Bow Wow To Host Spike’s Music Game Show “Tracks”

Actor, television personality and former rapper Bow Wow has been named the host of Spike’s upcoming game show Tracks. Produced by Mission Control Media and MX Productions, Christina Aguilera’s production company, in association with Lionsgate, Tracks is the new music-based game show where teams of two attempt to guess popular song titles based on the song’s individual tracks (guitar, bass, drums, etc.) being played one at a time. Special musical celebrity guest stars will also be featured in each episode, including Aguilera and Tommy Lee. The show debuts in two weeks on Thursday, September 1 with back-to-back episodes starting at 10:30pm ET on Spike.

Spike Orders Full Season of “Caraoke Showdown”

Originally ordered as a one-off special, Spike announced on Tuesday that the network has given a full 10-episode season order to the new game show. Scheduled to debut later this year, Caraoke Showdown will be hosted and executive produced by singer/actor/comedian Craig Robinson. The series, described as a “new, original, half-hour game show that is like Cash Cab meets karaoke”, Robinson engages unsuspecting passengers in a music quiz in which they must either sing their favorite songs, finish song lyrics or act out the songs for cold hard cash. Howie Mandel will also serve as an executive producer along with Alice Dickens-Koblin, Peter Herschko and Brian Veskosky. The show’s production company is Core Media Group.

Spike Orders “That Awkward Game Show” To Air This Fall

According to network’s announcement released today, Spike is set to jump back into the game show business with its 11-episode first season order of That Awkward Game Show. The one-hour series will be hosted by comedian and former host of MTV’s Money From Strangers and MTV2’s NumbNuts Jeff Dye. Scheduled to air this fall, the show will have three teams comprised of a parent and an adult child compete against each other to match which embarrassing fact is associated with their family member. The team who answers the most questions correctly wins a cash prize. Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Christmas Rini and Peter Herschko of A. Smith & Co. Productions will serve as executive producers for That Awkward Game Show.