500 Questions

500 Questions
GenreGame show
Created by
Directed byDon Weiner
Presented by
Music byBurnett Music Group
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Burnett
  • Mike Darnell
  • Phil Parsons
Producers
  • Laura Roush
  • Felipe Castillo
  • Scott Saltzburg
Production locationsUniversal Studios, Universal City, California
Editors
  • Pierre Dwyer
  • Lane Farnham
  • Victor Gonzaga
Running time45−90 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMay 20, 2015 (2015-05-20) –
June 1, 2016 (2016-06-01)
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500 Questions was an American game show broadcast on ABC. The show premiered on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 8:00 pm EDT,[1] and ran for seven straight weeknights, with a weekend break. The show features contestants who try to answer 500 questions without getting three questions wrong in a row.[2] The series was renewed for a second season on October 1, 2015.[3]

CNN journalist Richard Quest hosted the show's first season. Good Morning America weekend co-anchor and Nightline anchor Dan Harris hosted the show's second season.[4]

The second season premiered on May 26, 2016, and consisted of five episodes aired over a seven-night period; the series aired its last episode on June 1, 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "500 Questions – About the show". ABC. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Friedlander, Whitney (September 18, 2014). "ABC Orders Mark Burnett Game Show '500 Questions' Straight to Series". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Dixon, Dani (October 1, 2015). "ABC Renews '500 Questions' For Season 2, Series Will Return in 2016". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Petski, Denise (March 1, 2016). "Nightline's Dan Harris To Host '500 Questions' Season 2 On ABC". Deadline. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "500 Questions". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 2016-06-03.