Phenomenon (TV series)

Phenomenon
Title card (2007)
Created byKeshet Broadcasting Limited
Kuperman Productions Limited
Explorologist Limited
Directed byAlan Carter
Presented byTim Vincent
JudgesCriss Angel
Uri Geller
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producersSuzy Lamb
Michael Agbabian
Dwight Smith
Magic Consultant Banachek
Production locationsTribune Studios, Hollywood, California
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companiesGranada Entertainment
Keshet Broadcasting
Krane Entertainment
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 24 (2007-10-24) –
November 21, 2007 (2007-11-21)
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Phenomenon is an American television competition program judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, on NBC. The program featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone and online. The contestants performed their effects on celebrity guests each week. The winner of Phenomenon would win $250,000.[1]

On October 30, 2007, during an interview with Larry King about the show, Angel said "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. And that was what I said I was going to do with Phenomenon. If somebody goes on that show and claims to have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust them live and on television."[2]

The winner of the first season was Mike Super.

The program was cancelled on April 2, 2008, after NBC announced its 2008–2009 schedule.[3]

  1. ^ Menon, Vinay (October 24, 2007). "Geller comes to fork in the road". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Larry King Live: Mindfreak Criss Angel". CNN. October 30, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  3. ^ Porter, Rick (April 2, 2008). "NBC Makes Big Plans for '08-'09 - Network takes gamble on year-round programming". Zap2it. Retrieved April 16, 2012.