Emojis have invaded our text communication, and Emogenius will soon bring them to our television screen. The new game show will land on GSN next month. Hunter March will host the series.
GSN released a press statement detailing the new series. Check that out below.
“GSN, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, announced today the premiere of its newest game show, EMOGENIUS, hosted by Hunter March (AwesomenessTV). The show debuts Wednesday, June 7 at 9:00pm ET/PT (8pm CT) with back-to-back episodes.
EMOGENIUS is a new half-hour comedic game show based on communication that uniquely taps into the massive popularity of emojis and text messaging. The show features two pairs of contestants who face off to put their emoji-solving skills to the test for a chance to win $10,000.
Contestants will first have to decode a series of pop culture inspired emoji messages, followed by a round of sending each other strings of emojis in the hope that their partner can guess the message. Finally, only one team will advance to the bonus round, where they’ll trade off sending and guessing rapid fire emoji messages for a chance to win $10,000. Viewers at home will also have a chance to further test their emoji-solving skills with the online EMOGENIUS game at GSNTV.com, launching in tandem with the show’s premiere.
The show is hosted by 26 year-old Hunter March, who becomes the youngest (non-kids’) game show host in TV history. He follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, Hal March, who hosted the TV classic “The $64,000 Question” from 1955-1958 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “My goal is to have my own star right by my grandfather’s so he can look down and say, ‘What the heck is an emoji?'” says Hunter. As one of the leading producer/creators in online media, Hunter produces and hosts up to 10 videos each week for AwesomenessTV, attracting millions of views every month from a subscriber base of nearly 5 million.
The show is produced by Game Show Enterprises, LLC for GSN. Executive producers are Craig Brooks and Larry Barron (“Idiotest”).”
Will you check out Emogenius? Tell us what you think.
Get rid of the host dresses awful no socks clothes don’t fit yuk
concept is fine—host has to go.
Another drama for morons
I was just watching the commercial for emogenius and the host was saying his grandfather hosted the show $64.000 question and my father Francis P salvatore won on that show in the mid 50’s I believe he won with the question on a spice the answer was rosemary and my mothers name was Rosemarie
Sounds….actually pretty entertaining. In a funny sort of way.
Also, I read this as “Emo Genius” …:P