Show Me the Money is a short-lived television game show hosted by William Shatner, which premiered in its regular one-hour time slot on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8pm ET on ABC. The show also aired in Canada on CH. An additional six-episode order, as well as a planned move to Tuesday nights starting on January 2, 2007 was made public on December 8, 2006 but the show was cancelled outright on December 15, 2006 .
The show was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood.
Show Me the Money is an Australian game show which is based on the American version created by Endemol. Contestants must answer a minimum of six trivia questions then choose from 13 people, each holding a scroll with a dollar amount to be added to or subtracted from the contestant's total.
The Australian version of the show will premiere in 2007 on the Nine Network. This version will follow the basic rules of the American version of the show. Specific rules of the show are yet to be released and the host is yet to be announced.
Show Me The Money was a live afternoon gameshow presented by Louise Noel (with the exception of three shows presented by Alice Beer when Louise was ill) which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and ran for 2 seasons from Monday to Friday between 6 September 1999 and 17 November 2000. It was produced by Princess Productions
The show won the prestigious accolade of Royal Television Society Daytime Show of the Year.
This show was originally canceled after only 4 episodes were aired. GameShow Network (GSN) picked up the show in summer of 2007 and had intended on airing all seven episodes that were filmed, but due to extremely low ratings only two shows were broadcast before the show was canceled for the second time.
