The Game of Life (partially lost Hub Network game show; 2011-2012)

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Status: Partially Found


The Game of Life was a Hub Network game show that premiered on September 3, 2011.[1] Hosted by Frank Nicotero, the game show adaptation had two families of three experience a virtual ride in a car based on the game of the same name for a chance to spin to win a grand prize, typically a vacation. The show only aired for one season and concluded on April 15, 2012.

History

The Hub first announced the show on March 24, 2011, when they announced its programming for the 2011-2012 season, with Frank Nicotero set to host the show.[2] The show was previewed on September 3, 2011, along with Scrabble Showdown, the day after Family Game Night's second season was premiered. Along with Scrabble Showdown, the show would officially premiere on September 17, 2011,[3] and its original time slot was Saturdays at 6:00 pm EST. The time slot would be moved to Sundays at 9:00 pm EST and later changed to Sundays at 8:00 pm EST, which now is aired after Family Game Night.

The show concluded on April 15, 2012. After that, reruns of the show would continuously air on The Hub Network until June 29, 2014.[4] The show would return to Discovery Family sometime later, but the network stopped airing it for unknown reasons. The first 26 episodes of the show were available to stream on-demand on Tubi. However, Tubi removed them from the streaming platform due to the license to distribute the show expiring, making it barely accessible for a short time.[5]

Episode List

Below are all of the episodes produced and their availability status.

# Air Date Team 1 Team 2 Status
1 January 29, 2012 Sara Dominique Found
2 February 12, 2012 Colton Hannah Found
3 January 8, 2012 Hailey Leroya Partially Found
4 October 1, 2011 Rory Madison Partially Found
5 January 15, 2012 Shana Kayla Lost
6 October 30, 2011 George Claire Partially Found
7 September 24, 2011 Sammy Elijah Lost
8 April 15, 2012 Dean Emily Partially Found
9 January 22, 2012 Allie Artie Lost
10 February 19, 2012 Naomi Erica Partially Found
11 December 4, 2011 Morgan Kylee Found
12 September 3, 2011 Shane Serge Found
13 March 4, 2012 Karen Ashton Partially Found
14 March 11, 2012 Bryce Skye Partially Found
15 March 25, 2012 Kaleb Nachala Partially Found
16 February 26, 2012 Tori Justine Found
17 December 11, 2011 Natalie Sebastian Found
18 February 5, 2012 Michael Gabrielle PartiallyFound
19 October 8, 2011 Taylor Shekinah Lost
20 October 15, 2011 Troy Autumn Partially Found
21 April 1, 2012 Akwe Micayla Lost
22 March 18, 2012 Zahrah Hunter Found
23 November 27, 2011 Austin Matthew PartiallyFound
24 April 8, 2012 Christian Gwen Partially Found
25 November 13, 2011 Sydnie Tori Found
26 December 18, 2011 Emma Savion PartiallyFound
27 November 6, 2011 Carly Nicholas Found
28 October 23, 2011 Brennan James Partially Found
29 January 1, 2012 Madison Zach Partially Found
30 November 20, 2011 Jonah Sydnee Partially Found

Availability

Out of the thirty episodes produced, nine are found in their entirety, one is partially found, and three have clips available. A sizzle reel, containing clips from the majority of the show, is found and can be viewed on editor Andrew J. Ciancia's website. When contacted, host Frank Nicotero told Lost Media Wiki user Racelympics that he doesn't have any episodes and asked if he had tried YouTube.[6] In addition, when contacted, most of the crew said they don't have any episodes and confirmed that the network would be where all of the show's episodes are located.[7]

On July 11, 2021, Lost Media Wiki user Halofan found five episodes through a private tracker and uploaded them onto Google Drive. Phanpy Ken later reuploaded these episodes on YouTube. When contacted, executive producer Bob Boden sent Racelympics the premiere episode after he got in touch with creative consultant Steve Ryan, who would forward this message to Boden.

Other episodes of the show exist but are currently being held by private collectors.[8][9][10] Racelympics made a document detailing the search for the Game Show Tape Trading Facebook community in hopes of recovering more episodes. Ryan Rinkerman, a private collector, made a comment on that post, stating that although he wished he had saved more of the show, it was the least favorite that aired on The Hub Network and was not a big deal for him. He promised that he would try to make the missing episodes from his collection found, while also try to hunt down others.[11] Other than that, the missing episodes have yet to resurface.

Gallery

Promo announcing the show's sneak preview.

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