Minute to Win It

2010-2014
3 seasons
NBC
Game Show, Reality
TV-PG

Ten challenges using household items. 60 seconds on the clock. $1 million on the line. Think you can do it? You've got a Minute to Win It. NBC's newest sensation hosted by chef and TV personality Guy Fieri ("Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives") has started a game revolution online and across the country. People are playing these deceptively difficult games at home, at work and at parties.

2010-2014
3 seasons
NBC
Game Show, Reality
TV-PG

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

President Obama Agrees to Reschedule Jobs Speech to NFL Opening Day

President Barack Obama asked to address Congress on his promised jobs program on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m., the same time as a scheduled Republican debate among presidential hopefuls. House Speaker John Boehner refused, and the president agreed to reschedule.

Wed, Aug 31, 2011

President Obama Agrees to Reschedule Jobs Speech to NFL Opening Day

Ratings: NBA Championship Dunks the Competition; Tonys About Even With Last Year

  Game 6 of the National Basketball Association finals emerged as a slam-dunk winner in the ratings, averaging 21.07 million viewers on ABC, according to preliminary Nielsen figures.

Mon, Jun 13, 2011

Ratings: NBA Championship Dunks the Competition; Tonys About Even With Last Year

Ratings: Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition Wins Big for ABC

The new Extreme Makeover spin-off won Memorial Day, premiering to 7.06 million viewers and a 2.35 rating among adults 18-49. Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss was the highest-rated show Monday and the second most-watched program behind The Bachelorette. The latest season of...

Tue, May 31, 2011

Ratings: Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition Wins Big for ABC

Ratings: Tom Selleck Shellacks Celebrity Apprentice

What Seth Meyers said about Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live over the weekend is no joke: He can't even win his time slot let alone the presidency. Sunday night's two-hour finale of The Celebrity Apprentice got shellacked by Tom Selleck's seventh installment of the popular Jesse Stone franchise, Innocents Lost.

Mon, May 23, 2011

Ratings: Tom Selleck Shellacks Celebrity Apprentice

Ratings: Interest Grows in American Idol

Interest is growing in American Idol as crunch time approaches. Wednesday's 90-minute performance show, in which the Lady Gaga-mentored final four performed the songs of Leiber and Stoller, averaged 22.37 million viewers and notched a 6.9 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds. That's up 5 percent from last week in the demo and 1 percent from the comparable year-earlier program (which jumped some 17 percent in viewership from 19.2 million).

Thu, May 12, 2011

Ratings: Interest Grows in American Idol

Ratings: Breaking In Breaks Out With 9.9 Million Viewers in Idol’s Wake

If American Idol were an 18-wheeler, then Breaking In would be the Mini Cooper drafting behind it. The new Fox comedy starring Christian Slater broke out of the gate with 9.88 million people tuning in ...

Thu, Apr 7, 2011

Ratings: Breaking In Breaks Out With 9.9 Million Viewers in Idol’s Wake

Ratings: American Idol Stays on Top

American Idol averaged 23.57 million viewers for its latest episode — about the same as last week. Wednesday's two-hour show, which featured songs by Elton John, scored a 7.5 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds.

Thu, Mar 31, 2011

Ratings: Idol Keeps Steamrolling Competition; Year-to-Year Audience Loss Remains Small

American Idol's Motown episode steamrolled the competition, averaging nearly 23.5 million viewers. Wednesday's two-hour show was up from last week's 22.2 million viewers and rose 1 percent among 18-to-49-year-olds to a 7.7 rating — although that's down 8 percent from the comparable year-earlier show.

Thu, Mar 24, 2011

Ratings: Idol Keeps Steamrolling Competition; Year-to-Year Audience Loss Remains Small

Ratings: American Idol Looms Large, But Lags Behind Its Previous Numbers

While American Idol continues to decimate its competition, it also keeps lagging behind its numbers for last season.

Thu, Mar 17, 2011

Ratings: American Idol Looms Large, But Lags Behind Its Previous Numbers

Ratings: American Idol Casts Its Long Shadow

With the contestants whittled down to the final 13, American Idol cast its long ratings shadow, averaging 24.2 million viewers. Wednesday's two-hour show on Fox put up an 8 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, the industry's advertiser-coveted demo — 36 percent more than the other four networks combined. And it was even up compared with last year's equivalent show, which drew 23.5 million.

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Ratings: American Idol Casts Its Long Shadow

Ratings: American Idol's Beatles Show Is Fab

American Idol's relatively fab numbers for its Beatles show — averaging some 22.6 million people over two hours — was enough to have the other networks singing: "Help!" Read our American Idol recaps In prime time's first hour, Survivor: Redemption Island, which last week suffered its lowest-rated premiere ever with 11.2 million viewers, held about the same number. ABC's The Middle lured nearly 8.1 million viewers; Better With You, at 8:30/7:30, attracted some 5.9 million for the second straight week. Part 1 of Minute to Win It got nearly 3.9 million on NBC. And some 2.3 million checked out the 16th season premiere of America's Next Top Model.

Thu, Feb 24, 2011

Ratings: American Idol's Beatles Show Is Fab

Ratings: Two Minds Are Better Than One?

Two Minds are better than one? The premiere of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior rounded up 12.9 million viewers in prime time's final hour Wednesday night, building slightly on the 12.8 million people who watched Criminal Minds at 9/8c, according to preliminary Nielsen figures.

Thu, Feb 17, 2011

Ratings: Mr. Sunshine Casts a Long Shadow

How many friends does Chandler still have? Well, it turns out Matthew Perry had nearly 10.6 million who checked out the premiere of his new series, Mr. Sunshine. Taking the timeslot (9:30/8:30c) usually occupied by fellow Friends alum Courteney Cox's sitcom, his show greatly improved on her numbers; last week, Cougar Town got 6.6 million. The last time ABC did so well during that half-hour was...

Thu, Feb 10, 2011

Ratings: Mr. Sunshine Casts a Long Shadow

NBC Pulls Chase From Schedule

NBC is putting Chase on hiatus, a network rep confirms. Beginning Wednesday, NBC will replace the freshman drama with a second hour of Minute to Win It. The move comes a day after the game show posted series-high ratings — 9.5 million viewers and a 3.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo — in Chase's normal 9/8c timeslot. The most recent new episode of Chase drew 4.17 million viewers and a 1.2 rating. NBC cuts episodes from Chase order Chase received a full...

Fri, Feb 4, 2011

Ratings: American Idol Laps The Field, But Declines

While American Idol lapped the field, its Wednesday night edition declined slightly yet again, attracting 24.9 million viewers. Last week it got 25.2 million, which was down less than a million from its Season 10 premiere a week earlier.

Thu, Feb 3, 2011

Ratings: American Idol Laps The Field, But Declines

Ratings: American Idol Cuts Its Losses

American Idol may be recovering its land legs, pulling in 25.2 million viewers on Wednesday night, down less than a million from its Season 10 premiere a week earlier, but still more than all of its network competition combined.

Thu, Jan 27, 2011

Ratings: Fringe Fares Well on Friday; Medium Ends on High Note

What death slot? Fringe's Friday debut proved to be a ratings success, helping Fox top the night in the coveted adults-18-to-49 demographic.Check out photos from FringeFringe delivered 4.9 million viewers and a 1.9 in the demo, slightly above its fall average of 1.8 and up 12 percent from ...

Sat, Jan 22, 2011

Ratings: Fringe Fares Well on Friday; Medium Ends on High Note

Ratings: American Idol Debut Is Down Again

Did Simon get while the gettin' was good? Season 10 of American Idol debuted to 26.1 million people, down 13 percent from last year's 29.9 million.

Thu, Jan 20, 2011

Ratings: American Idol Debut Is Down Again

People's Choice, Live to Dance Ratings Tumble

The 37th People's Choice Awards were not the people's first choice on TV. The populist awards show, airing 9-11 p.m. on CBS, averaged less than 10 million, down 21 percent from last year. Check out red carpet arrivals from the 2011 People's Choice Awards The Middle took ...

Fri, Jan 7, 2011

People's Choice, Live to Dance Ratings Tumble

Ratings: Skating With the Stars Skids to the Finish

Skating With the Stars finished falling through the ice, getting an average audience of 3.4 million people and hypothermic 0.8 rating in the 18-to-49 demographic.

Thu, Dec 23, 2010

Ratings: Skating With the Stars Skids to the Finish

NBC Adds Third Thursday Night Comedy Hour; Unveils Midseason Prime-Time Schedule

NBC is adding a third hour of comedy on Thursday nights, the network announced Monday. The new lineup, which begins Jan. 20, will feature Community in its same slot at 8/7c, followed by the new comedy Perfect Couples, starring Olivia Munn and Kyle Bornheimer. The Office will remain at 9/8c, with Parks and Recreation returning at 9:30/8:30c.

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

NBC Adds Third Thursday Night Comedy Hour; Unveils Midseason Prime-Time Schedule

Ratings: Were Hellcats' Numbers Worth Cheering About?

The CW's Hellcats kicked off the broadcast networks' fall TV season with a meow rather than a roar.Fall TV Popularity Contest: What did you think of Hellcats and Terriers?The cheerleading drama drew a solid-if-not-stellar 3 million viewers and a 1.2 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, according to overnight Nielsen estimates. Predictably, the show's rating improved to 1.4 among the CW's target demo of adults 18-to-34.However, the premiere did improve slightly over its America's Next Top Model lead-in, which drew 2.9 million viewers in its lowest-rated premiere ever. Hellcats also doubled the numbers of The Beautiful Life: TBL, the quickly canceled series that debuted in that timeslot last year...

Thu, Sep 9, 2010

Ratings: Were Hellcats' Numbers Worth Cheering About?

Ratings: Sons of Anarchy Gets Off to Fast Start

The Season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy roared out of the gate, according to early Nielsen estimates.Sons of Anarchy: How will Jax handle his "emotional devastation"?Tuesday's episode drew 4.12 million viewers, ranking as the series' third most-watched episode just behind the Season 2 finale (4.33 million viewers) and the Season 2 premiere (4.29 million viewers). The show also drew 2.81 million viewers in the coveted adults-18-to-49 demographic, making it basic cable's highest-rated episode of scripted TV in 2010.Check out photos of Sons of AnarchyOn the broadcast networks...

Wed, Sep 8, 2010

Ratings: Sons of Anarchy Gets Off to Fast Start

President Obama to Deliver Prime-Time Address on End of Iraq Combat Mission

President Barack Obama will deliver a prime-time Oval Office address Tuesday about the end of the United States' combat mission in Iraq.The address, which will be broadcast on all four major networks, will be Obama's second from the Oval Office since taking office, following his June address ...

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

President Obama to Deliver Prime-Time Address on End of Iraq Combat Mission

Cheers & Jeers: Minute to Win It FTW!

Cheers to Minute to Win It for finding a winning formula.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.NBC's sleeper-hit summer game show takes the network's current penny-pinching ethos and turns it into a virtue: The show's stars (aside from chef-turned-host Guy Fieri, who adds just the right amount of extra cheese) are cheap, common household objects like Kleenex boxes, paper clips and water bottles. They're used in challenges that must be completed in 60 seconds for players to advance towards the $1 million jackpot....

Tue, Aug 24, 2010

Top Moments: Shocking Announcements from Kathy Griffin, Nigel Lythgoe and Glenn Beck

TV had some announcements to make this week. Kathy Griffin had something to say about cancer prevention. Nigel Lythgoe thinks the So You Think dancers should warm up. Someone on The View has a "girl crush." And Glenn Beck used humor to announce a personal health crisis. Welcome to Top Moments: Hear Ye Hear Ye Edition.

Fri, Jul 23, 2010

Top Moments: Shocking Announcements from Kathy Griffin, Nigel Lythgoe and Glenn Beck

Is Your Favorite Show in Danger?

The new fall TV season means plenty of promising new shows — and canceling struggling old ones to make room. As the networks roll out new programs this month at their upfront presentations to advertisers, here's our list of 13 at-risk shows. Many have posted significant ratings declines. Others are expensive to produce, getting old, or just aren't performing as well as their time-slot rivals. Read about the issues each faces and then weigh in on which shows deserve to stay — or go.

Mon, May 3, 2010

NBC Adds Minute to Win It to Summer Lineup

NBC's reality competition series Minute to Win It will be part of the network's summer slate. NBC renews Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It, Who Do You Think You Are? The series, which features contestants performing...

Wed, Apr 21, 2010

NBC Adds Minute to Win It to Summer Lineup

Kevin Jonas to Compete on Minute to Win It for Charity

Kevin Jonas will compete on Minute to Win It for charity, People reports. The eldest Jonas brother, 22, will appear on the competition series on May 23 and will donate all of his winnings to the Jonas Brothers' charity, Change for...

Sat, Apr 17, 2010

Kevin Jonas to Compete on Minute to Win It for Charity

NBC Renews Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It, Who Do You Think You Are?

Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It and Who Do You Think You Are? have all been renewed for second seasons, NBC announced Monday. Watch full episodes of Marriage Ref in our Online Video Guide "All of these new series have...

Mon, Apr 5, 2010

NBC Renews Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It, Who Do You Think You Are?

Ratings: Breaking Bad Hits Series High, Undercover Boss Leads CBS to Win

The third-season premiere of AMC's critically acclaimed Breaking Bad was the show's most-watched episode ever, the network said Monday. Bad drew...

Tue, Mar 23, 2010

Ratings: Breaking Bad Hits Series High, Undercover Boss Leads CBS to Win

Guy Fieri on Why He Was Born to Host Minute to Win It

Food Network star Guy Fieri is known for his signature bleach blond hair and his skills in the kitchen. But above all, he's known for his high-octane energy which makes Fieri a perfect match for NBC's new game show Minute to Win It (premiering Sunday at 7/6c). In fact, Fieri says he has to watch himself on set of the new game show, which asks contestants to do perform seemingly simple -- but actually difficult -- tasks within one minute. "I really have to keep it in check. There are moments where I want to run right out there and put the ball in the thing for them or yell, 'Try your left hand!'" says the 42-year-old. Fieri spoke with TVGuide.com about his biggest influences,  and why...

Sun, Mar 14, 2010

Guy Fieri on Why He Was Born to Host Minute to Win It