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Network. ABC. Release. June 22 (2010-06-22) – July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20) Downfall is an American television game show series in which contestants try to answer trivia questions and win up to $1 million while on the roof of a 10-story building in Downtown Los Angeles. The series, hosted by Chris Jericho, premiered on June 22, 2010, on ABC.
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Downfall was a failed 2010 primetime game show where the prizes drop from view (literally). The show was set at the top of a 10-story building. Contestants answer questions and win cash & prizes, all while trying to avoid seeing the cash & prizes fall from the building from a ride down a giant conveyor belt. The prizes the rode the the belt were just replicas. The game was played in up to ...
Jun 29, 2010 · The new vertigo-inducing quiz show Downfall challenges players to answer questions before their potential prizes — and possibly even themselves — are sent crashing over the edge of an L.A ...
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Jun 12, 2023 · Downfall is an American television game show series in which contestants try to answer trivia questions and win up to $1 million while on the roof of a 10-story building in Downtown Los Angeles. The series, hosted by Chris Jericho, premiered on June 22, 2010, on ABC.
Series /. Downfall (2010) Game Show hosted by wrestler Chris Jericho on ABC for a single season in 2010 as the Wipeout lead-out, whose main draw is that the contestant tries to save a series of prizes from going over the edge of a rather tall building on a Conveyor Belt o' Doom. The contestant picked a category off a board, and had to correctly ...
The contestant can also put a personal item on the belt or a "panic buddy" on the belt if they hit the button. However, if the money goes over the edge, the contestant gets dumped over the edge. The host is wrestler Chris Jericho and he actually comes across as likable, a complete 180° from his wrestling persona.
The following Game Show tropes appear in Downfall (TV series): All or Nothing: While there are safety nets for cash, the banked prizes from previous rounds are lost if the contestant loses the game. Deadly Game: This show could have been one (or at least play itself off as one), if only they didn't blatantly avert it and rub this fact it in the ...
