| The Tester | |
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| Genre | Reality competition |
| Presented by | Meredith Molinari |
| Judges | Brent Gocke (Season 1-3) Adrianne Curry (Season 2-3) Hal Sparks (Season 1) Various guest judges |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 18 to 33 minutes (including advertisement) |
| Production company | 51 Minds Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | PlayStation Network |
| Release | February 18, 2010 – April 3, 2012 |
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The Tester is a serialized reality program created by Sony Computer Entertainment and produced by 51 Minds.[1] Notable as the first original live-action series distributed on a video game console,[2] it features eleven or twelve contestants, selected from thousands of applicants, competing in a variety of challenges to win a job at Sony Computer Entertainment in quality assurance as a game tester with a $5,000 signing bonus and a PlayStation 3 video game console. The winner of the third season also earned an opportunity to work at Santa Monica Studio as a Production Associate on an unnamed PlayStation 3 title, a two-year lease on a 2012 Ford Focus Titanium edition and a Sony BRAVIA 3D Television. The first season launched in North America on February 18, 2010 and new episodes were released weekly until the finale aired on April 8, 2010. In its third season, the program is available as a free download exclusively on the PlayStation Network. Full seasons can also be streamed from the PlayStation website.
- ^ "Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Broadens Original Content on PlayStation(R)Network with First-Ever PlayStation(R) Exclusive Reality Series" PR Newswire. February 1, 2010.
- ^ Snider, Mike (March 5, 2010). "Have a PlayStation? You can watch 'The Tester'; Reality series is available only on consoles". Life. USA Today. p. D.12. Retrieved October 10, 2010.