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Spoiler Alert for “Ratfish (Part 1)”: Coming out in 2019 after the success of unscripted content for Dropout, Game Changer was an instant hit on the platform. Now, six seasons later, host Sam Reich is still working to bring “consistently original” ideas to the show with no signs of stopping. “Every season, I feel like I fly a little closer to the sun,” says Reich. “And every season, the response I get from the audience is like, ‘This was the best yet,’ which is a very dangerous thing to tell me as I push it more and more, further and further.”
Hosted by Reich, Dropout’s Game Changer is a game show where the premise changes every episode and the contestants must learn the rules as they play. Among the assortment of games, season 6 has seen contestants search for buzzers in a simple trivia game-turned-scavenger hunt for “Beat the Buzzer”, trapped in a time loop of an episode for “Deja Vu” and even brought into a parody of reality show The Circle for the season finale, titled “Ratfish”. Reich recruited Eric Wareheim, of comedy duo Tim & Eric, as the “comedy wildcard” to play the titular Ratfish in the season finale.
DEADLINE: What prompted you to enter multiple Dropout series, like Game Changer, into the Emmy race this year?
SAM REICH: In reality, I appreciate that our odds are a little distant in the sense of if you look at Game Changer versus the other likely nominees in its category, we stand out in a lot of un-strategic ways. We’re talking about in the case of Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy… shows that have been around for decades on network television. And to the extent that the Emmys are an awareness battle, we’ve got a hell of an uphill climb. But I think that all the respect in the world to those shows
Ariana Madix is opening about her latest gig – hosting Love Island USA season six!
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