Since Deal or No Deal,
Howie Mandel has been making his mark on network television, from judging
bizarre performances on America’s Got
Talent to flash mobbing unsuspecting people on Mobbed. Mandel will be stepping back into the game show arena with
the premiere of White Elephant. The
casting producers for the upcoming NBC game show are now holding a casting call looking for fun and exciting contestants. Reality Wanted announced that the
casting call will be held in the Southern California area and the submission
deadline to apply is September 14th.
This is the first update I have seen concerning the new primetime series since NBC revealed the show's premise via press release a few months ago. White Elephant is based on the popular gift-stealing, holiday party
game of the same name. Here’s how the game is played: each contestant will select an
unmarked, gift package from a warehouse filled with millions of dollars in
prizes. Afterwards, the contestants will be face with the decision to either
open another mystery package with hopes of a better prize inside, or steal another
contestant’s prize. At the end of it all, two contestants will remain and they
will be faced with a "Prisoner’s Dilemma" to either share the prizes or steal their
opponent’s prizes and keep it all for themselves. However, if both contestants
choose to steal the prizes, both contestants will lose everything and go home with nothing.
Based on the premise, it’s essentially a mixture of Deal or No Deal, Let’s Make a Deal, and the Friend or Foe end game. Like with every other NBC game
show that has aired in the past five years, you should expect a lot of emotions
running high, commercial spoilers, a few voiceovers from the host, and “unexpected”
twists while watching White Elephant.
Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see how this show will be executed.
According to The Futon Critic, NBC has picked up seven episodes for the
inaugural season and although there is no set premiere date for White Elephant, the show is expected to
debut mid-season between 2012 and 2013. Taking into consideration that the show
is named after a holiday party game, I would expect this series to begin airing
in December.
I heard that they extended the casting in Southern California. Do you know if this is true? The show's concept sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure. But as far as I can tell, the casting call for (now titled) "Take It All" ended on September 14. But, I'll look around and keep you updated if I see otherwise.
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