1 Vs. 100 (U.S. Game Show) - Broadcast History

Broadcast History

1 vs. 100 aired on Fridays at 8:00 PM Eastern. On March 16, 2007, the show went on a temporary break in order to accommodate Identity, another NBC game show. The show returned to NBC with repeats of the series on May 25, 2007. In May, NBC announced that 1 vs. 100 would return for its second season in Fall 2007 with an eight episode run in the same time slot. The Singing Bee was originally scheduled to air after the initial run of 1 vs. 100, but its premiere was moved up to July to compete with Fox's new game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! In July, NBC announced some fall scheduling updates that included The Singing Bee being moved to Tuesdays and Deal or No Deal being moved from Monday to Friday at 8 pm, replacing 1 vs. 100.

1 vs. 100 returned for its second season on Friday January 4, 2008, with a new set and money ladder system of obtaining prize money. Also, a video screen is now displayed in the center of the mob area, where each question is displayed, as well as occasional pre-taped questions asked by celebrities. Several personalities, including Ross Mathews, Richard Rubin, and Oscar the Grouch (of Sesame Street fame) were fixtures in the mob.

On January 4, 2008, 1 vs. 100 recorded its first millionaire, 21-year-old Jason Luna from San Diego defeated a mob of 100 women on a special battle-of-the-sexes episode.

NBC's early presentation of its next season schedule on April 2, 2008, did not include the show. However, network executive Ben Silverman said that it might still return.

On Tuesday November 25, when NBC announced their Midseason schedule, 1 vs. 100 was not on it and a report for NBC said there are no plans to bring back 1 vs. 100, likely meaning the show has ended with a series finale, however, a report from Buzzerblog announced that with Endemol doing a TV adaptation of the game 20Q for GSN, 1 vs. 100 may come back. At the time, BuzzerBlog had reported that 1 vs. 100 was looking to make a comeback on network TV, but the network it would be on was still unknown, although it had been confirmed that it would not be NBC. On August 10, Buzzerblog confirmed that a new series was commissioned for GSN.

On Thursday October 7, 2010, it was confirmed that 1 vs. 100 would return with all new episodes on GSN starting Monday November 15, 2010 at 7:00 pm ET. The new series will air as a five day a week strip (Monday to Friday). Contestants will have two helps available to them throughout the course of the game: Poll the Mob and Trust the Mob. Also, the GSN revival will feature a top prize of $50,000 and will be hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba, a judge on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and a former fly girl on In Living Color.