH1's "The World Series of Pop Culture" is executive produced by Michael
Hirschhorn, Jim Ackerman and Matt Hanna of VH1 and Michael Davies for Embassy
Row.
Answers to "World Series of Pop Culture" Sample Questions:
#1 Shotz Brewery
#2 Cherry Pie
VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to
them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and
public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in nearly 84 million households
in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital services including VH1 Classic,
VH1 Soul, VH Uno and VH1 Country. Connect with VH1 at http://www.VH1.com.
VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom
International Inc. MTV Networks also operates and offers joint ventures,
licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen
worldwide.
Entertainment Weekly, a winner of four National Magazine Awards (two for
General Excellence, one for Design and one for Special Interest) is America's
leading consumer magazine of entertainment and popular culture. The magazine
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., and has a guaranteed circulation
rate base of 1.725 million reaching an audience of 11 million readers.
* all Times ET/PT
SOURCE VH1
Web Site: http://www.vh1.com
http://www.vh1.com/shows/casting_call
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