Fox Unveils Summer Dates for So You Think You Can Dance, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- 2007-2019
- 7 seasons
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Family, Game Show
- TV-PG
The hit game show where adults have to answer grade-school level questions to win big is back! And this time, the kids play a bigger role as they help contestants prove that they're smarter than a 5th grader.
- 2007-2019
- 7 seasons
- 20th Century Fox Television
- Family, Game Show
- TV-PG
The hit game show where adults have to answer grade-school level questions to win big is back! And this time, the kids play a bigger role as they help contestants prove that they're smarter than a 5th grader.
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Tonight's TV Hot List: Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?8/7c CMT It might be Thanksgiving break for most students, but the kids in this classroom are still hard at work. Tonight's contestant, Sanjaya Malakar, is no stranger to reality TV: He's a well-known and controversial contestant from Season 6 of American Idol. He's famous for creating the "ponyhawk" hairstyle and for being, according to Idol judge Randy Jackson, one of the smartest contestants to appear on the musical reality show. OK, Randy, but can he handle fifth-grade geography?Read on for previews of Monk, Ugly Betty, Storytellers and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
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Ratings: 5th Grader's Return Lacks Fireworks, and More
Some ratings highlights from the long holiday weekend: • So You Think You Can Dance on Thursday drew 7.15 million total viewers, up 250K week-to-week. NBC's The Listener (3.28 mil) dropped 14 percent. • On Friday, Fox's Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? returned to an audience of 4.26 mil — a 40 percent plunge from its last outing (which was on a Thursday in December). Lead-out Mental dipped ...
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Foxworthy and Fox Start Engines for New Series
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Fox Unveils Its Plans for Sweeps Season
Fox's handy guide (press release) to the network's late April and May schedule landed in my inbox this morning. Here are a few of the highlights:Thursday, April 24 at 8 pm/ET A special two-hour edition of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? airsMonday, May 12/Monday, May 19 at 9 pmHouse's two-part season finale airsTuesday, May 20/Wednesday, May 21 at 8 pm American Idol's two-night season finaleSaturday, May 17 at 9 pm America's Most Wanted celebrates with a 1,000th capture special editionSunday, May 18 at 8 pm The Simpsons, King of the Hill and American Dad season finales air — Adam Bryant
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Is Kellie Pickler Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Is Regis?
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New Amsterdam May Make a Comeback
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5th Grader to Air Twice a Week — and Still No Recess!
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Jeff Foxworthy Talks About Meeting Grader Expectations
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