Second Guess

Second Guess was an unsold pilot played similarly to Pass the Buck and Jack Clark's Caught in the Act (1979 version). The pilot was hosted by Dick Clark. On June 10, 2022, Buena Vista Production announced plans of reviving the pilot with Sal Iacono (cousin of late night host Jimmy Kimmel) serving as host and executive producer of the series. The series launched on October 10, 2022. 
== Gameplay ==
To start, two players entered an isolation booth with a clock and two score boards on the glass and put on headsets to avoid hearing what's going on, on the outside; then the host announced a subject. The two outside players will then come up with six statements about that subject (three from each celebrity); ones that they think are the most obvious associations to that subject. When they're done, the booth window opened up and the isolated players in the booth take off their headsets and began to play. They had 25 seconds to "second guess" or read their partners minds by guessing what statements their partners gave. The clues would be displayed in boxes around the window, in superimposed fashion. They would alternate turns throughout. The first player playing would take as many guesses as they can, until they mentioned one of the clues and thereby passing control to the opponent who must do the same thing. Forms, synonyms and similar IDs were also accepted. When time was up, the player in control at that time would get caught and lose the round. However, if both contestants cleared the board and guessed all six clues correctly, they each win $500 apiece, theirs to keep win or lose the game.
The first round had the celebrities giving and the contestants guessing with the roles reversed in the next round. Two out of three rounds, wins the game, $1,000 and a chance to play the bonus round.
=== Bonus Round ===
To start, the main playing area slid to the bonus area with five podiums spelling out the grand cash prize of $10,000. During the commercial break, the winning team decided who goes into the booth and who remains out at the podiums. Behind the numbers are five TV monitors displaying five subjects (one behind each number and one subject per monitor); the podiums also had monitors in the back to view the subjects on. A 60 second clock was set and when it started, the giver stood at the first monitor and gave one obvious statement about the subject and then go to the next podium. The process was the same throughout the giver turn. The answers were recorded, typed in and appeared on the upfront monitor. When the giver was finished, the remaining time leftover was the time to be used by the "second guesser". The "second guesser" walked out of the booth over to the bonus area and stood at the first podium. The task for the "second guesser" was to give the same five answers given by the giver within the time limit. As before, the guesser took as many guesses as they wished until (s)he guess the right answer and moved to the next podium. But if the guesser was stumped (s)he can pass and go the next podium. Each time a correct answer was given, the number on the appropriate monitor rosed up. To win any money at all, the guesser must reveal the "the all-important 1" by giving the correct answer. If that happened before time ran out, the contestant can win anywhere from $10 to $100 to $1,000. But if (s)he revealed nothing but zeroes, the contestant won nothing. And finally, if the guesser can get all five answers right, the contestant won $10,000.
Two games were played each show, meaning that a contestant could win up to $20,600 or more. The celebrities swapped partners in game two.
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