Fear Factor

2001-2012
7 seasons
NBC
Game Show, Reality, Suspense
TV-PG

In each pulse-racing "Fear Factor" episode, contestants (sometimes solo, often paired with spouses, siblings or best friends) recruited from across the nation must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their most primal fears. Under the supervision of professional Hollywood stunt coordinators, contestants are confronted with a series of challenging stunts. If they complete their task they advance; if fear stops them from completing a stunt or they fail the mission, they are immediately eliminated. The contestant who wins the final challenge takes home the prize.

2001-2012
7 seasons
NBC
Game Show, Reality, Suspense
TV-PG

Fear Factor's Host Ludacris on the Challenge He's Too Scared to Do

The rapper breaks down MTV's reboot of the show

Tue, May 30, 2017

Fear Factor's Host Ludacris on the Challenge He's Too Scared to Do

People Almost Die in the First Look at Fear Factor's Return

Cockroaches and snakes and helicopters, oh my!

Thu, May 25, 2017

People Almost Die in the First Look at Fear Factor's Return

Fear Factor Is Getting Revived with Ludacris as Host — But There's a Big Twist

Fear Factor is coming back with 100 percent less bugs

Wed, Apr 12, 2017

Fear Factor Is Getting Revived with Ludacris as Host — But There's a Big Twist

July Fourth Marathon Roundup: What to Watch This Weekend

Stuffed from eating too much barbecue? Sunburned from laying out at the beach? Then head inside this Fourth of July weekend to log in some serious time watching your favorite TV shows. Trust us, you'll have plenty of choices. Check out your options: (All times are ET/PT) Thursday, July 4American Ninja Warrior (9 a.m.-4 p.m., G4)BBQ Pitmasters (6 a.m.-6 a.m. Friday, Destination America)Cake Boss (6 a.m.-1:30 p.m., TLC)Call of the Wildman (6 p.m.-6 a.m. Friday, Animal Planet)Castle (10 a.m.-8 p.m., TNT)

Wed, Jul 3, 2013

July Fourth Marathon Roundup: What to Watch This Weekend

Survivor Couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Split After 10 Years

Longtime Survivor couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca are breaking up after a decade together, People reports. "It is with much consideration and a heavy heart that...

Tue, Feb 19, 2013

Survivor Couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Split After 10 Years

Exclusive: NBC Developing Home Transformation Show

NBC is putting out the call to find designers, builders, decorators and craftsmen to compete in a new home improvement reality competition. The show, which is being developed under the working title Home Transformers, will split contestants into teams as they compete to rebuild rundown homes around the country. NBC hasn't determined the prize yet, but is characterizing it for now as "life changing." NBC has put out an open casting call for this....

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

Exclusive: NBC Developing Home Transformation Show

Fear Factor Reboot Returns This December

NBC will premiere what it's calling the "bigger and more outrageous" version of Fear Factor on Dec. 12, the network announced Wednesday. Fear Factor will take over The Sing-Off's 8/7c timeslot a week after the singing competition wraps Season 3. Hosted once again by Joe Rogan, the show will follow the same format of the original — awarding $50,000 to the team that overcomes their fears and wins the final challenge. Check out all the familiar faces returning to TV this year Upcoming challenges will include...

Wed, Oct 19, 2011

Fear Factor Reboot Returns This December

Wipeout and 101 Ways Producer Matt Kunitz on His Reality Lessons

Reality producer Matt Kunitz has asked contestants to eat foul bugs (on Fear Factor) and jump on big red balls (see Wipeout). But that's child's play compared to what he's put people through on ABC's recent new entry, 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show.

Tue, Jul 26, 2011

Wipeout and 101 Ways Producer Matt Kunitz on His Reality Lessons

Exclusive: Joe Rogan to Return as Fear Factor Host

Joe Rogan has officially signed on to return as the host of NBC's Fear Factor revival. Rogan, who hosted the show's original run from 2001 to 2006, will be on hand when production begins at the end of July."It doesn't seem real," Rogan tells TV Guide Magazine. "It seems like some sort of bizarro dream world. But I'm looking forward to it. The idea of sitting at home and watching someone else host it would have driven me crazy."NBC has ordered eight episodes of the reborn Fear Factor, which producers say ...

Wed, Jun 29, 2011

Exclusive: Joe Rogan to Return as Fear Factor Host

Bigger -- But Maybe Less Shocking -- Fear Factor to Return to NBC

Fear is not a factor for NBC when it comes to resurrecting one of its reality competition shows. The network is rebooting Fear Factor, its classic game show in which competitors conquer gross or daring challenges in the hopes of winning a cash prize, EW reports.

Thu, Jun 2, 2011

Bigger -- But Maybe Less Shocking -- Fear Factor to Return to NBC

New Critics, New Host, New Format: Producers Dish on Spicing Up Season 3 of Top Chef Masters

It's hotter in the kitchen this time around on Top Chef Masters. In Wednesday's third season premiere, three of the 12 master cheftestants will fail to complete their Quickfire dishes (failures made all the more painful because the chefs are paired off in head-to-head combat). The group is then immediately hit with a round of Restaurant Wars. Bringing out the contestants' competitive edge is just part of an overall revamp to the Top Chef spin-off, which arrives following viewership declines between the first and second seasons (2.2 million viewers vs. 1.6 million). Gone are host Kelly Choi, critics Gael Greene and Jay Rayner, the five-star rating scale and the tournament-style elimination. The masters are still playing for charity but, by design, they'll feel more...

Wed, Apr 6, 2011

New Critics, New Host, New Format: Producers Dish on Spicing Up Season 3 of Top Chef Masters

Leif Garrett Charged with Narcotics Possession

Leif Garrett has been charged with possession of narcotics, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The 1970s teen idol appeared to have a "very small amount" of black tar heroin when he was arrested Monday...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

Leif Garrett Charged with Narcotics Possession

Baywatch Bombshell Presses Her Luck

We asked 100 men, "Would you drown yourself if it meant Brande Roderick giving you mouth-to-mouth?" How many said yes? That Card Sharksian moment is brought to you by CBS' Gameshow Marathon, airing tonight at 8 pm/ET (click here for additional dates) and pitting such familiar faces as Leslie Nielsen, Kathy Najimy and, yes, Baywatch alum Brande Roderick against each other in conte

Thu, Jun 1, 2006

NBC RESTS JOEY, SCRUBS BACK IN

NBC has announced its mid-season game plan, and it goes a little something like this: Effective Jan. 2, My Name Is Earl and The Office, as speculated, move from Tuesday to Thursdays-at-9, where they will follow a pairing of Will & Grace and the new sitcom Four Kings (starring Seth Green, Shane McRae, Josh Cooke and Todd Grinnell). Filling the Tuesday void are back-to-back airings of new Scrubs episodes, which will have Fear Factor as its lead-in. Succeeding The Apprentice: Martha Stewart on Wednesdays at 9 is The Biggest Loser: Special Edition, a series of standalone and themed spec

Thu, Dec 1, 2005

DID SOMEONE SAY TUMS EARLIER?

NBC's Fear Factor will return for a sixth season on Dec. 6, replacing The Biggest Loser with, um, Joe Rogan. This go-round, the grossfest will feature a "Home Invasion" segment, in which Rogan springs surprises on unsuspecting homeowners; a heist-themed episode where players try to unlock a sunken armored car; family and reality-star-studded contests; and an episode staged entirely at Psycho's Bates Motel on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot.

Tue, Nov 1, 2005

Who was the woman on The Gong ...

Question: Who was the woman on The Gong Show panel? I think she was a singer at one time. Thank you.Answer: I'll take a wild guess here, assume you don't have Phyllis Diller or Dr. Joyce Brothers in mind and answer with jazz singer Jaye P. Morgan, often introduced by cocreator and host Chuck Barris as "juicy." And I'm sure the lady would object to your "singer at one time" classification, since she told the Los Angeles Times in 1997 that despite her various entertainment credits (movies, TV, stage, comedy), "[W]hen I get up in the morning, I get up as a singer." Morgan, born Mary Margaret but dubbed J.P. when she took the job of class treasurer in high school, started her entertainment education at the age of 3 or 4 in a family act and eventually worked her way up to hit records ("The Longest Walk" and "That's All I Want from You" in the mid-'50s), work in stage musicals, numer

Tue, Aug 2, 2005

Omarosa vs. Idol Sexpot!

Hard as it may be to believe, something actually left a worse taste in Nikki McKibbin's mouth than the worms she drank on Reality Stars Fear Factor: the tumultuous time she spent in the company of The Apprentice's preening prima donna, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth."She's pathetic, really," the feisty, redheaded American Idol 1 finalist tells TVGuide.com. "She's this beauty-pageant princess who's got no actual talent, so the only way she can extend her 15 minutes of fame is by being as thoughtless and spiteful a human being as she possibly can. "Frankly," she adds, "I'd sooner hang out with the snakes that kept biting me in the second challenge than with that [viper]!" At least McKibbin gives The Donald's flunky wannabe props for honing her bitchcraft to a fine art. "The high-maintenance aspect of her personality comes very naturally," the fired-up redhead suggests, "but the villainy is something I think she's had to

Fri, Mar 4, 2005