Game Shows To Watch For The Next Three Nights

This week is a pretty busy week for network game shows with Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? and Bullseye coming to FOX, The Briefcase making its debut on CBS and 500 Questions closing out its first season Thursday evening with a two-hour finale. First, tonight on FOX, 5th Grader returns with host Jeff Foxworthy, a new set and a new cast of classmates to help the contestants make the grade and win the $1 million top prize at 8:00pm. Meet the honor roll kids who will be playing along this season in the clip below. 

The Briefcase: Wednesday, May 27 on CBS

Tomorrow on at 8:00pm on CBS, the network will premiere an interesting new unscripted reality show called The Briefcase. Produced by Dave Broome, the creator and executive producer of The Biggest Loser, the weekly show features two financially downtrodden families given a briefcase worth $101,000 and they must decide how much money, if any, they are willing to give to the other family and how much they will keep for themselves. While the families are thinking about their life-changing decisions during the 72-hour think time period, they will receive information about the other family and including their circumstances. This social experimental reality show will be an interesting one to watch to see what the families will decide to do when they are faced with a real-life scenario where their humanity, scruples and moral values are put to the ultimate emotional test. Check out the trailer below for more information about the show and head to The Hollywood Reporter to check out the families who will be participating in the show throughout the six-episode season.

Bullseye: Wednesday, May 27 on FOX

Tomorrow at 9:00pm on FOX, Bullseye (and, no, it’s not the Barry & Enright-produced game show or the British dart-based trivia game show) premieres with host Kellan Lutz and co-host comedian Godfrey and has eight contestants faces a series of extreme physical stunts where there goal is to hit the bullseye in each round for a $50,000 grand prize. Check out a sneak peek of the making of the show in the clip below.

500 Questions: Tuesday, May 26 - Thursday, May 28 on ABC

ABC's new game show event, 500 Questions, concludes this week with the season finale airing this Thursday evening at 8:00pm. Tonight, contestant Steve Bahnaman is only two questions away from crossing the 150-question threshold, eliminating challenger Megan Barnes and being the first $100,000+ winner on the show. However, with two "wrongs" on the board, Bahnaman is also only one incorrect answer away from being knocked out of the contest. Find out what happens for the next three nights at 8:00pm on the final episodes of 500 Questions. If you have a Hulu Plus account, you can check out the series premiere in its entirety below.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter