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Scattergories  Online
Original Title :
Scattergories
Genre :
TV Series / Family / Game Show
Cast :
Dick Clark,Leslie Lahoda,Steve Sussman
Type :
TV Series
Time :
30min
Rating :
6.5/10

Short-lived game show based on the popular home board game, wherein contestants listed words pertinent to a particular category.

Scattergories Online

"Scattegories" was a short-lived attempt to cash in on the popular Hasbro board game of the same name. Two teams of four contestants each, one all males and the other all females (one a returning championship team), competed. Host Clark announced a category (e.g., something found in a refrigerator); the team chosen to go first were given a letter (e.g., S) and had 20 seconds to list up to six items in that category, with each response worth 1 point. The opposing team could then challenge any of the responses for any reason; if a majority of the jury (a gallery composed of 12 former contestants) agreed, that answer was deleted and 1 point deducted from the score. Then, the pre-taped answers from five celebrities were played. The team earned 2 points if the celebrity gave a different answer, while they lost 2 points if the celebrity's answer was the same. After play finished on that question, the other team played the same category using a different letter. A second round, with double ...
Series cast summary:
Dick Clark Dick Clark - Himself - Host 4 episodes, 1993
Leslie Lahoda Leslie Lahoda - Juror 4 episodes, 1993
Steve Sussman Steve Sussman - Juror 4 episodes, 1993
Charlie Tuna Charlie Tuna - Himself - Announcer 4 episodes, 1993

This was Dick Clark's only NBC game show.