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May 24 – May 31, 2024
Making a splash: New game show ‘The Quiz With Balls’ is high-stakes trivia fun
BY SARAH PASSINGHAM
A brand new game show either sends contestants home
ward the player. If they’ve answered correctly, it stops at their
from the floor to the platform with “The Quiz With Balls,” hav-
with cold hard cash or straight into the pool to cool off. “The
feet; but if they’ve chosen a wrong answer, the ball keeps on
ing executive produced the trivia land grab game show “The
Quiz With Balls,” a family trivia quiz show hosted by actor
rolling down its collision course, sending the unlucky player fly-
Floor” at Fox alongside Mol and “Floor Is Lava” for Netflix.
and comedian Jay Pharoah (“Saturday Night Live”), premieres
ing off the platform into the pool below, out of the game.
Tuesday, May 28, on Fox.
“The Quiz With Balls” joins “Beat Shazam” in Fox’s Tues-
Questions become more challenging as the game goes on,
day night line-up, with the latter premiering its seventh season
and the family teams bank money for each correct answer. The
before the new game show’s series premiere. Host Jamie Foxx
mogul John de Mol, creator of reality competition mega hits
last contestant left standing high up and dry from the winning
(“The Burial,” 2023) returns to “Beat Shazam” after taking a
“The Voice,” “Big Brother” and “Deal or No Deal.” “The Quiz
team is invited to play the final round for a chance to win the
season off to recover from a medical emergency.
With Balls” quickly became a hit when it aired in the Nether-
grand prize.
“The Quiz With Balls” comes from the mind of Dutch media
lands last summer, prompting interest in international versions of the game show.
Fox has filled its summer schedule with returning reality com-
The series’ host, Pharoah, is known for his spot-on impres-
petition and game shows, with two series led by one infamous-
sions from his 2010 to 2016 run as a cast member of NBC’s
ly hot-headed British chef returning the day after “The Quiz
long-running sketch comedy staple “Saturday Night Live.” After
With Balls” premieres. “Masterchef” is back with a season
each other for a whopping $100,000 grand prize won by
his SNL tenure, Pharoah led the Showtime sitcom “White Fa-
pitting members of four generations against each other before
correctly answering multiple choice trivia questions. Family
mous,” appeared in the 2020 comedy horror film “Bad Hair,”
“Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars” premieres its second season
members stand on the edge of a platform above a pool, each
and starred in Netflix’s 2021 romantic comedy, “Resort to
with new co-host Lisa Vanderpump (“Vanderpump Rules”).
taking turns answering questions. Once they lock in their best
Love.”
“Don’t Forget the Lyrics,” “I Can See Your Voice” and “Name
In this high-stakes competition, two families face off against
guess, a ball begins rolling out from their chosen answer, to-
Showrunner Anthony Carbone, meanwhile, makes the leap
That Tune” are all airing new seasons this summer.
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