Take the Cake is a live, interactive game show on BET. The one-hour program features interactive games where the viewers can win cash prizes. The show airs from 12 midnight - 1 a.m. Eastern every Monday night through Friday night. (technically early Tuesday through early Saturday morning in the Eastern Time zone) The program is produced by Endemol, who produced Midnight Money Madness for TBS in 2006.
The show aired its first season finale on November 2, airing a total of 85 live shows. BET has not announced when the show will return to its lineup. It is the only live regular interactive national game show in the United States, with the cancellation of the PlayMania block, My Games Fever, and Play2Win in 2007.