Tug of Words

The Leah Remini-hosted competition series puts three contestants' pop culture knowledge to the test as they face off to rack up points by solving crossword puzzles — just like those in PEOPLE's weekly issues. The player who has the most points after three rounds then moves on to the Fast Puzzle Bonus Round, where they have the opportunity to win $10,000.

Game Show Network's "Master Minds" debuted on April 6, 2020, hosted by Brooke Burns and regularly featuring Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, Jonathan Corbblah, Arianna Haut, and Ryan Chaffee. Previously, a slightly different version this show had been titled "Best Ever Trivia Show" and was hosted by Sherri Shepherd, with a debut date of June 10, 2019, featuring many of the same "Experts" which are now called "Master Minds."

The one-hour show tests contestants on their Bible knowledge. Utilizing current as well as historical references, questions will be drawn from the rich, dense narrative found in the world's best-selling book. The contestants will share their compelling back-stories and each team will be playing for a charitable organization.

You can run, but you cannot hide, The Beast is always coming after you. In THE CHASE, a team of three contestants attempts to amass as much money as possible by answering quick-fire questions in a 60-second round. The money earned will go towards a team bank. Why the urgency? Because The Beast is always lurking, ready to pounce. The Beast - quite simply - is a quiz genius. The job of this intimidating presence is to catch each contestant by answering more questions than his opponents to ensure they are not able to bank their money. It's a role he executes with ruthless efficiency. In the final round, the teammates who have survived the initial chase collectively play against The Beast in an epic David vs. Goliath battle for the entire amount that they have banked.

Contestants answer questions that test their observation and general-knowledge skills.

In this game show, two four-player teams compete to fill in the blanks for answers given by survey respondents. For example, one question asked respondents to fill in the blank, "I'm no professional chef, but even I can make ______." Contestants were then shown the first letters of the most common responses (or the first letter of each word within common responses) followed by blank lines approximately indicating the length of each response. In this example, the contestants were shown the responses "E___", "H__ D___", "S____", "R___", "T____", "S________", and "C___" -- for which the correct responses were "Eggs", "Hot Dogs", "Salad", "Rice", "Toast", "Spaghetti", and "Cake".