NEW YORK -- The game show that made famous the phrase “Come on down!” is coming on down to you.“The Price Is Right” is hitting the road, putting the game show on wheels and making 50 stops on a coast-to-coast tour for anyone who can't make the trip to the Los Angeles studio.“It’s kind of an exciting way for us to take something that’s really an important part of CBS' legacy and do something new and fresh with it,” said Mike Benson, president and chief marketing officer at CBS.The “Come On Down Tour” — separate from the TV show or live stage shows — will kick off Friday at the Santa Monica Pier and will make stops in such cities as Denver, Dallas, New Orleans, Nashville and St. Louis.Fans will be able to win prizes by guessing the correct retail price for various items in such games as Plinko and compete in a Showcase Showdown.
Netflix to Adapt ‘Trivia Crack’ for Daily, Interactive Game Show
03.03.2022 - 22:11 / variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorNetflix has announced “Trivia Quest,” a new daily interactive trivia series premiering April 1.Based on the hit Etermax mobile trivia game app “Trivia Crack,” “Trivia Quest” is an animated show that follows the adventures of Willy as he attempts to save the denizens of Trivia Land from the conquerer Evil Rocky. Each episode features 24 multiple-choice questions for the viewer to solve, consisting of 12 standard and 12 hard prompts, which range in subject from science, history, entertainment, sports, art and geography.
Viewers can replay quizzes to get the right answers and accumulate points. By gaining enough points, players can advance the story and help Willy save the people of Trivia Land from Rocky’s dungeons.
The show will also feature numerous easter eggs based on popular Netflix titles. “Trivia Quest” follows several Netflix projects that have experimented with interactive storytelling, starting with 2017’s “Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale.” Other notable interactive specials Netflix has produced includes “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” “Minecraft: Story Mode,” “You Vs.
Wild” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Vs. The Reverend.” Last month, Netflix released its first interactive quiz game, “Cat Burglar,” which tasks the player with answering multiple-choice questions to advance its storyline.“Trivia Quest” is produced by Daniel Calin and Vin Rubino of Sunday Sauce Productions.
After premiering April 1, the series will debut one new episode every day throughout the month, for a total of 30 animated episodes. The series will be available on smart TVs, streaming media players, game consoles, computer browsers, Android phones and tablets, and iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches.Netflix also
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