GSN Grabs NBC's 'Minute to Win It'

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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GSN has acquired the off-network rights to NBC's primetime game, Minute to Win It, hosted by Diners, Drive-ins and Dives' Guy Fieri.

The one-hour show will air in four-hour blocks on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. ET, starting on Tuesday, July 24. GSN has acquired 68 episodes of the show, which features competitors taking on ten one-minute challenges in an attempt to win a $1 million prize.

"Minute to Win It is a great addition to our line-up," said Amy Introcaso-Davis, GSN's executive VP of programming. "Fun, entertaining and competitive -- this game show brings all the elements that resonate with our core audience."

Minute to Win It is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with Friday Television. Craig Plestis, Tim Puntillo, Mattias Olsson and Jock Millgardh are executive producers.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.