Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Bill Carruthers |
Directed by | R. Brian DiPirro |
Presented by | Todd Newton |
Announcer | Gary Kroeger |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 130 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Michael Weinberg |
Producer | Michael Malone |
Production location | Tribune Studios in Hollywood |
Running time | 20–22 minutes |
Production companies | FremantleMedia Game Show Originals |
Original release | |
Network | Game Show Network |
Release | April 15, 2002 December 5, 2003 | –
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Whammy! (subtitled The All-New Press Your Luck for its first season) is an American television game show that aired new episodes on Game Show Network (GSN) from April 15, 2002, to December 5, 2003. The series was produced by Fremantle North America, in association with GSN. The main goal of the game is to earn as much money and prizes as possible through collecting spins by answering trivia questions correctly, then using those spins on a gameboard to win various prizes and cash amounts while attempting to avoid the show's eponymous character, the "Whammy." Contestants who do land on a Whammy lose all their prizes accumulated to that point; four Whammies eliminates a contestant from the game. The program is an updated version of Press Your Luck, which originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1983, to September 26, 1986. The series was taped at Tribune Studios and was hosted by Todd Newton, with Gary Kroeger announcing. The show aired in reruns on GSN until 2017, and came back on May 11, 2020, up until October 1, 2021.