The Chair (game show)

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The Chair
Genre	Game show
Created by	Julie Christie Darryl McEwen Brian Bigg
Written by	Phil Andres Charles Bacer Robert Hammersley Gary Stuart Kaplan Gary Lucy Teresa Strasser
Directed by	Michael A. Simon
Presented by	John McEnroe
Composers	Allan Ett SongZu Scott Liggett Timothy Winn
Country of origin	United States New Zealand
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Julie Christie Darryl McEwen Andrew J. Golder Gregory V. Sherman Ann Miller-George
Producers	Paul Wernick Craig W. Hoffman
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	Touchdown Television (Touchdown Productions) Trailpolis Entertainment Group Target Distribution, Ltd. (William Morris Agency)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 15 (2002-01-15) – March 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)
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The Chair is an American game show that was created by Julie Christie, Darryl McEwen and Brian Bigg for Touchdown Television (now Eyeworks Touchdown).^[1][2] Although The Chair was originally developed in New Zealand, the first country where the program aired in was the United States. The American version, which was hosted by former tennis champion John McEnroe, aired on ABC for nine episodes from January 15 to March 18, 2002; the American version would be canceled with four episodes remaining unaired of its original 13-episode order. McEnroe would later host the British version, which aired between August 31 and November 9, 2002, on BBC One.^[3][4] Among the show's writers was writer/actress Teresa Strasser, who had served on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and later hosted TLC's While You Were Out.