'Family BrainSurge' to Slime Celebrities
Premiering Monday, July 18, the popular Nickelodeon game show will now feature celebrities and their families, including Larry King, Vanessa Williams, Nicole Eggert, Jennie Garth and Joey Fatone.
Larry King in "Family BrainSurge" (top)
Larry King in "Family BrainSurge" (top) - © Nickelodeon
LOS ANGELES, CA — Nickelodeon makes room for the entire family as "Family BrainSurge" kicks off on Monday, July 18, with a week of all-new episodes premiering at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick at Nite. Jeff Sutphen returns to host the third season featuring celebrity guests playing with their families, including Larry King, Vanessa Williams, Joey Fatone, Jennie Garth, Nicole Eggert, Candace Cameron Bure, Anthony Anderson, Terry Crews and WWE Superstars. Also, several Nick stars from "iCarly," "Victorious," "Bucket & Skinner," "Supah Ninjas" and "House of Anubis" partner with regular parent and kid teams. Produced by 310 Entertainment and Stone & Company, "Family BrainSurge" will continue to offer viewers even more brain twisters, signature slime and the fun of families playing together while competing for prizes.
"We know that our viewers are playing along with "BrainSurge" at home with their own families," said Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon's President, Original Programming and Development. "So it made perfect sense to invite kids and their parents to play together on the show and reintroduce it as "Family BrainSurge" in our Nick at Nite programming block—where families are already watching together."
"Family BrainSurge" features teams of parents and kids who compete in mind-bending challenges, guided by Sutphen, that test their visual, memory and analytical skills with the shared goal of now winning bigger and better prizes, such as trips for the whole family. If a team gets a BrainFreeze and can't think of the answer, they can choose to use their BrainTrust—a family member in the audience —to help solve the puzzle. As kids are eliminated they get sucked into the "Face Wall" or slide down the "Brain Drain," if the winning contestant completes the all three levels of "Brain Trip" level they get the ultimate prize: a giant, messy, celebratory sliming for the family!
Since its launch in September 2009, "BrainSurge" has emerged as a huge hit with kids and is basic cable's most-watched program in its time period among kids 2-11 and 6-11. Delivering an average of 2.8 million total viewers per episode, the second season of "BrainSurge" has grown by +39% across all key kid demos from its first season. (Source: NMR, Npower (Program Based), 12/28/09-12/26/10 Live+7, A18-49 with K2-11)
Jeff Sutphen has hosted two seasons of "BrainSurge" as well as the new season of "Family BrainSurge." This summer, he is also hosting ABC's "101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow," which showcases incredible contestant eliminations. Sutphen has been seen on MTV, E!, VH1, CBS and other channels as well as Nickelodeon's Annual Kids' Choice Awards where he has hosted the LIVE Pre-Show for the past 9 years. He is currently developing shows with his business partner and wife, Stacy Sutphen, under their newly formed production company Part Time Hero Productions.
"Family BrainSurge" is from executive producers Clay Newbill for 310 Entertainment ("Shark Tank"), Scott A. Stone ("Legends of the Hidden Temple") for Stone & Company Entertainment and David A. Hurwitz ("Fear Factor"). The game show is based on the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program "Brain Survivor."
"We know that our viewers are playing along with "BrainSurge" at home with their own families," said Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon's President, Original Programming and Development. "So it made perfect sense to invite kids and their parents to play together on the show and reintroduce it as "Family BrainSurge" in our Nick at Nite programming block—where families are already watching together."
"Family BrainSurge" features teams of parents and kids who compete in mind-bending challenges, guided by Sutphen, that test their visual, memory and analytical skills with the shared goal of now winning bigger and better prizes, such as trips for the whole family. If a team gets a BrainFreeze and can't think of the answer, they can choose to use their BrainTrust—a family member in the audience —to help solve the puzzle. As kids are eliminated they get sucked into the "Face Wall" or slide down the "Brain Drain," if the winning contestant completes the all three levels of "Brain Trip" level they get the ultimate prize: a giant, messy, celebratory sliming for the family!
Since its launch in September 2009, "BrainSurge" has emerged as a huge hit with kids and is basic cable's most-watched program in its time period among kids 2-11 and 6-11. Delivering an average of 2.8 million total viewers per episode, the second season of "BrainSurge" has grown by +39% across all key kid demos from its first season. (Source: NMR, Npower (Program Based), 12/28/09-12/26/10 Live+7, A18-49 with K2-11)
Jeff Sutphen has hosted two seasons of "BrainSurge" as well as the new season of "Family BrainSurge." This summer, he is also hosting ABC's "101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow," which showcases incredible contestant eliminations. Sutphen has been seen on MTV, E!, VH1, CBS and other channels as well as Nickelodeon's Annual Kids' Choice Awards where he has hosted the LIVE Pre-Show for the past 9 years. He is currently developing shows with his business partner and wife, Stacy Sutphen, under their newly formed production company Part Time Hero Productions.
"Family BrainSurge" is from executive producers Clay Newbill for 310 Entertainment ("Shark Tank"), Scott A. Stone ("Legends of the Hidden Temple") for Stone & Company Entertainment and David A. Hurwitz ("Fear Factor"). The game show is based on the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television program "Brain Survivor."