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==In a Minute or Less==
'''''Minute to Win It''''' was a short-lived game show that aired on NBC from 2010-2011 and had reruns on Game Show Network in 2012. After GSN made their own version of the show in 2013, the show once again quickly died out in 2014. The games played on the show involved anything from ping-pong balls, plastic cups, and other household items used to accomplish tasks in under a minute. These games became extremely popular during the time and were used for fun group gatherings. The show was hosted by Guy Fieri.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/guy-fieri-minute-win-it-nbc-gsn-350296/</ref>
'''''Minute to Win It''''' was a game show that aired on NBC from 2010-2011 and had reruns on GSN in 2012. After GSN made their own version of the show in 2013, the show once again quickly died out in 2014. The games played on the show involved anything from ping-pong balls, plastic cups, and other household items used to accomplish tasks in under a minute. These games became extremely popular during the time and were used for fun group gatherings. The show was hosted by Guy Fieri.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/guy-fieri-minute-win-it-nbc-gsn-350296/</ref>


==History of the Show==
==History of the Series==
After the show debuted on NBC, it was an instant hit with young kids and families. It was also a quick way to make some cash to some. An aspect of the show that many liked was the fact that the games played on the show could be easily set up at home. Such challenges include pulling tissues out of a tissue box, knocking over plastic cups with a balloon, and stacking apples. The show's grand prize was $1,000,000 on the NBC version, and $250,000 for the GSN version. The show started in March 2010, and ended in September 2011, however a whopping 68 episodes were aired in just a year and a half, along with 3 Christmas episodes. The show also released two video game versions, which footage is very scarce of, but both games are easily available to buy online for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111107105545/http://www.nbc.com:80/minute-to-win-it/episode-guide</ref>
After the show debuted on NBC, it was an instant hit with young kids and families. It was also a quick way to make some cash to some. An aspect of the show that many liked was the fact that the games played on the show could be easily set up at home. Such challenges include pulling tissues out of a tissue box, knocking over plastic cups with a balloon, and stacking apples. The show's grand prize was $1,000,000 on the NBC version, and $250,000 for the GSN version. The show started in March 2010, and ended in September 2011, however a whopping 68 episodes were aired in just a year and a half, along with 3 Christmas episodes. The show also released two video game versions, which footage is very scarce of, but both games are easily available to buy online for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111107105545/http://www.nbc.com:80/minute-to-win-it/episode-guide</ref>


==History of the Search==
==History of the Search==
A few years back, on New Years' Eve of 2016/2017, a Minute to win It(NBC) episode aired as the new year came in on GSN as a rerun. The show's reruns had been gone for years at this point. The episode airing was S1E15, the one seen in the gallery section of this article. While this certainly did nothing for the search, it led to a clip being uploaded and got Youtuber Bouncer Iaccam(formerly known as Byte & Barq) to start looking for the show. After no luck on a regular search, he discovered a russian site called [[[http://gameshows.ru Game Shows(Russian)]]] where episodes seemed to have been found of the show, however, most of the episodes had been compromised or no longer available, and some people did not want to release episodes for the sole reason that no one was interested. Being a Russian site, it was hard to create an account as there was a difficult "are you not a robot" puzzle to pass due to the fact that the site was Russian and hard to understand. The episodes were not able to be downloaded. However, on March 21, 2018, UzumakiPlayroom, who regularly uploads game shows, uploaded an episode of Minute to win It, S1E15. After this, the now lost Christmas episode clip gained a lot of traction, as their was different attempts to try and get past the site's barriers. Then, Bouncer Iaccam discovered and uploaded two more episodes, S1E16, and S2E39 and S2E40, however, as he didn't have a reliable technological device at the time, he was unable to upload the episodes to Youtube. S1E1 was discovered on a random day by Bouncer and he decided to simply save it to his downloads. After this, Bouncer was able to get a laptop and while others uploaded the episodes, those episodes would later get blocked leading to a termination of his friends' account. However, another friend's of bouncer had a friend who recorded some NBC episodes, and thus the remaining episodes were found and saved to drive files. The shared folder of which can be seen here. [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lriMQTfe4xFMpxQ_thR1z8vRvLf0sXvE Folder(Most Episodes)] S2E3(Christmas) was found on the internet archive years later. After this, he went on to record a segment with subpar camera quality on his TV of the GSN version. A fan suggested he could record the episodes on a service. Bouncer took this advice, and uploaded the GSN episodes not on streaming services at the time. After uploading those and the remaining episodes which his friend had found for NBC, the search came to a halt. While clips and promos were found, no sign of episodes. On a different note, most of the show's music on NBC has been found on 5 alarm music or Videohelper, but not all. As for GSN, the level complete themes have been mostly found, some have been lost to time due to the fact that companies shut down, and some remains lost. '''No episodes have been saved to the Internet Archive.'''
A few years back, on New Years' Eve of 2016/2017, a Minute to win It (NBC) episode aired as the new year came in on GSN as a rerun. The show's reruns had been gone for years at this point. The episode airing was S1E15, the one seen in the gallery section of this article. While this certainly did nothing for the search, it led to a clip being uploaded and got Youtuber Bouncer Iaccam (formerly known as Byte & Barq) to start looking for the show. After no luck on a regular search, he discovered a Russian site called [[[http://gameshows.ru Game Shows(Russian)]]] where episodes seemed to have been found of the show, however, most of the episodes had been compromised or no longer available, and some people did not want to release episodes for the sole reason that no one was interested. Being a Russian site, it was hard to create an account as there was a difficult "are you not a robot" puzzle to pass due to the fact that the site was Russian and hard to understand. The episodes were not able to be downloaded. However, on March 21st, 2018, UzumakiPlayroom, who regularly uploads game shows, uploaded an episode of Minute to win It, S1E15. After this, the now lost Christmas episode clip gained a lot of traction, as their was different attempts to try and get past the site's barriers. Then, Bouncer Iaccam discovered and uploaded two more episodes, S1E16, and S2E39 and S2E40, however, as he didn't have a reliable technological device at the time, he was unable to upload the episodes to Youtube. S1E1 was discovered on a random day by Bouncer and he decided to simply save it to his downloads. After this, Bouncer was able to get a laptop and while others uploaded the episodes, those episodes would later get blocked leading to a termination of his friends' account. However, another friend's of bouncer had a friend who recorded some NBC episodes, and thus the remaining episodes were found and saved to drive files. The shared folder of which can be seen here. [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lriMQTfe4xFMpxQ_thR1z8vRvLf0sXvE Folder(Most Episodes)] S2E3(Christmas) was found on the internet archive years later. After this, he went on to record a segment with subpar camera quality on his TV of the GSN version. A fan suggested he could record the episodes on a service. Bouncer took this advice, and uploaded the GSN episodes not on streaming services at the time. After uploading those and the remaining episodes which his friend had found for NBC, the search came to a halt. While clips and promos were found, no sign of episodes. On a different note, most of the show's music on NBC has been found on 5 alarm music or Videohelper, but not all. As for GSN, the level complete themes have been mostly found, some have been lost to time due to the fact that companies shut down, and some remains lost.  


==Current Status==
==Current Status==
Out of the 68 episodes needed, 14 are found, 6 episodes have clips found, and the rest are lost, mostly in season 2. 2 Christmas episodes remain lost, despite one having a clip that was taken down many years later. While game recaps are available on Game Show Newsnet, no actual video evidence of episodes has ever appeared anywhere, just clips on random sites. The GSN version is found as it airs on Game Show Central, allowing all episodes to be recorded. However, not all episodes have actually been recorded. There is also a couple of episodes that may have never seemed to air as these episodes do not include them(GSN).
Out of the 68 episodes needed, 14 are found, 6 episodes have clips found, and the rest are lost, mostly in season 2. 2 Christmas episodes remain lost, despite one having a clip that was taken down many years later. While game recaps are available on Game Show Newsnet, no actual video evidence of episodes has ever appeared anywhere, just clips on random sites. The GSN version is found as it airs on Game Show Central, allowing all episodes to be recorded. However, not all episodes have actually been recorded. There is also a couple of episodes that may have never seemed to air as these episodes do not include them.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Minute to Win It was a short-lived game show that aired on NBC from 2010-2011 and had reruns on Game Show Network in 2012. After GSN made their own version of the show in 2013, the show once again quickly died out in 2014. The games played on the show involved anything from ping-pong balls, plastic cups, and other household items used to accomplish tasks in under a minute. These games became extremely popular during the time and were used for fun group gatherings. The show was hosted by Guy Fieri.[1]

History of the Series

After the show debuted on NBC, it was an instant hit with young kids and families. It was also a quick way to make some cash to some. An aspect of the show that many liked was the fact that the games played on the show could be easily set up at home. Such challenges include pulling tissues out of a tissue box, knocking over plastic cups with a balloon, and stacking apples. The show's grand prize was $1,000,000 on the NBC version, and $250,000 for the GSN version. The show started in March 2010, and ended in September 2011, however a whopping 68 episodes were aired in just a year and a half, along with 3 Christmas episodes. The show also released two video game versions, which footage is very scarce of, but both games are easily available to buy online for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect.[2]

History of the Search

A few years back, on New Years' Eve of 2016/2017, a Minute to win It (NBC) episode aired as the new year came in on GSN as a rerun. The show's reruns had been gone for years at this point. The episode airing was S1E15, the one seen in the gallery section of this article. While this certainly did nothing for the search, it led to a clip being uploaded and got Youtuber Bouncer Iaccam (formerly known as Byte & Barq) to start looking for the show. After no luck on a regular search, he discovered a Russian site called [[Game Shows(Russian)]] where episodes seemed to have been found of the show, however, most of the episodes had been compromised or no longer available, and some people did not want to release episodes for the sole reason that no one was interested. Being a Russian site, it was hard to create an account as there was a difficult "are you not a robot" puzzle to pass due to the fact that the site was Russian and hard to understand. The episodes were not able to be downloaded. However, on March 21st, 2018, UzumakiPlayroom, who regularly uploads game shows, uploaded an episode of Minute to win It, S1E15. After this, the now lost Christmas episode clip gained a lot of traction, as their was different attempts to try and get past the site's barriers. Then, Bouncer Iaccam discovered and uploaded two more episodes, S1E16, and S2E39 and S2E40, however, as he didn't have a reliable technological device at the time, he was unable to upload the episodes to Youtube. S1E1 was discovered on a random day by Bouncer and he decided to simply save it to his downloads. After this, Bouncer was able to get a laptop and while others uploaded the episodes, those episodes would later get blocked leading to a termination of his friends' account. However, another friend's of bouncer had a friend who recorded some NBC episodes, and thus the remaining episodes were found and saved to drive files. The shared folder of which can be seen here. Folder(Most Episodes) S2E3(Christmas) was found on the internet archive years later. After this, he went on to record a segment with subpar camera quality on his TV of the GSN version. A fan suggested he could record the episodes on a service. Bouncer took this advice, and uploaded the GSN episodes not on streaming services at the time. After uploading those and the remaining episodes which his friend had found for NBC, the search came to a halt. While clips and promos were found, no sign of episodes. On a different note, most of the show's music on NBC has been found on 5 alarm music or Videohelper, but not all. As for GSN, the level complete themes have been mostly found, some have been lost to time due to the fact that companies shut down, and some remains lost.

Current Status

Out of the 68 episodes needed, 14 are found, 6 episodes have clips found, and the rest are lost, mostly in season 2. 2 Christmas episodes remain lost, despite one having a clip that was taken down many years later. While game recaps are available on Game Show Newsnet, no actual video evidence of episodes has ever appeared anywhere, just clips on random sites. The GSN version is found as it airs on Game Show Central, allowing all episodes to be recorded. However, not all episodes have actually been recorded. There is also a couple of episodes that may have never seemed to air as these episodes do not include them.

Gallery

A full episode of the show, showcasing the games.(S1E15)

A promo for the show's upcoming summer 2010 run.

A promo for the GSN version.

Reference