Watch a preview of the new Winsanity TV show, premiering on GSN Thursday, June 9, 2016, at 9:00pm ET/PT. A new game show hosted by Scrubs star Donald Faison, offers prizes to both the contestants and studio audience. Comedian Kira Soltanovich is the announcer.
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Get more information from this GSN press release.
GSN’S INNOVATIVE NEW ORIGINAL GAME SHOW SERIES “WINSANITY,” HOSTED BY DONALD FAISON PREMIERES THURSDAY, JUNE 9 AT 9PM ET/PT
Every Time A Contestant Wins A Prize, So Do Members of The Studio Audience, But One Wrong Answer and They Lose Everything!
Viewers Can Also Play Along at Home and Win Prizes
May 12, 2016, SANTA MONICA, Calif. — GSN, the leader in game shows and competitive entertainment, will debut its innovative new game show series, WINSANITY, on Thursday, June 9 at 9:00 pm ET/PT. The series, hosted by actor Donald Faison (“Scrubs”), is unique in that the game play offers the opportunity for prizes to be won not only by the contestants but also by the studio audience. GSN has also partnered with participation TV technology company iPowow to allow viewers to play along at home in real-time for a chance to win prizes throughout the season.
Each half-hour episode of WINSANITY features a contestant attempting to rank ten compelling and surprising facts in numerical order, from lowest to highest (i.e.: Which is greater: the number of marriages each year in the US, or the number of President Barack Obama’s Twitter followers?). Every time a contestant is correct and wins a prize, so does a randomly selected portion of the studio audience. However, if a contestant gives a wrong answer at any point, they, and the audience lose everything, and a new contestant takes his or her place and continues the game, trying to win prizes that increase in value with each round.
“WINSANITY, hosted by the incredibly funny and energetic Donald Faison, is a high voltage viewer experience that has never been seen in cable television,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, EVP Programming and Development for GSN. “Everyone is a player and has an opportunity to win prizes, whether you’re playing in the studio audience or at home on smartphone, tablet or laptop.”
Faison, who will serve as host of the show, is best known to TV viewers for his long-running role on the hit TV series “Scrubs” and the classic teen film and TV series “Clueless.” He also starred in the TV Land series “The Exes” and Pepsi’s recent digital series, “Camp Halftime,” part of their 2016 Super Bowl ad campaign and first-ever halftime show. A two-time winner of the BET Comedy Award, Faison has also been nominated multiple times for the NAACP Image Award and Teen Choice Awards. Comedian Kira Soltanovich (“How To Be A Grownup”) also serves as announcer. Kira has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (for 8 years), Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Hell’s Kitchen, and Last Comic Standing among others. Her new one-hour comedy special, You Did This To Me was self-produced and shot while she was over seven months pregnant.
WINSANITY is produced by Electus for GSN. Executive producers are Chris Grant of Electus and Barry Poznick of Barracuda Television Productions, Inc.
About GSN
GSN is the leader in game show entertainment across multimedia. GSN presents original and classic game programming and skill-based competitive entertainment and games via its 80-million subscriber television network, the GSN.com website and its position as one of the leading casual games companies in the world. GSN’s cross-platform content gives game lovers the opportunity to win cash and prizes, through GSN’s popular TV game shows and GSN Games free casual games, mobile and social games, and skill-game tournaments. GSN’s television network is distributed throughout the U.S., Caribbean and Canada by all major cable operators, satellite providers and telcos. GSN is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and AT&T Entertainment Group. For further information, please visit GSNTV.com.
About iPowow
iPowow, the leaders in Participation TV, enable the real-time gathering and visualization of the broadcast audience’s reaction and response to the story unfolding on television. Broadcast and brand partners include ABC/Disney, Viacom, ESPN, Fox Sports, Comcast/ NBC Universal, CNN/ Turner Broadcasting, Red Bull Media House and USA Network. For more information go to http://www.ipowow.com.
What do you think? Do you like the sound of the Winsanity TV series? Do you think you will check out the premiere?
I won 222$ on winsanity in April it’s now November and they said check would be sent in the mail!!! Does anyone else have this problem?
Went to winsanity as audience member. Funny, enlightening, it was great! The audience assistants were all so nice and accommodating. Warm up guy was very entertaining. Overall a tremendous experience for my out of town relatives. They loved it! Thank you to Winsanity — Hope to be able to watch for years to come! You rock!
I was on a live show Feb 8,2016 won a EBag gift certificate for $100.00 never received??
Will someone contact me its been almost a year.
Have you received your price yet? Two of my friends and I went in April 2017 and have also not received anything. I have even emailed them.
I was there in April with four friend we all won 222$ and never receive it
Watching the show this morning Donald made a comment about police officers…his words were “crazy cops” it was about police officers giving tickets. It is completely unacceptable to me for a host to say negative things about the men and women who put their lives on the line daily to protect us! Who does he think he is ? Nothing but a game show host, he should get a grip he’s nothing ! I’m so angry right now it’s unbelievable . You just lost a viewer not only of the show, but also of the network! So many better shows… Read more »
STARR…..T LOVE THE SHOW…WHERE DO I REGISTER TO PLAY ALONG AT HOME?
I love this game show