In Sandy's Wake, Meteorologists to Play 'Let's Ask America' for Charity

Proceeds to be donated to American Red Cross for Sandy relief

Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/6/2012 1:32:01 PM

 Meteorologists from across the country will compete against each other for charity on Thursday, Nov. 8, on Warner Bros.' Let's Ask America, which currently airs on 14 Scripps-owned TV stations.

WMGH Denver's Lisa Hidalgo, WFTS Tampa's Denis Phillips, WCPO Cincinnati's Steve Raleigh and WRTV Indianapolis' Ashley Brown all will play to raise money for the American Red Cross and those in need due to Hurricane Sandy.

Hosted by Kevin Pereira, Let's Ask America airs weekdays and weekends in Tampa and Cincinnati and on weekends in Denver and Indianapolis. The show features contestants playing from home via Skype. To win, players have to correctly predict the majority response to various poll topics.

There are three rounds, and at the end of each round, the contestant with the lowest amount of money is eliminated until the game gets down to a winner. In the final round, players have a chance to win up to $50,000, depending on how big of a risk they are willing to take.

Let's Ask America is produced by Telepictures Productions, the first-run production arm of Warner Bros. Television, and paraMedia Inc. It's distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The show was developed by Jeff Apploff, Todd Stevens and the late Jim Paratore. Apploff, Stevens and Jack Martin are executive producers.