Current:Home > ContactSee first look at Travis Kelce hosting 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' -Secure Growth Solutions
See first look at Travis Kelce hosting 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?'
View
Date:2025-04-16 18:41:03
Taking an old game show to "New Heights."
Amazon Prime Video's reimagining of "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" will premiere Oct. 16, the streaming service announced Thursday. The Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce will host the new iteration, dubbed "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?" which received a 20-episode order.
In the first images, Kelce, 34, can be seen on the stage in a cobalt suit, white T-shirt and matching sneakers, standing in front of the show's logo and shelves of books, looking ready to unleash some knowledge on the audience.
Jeff Foxworthy helmed the original game show which debuted on Fox in 2007 in which contestants were quizzed on things they should've learned in elementary school with hopes of winning a large cash prize. Nickelodeon briefly revived the series in 2019 with John Cena as host.
Taylor Swift cancelsVienna Eras tour concerts after two arrested in alleged terror plot
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
On "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?" each contestant will vie for the $100,000 prize by trying their best to correctly answer 11 questions derived from grade school curriculum. Hopefuls will be able to seek assistance from the group of celebrities assembled.
"And on the final question, worth $100,000, the contestant selects one celebrity to discuss the answer with before locking in," Thursday's announcement read. "The final question is always at the 6th-grade level."
Nikki Glaser, who recently made a splash for her quips at Netflix's roast of Tom Brady, and her fellow comics Natasha Leggero, Nicole Byer and Ron Funches will appear, as well as Bravo celebrities Garcelle Beauvais ("The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills") and Lala Kent ("Vanderpump Rules"). Stars from Kelce's football world will also be featured, including former wide receiver Chad Ochocinco Johnson and ex-quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Kelce will be back in his football pads when the Chiefs' play their first pre-season game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday. In his off-season, Kelce has been supporting girlfriend Taylor Swift on international stops of her Eras Tour. In June he even appeared onstage as Swift rocked London's Wembley Stadium during the singer's performance of "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived."
veryGood! (2)
Related
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Watch livestream: Ethan Crumbley sentencing for 2021 Oxford school shooting
- Bulgarian parliament again approves additional military aid to Ukraine
- Teacher gifting etiquette: What is (and isn't) appropriate this holiday
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Tony Shalhoub returns as everyone’s favorite obsessive-compulsive sleuth in ‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case’
- How Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky Put on a United Front for Their Kids Amid Separation
- Ex Black Panther who maintained innocence in bombing that killed an officer died in Nebraska prison
- Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
- Virginia woman wins $777,777 from scratch-off but says 'I was calm'
Ranking
- 'We're reborn!' Gazans express joy at returning home to north
- Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion
- Maine man dies while checking thickness of lake ice, wardens say
- What’s streaming now: Nicki Minaj’s birthday album, Julia Roberts is in trouble and Monk returns
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Boaters plead guilty in riverfront brawl; charge dismissed against riverboat co-captain
- Virginia woman wins $777,777 from scratch-off but says 'I was calm'
- High-speed rail projects get a $6 billion infusion of federal infrastructure money
Recommendation
DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
Two men in Alabama riverfront brawl plead guilty to harassment; assault charges dropped
Kevin Costner Sparks Romance Rumors With Jewel After Christine Baumgartner Divorce Drama
Michigan school shooting victims to speak as teen faces possible life sentence
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
Slovak president says she’ll challenge new government’s plan to close top prosecutors office
Woman tries to set fire to Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home, Atlanta police say
Love Story Actor Ryan O’Neal Dead at 82