The Game of Life (partially lost Hub Network game show; 2011-2012)
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. 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.[8] Other than that, the missing episodes have yet to resurface.
Gallery
See Also
External Links
- Episode guide that records the data seen in all of the episodes. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- Sizzle reel from Andrew J. Ciancia's website. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
References
- ↑ The Futon Critic page that lists the airdates of the show. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ An article detailing The Hub Network's lineup for the 2011-2012 season. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Promo announcing the show's official premiere. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Nickandmore!'s list that lists the show's last airing on the network. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Tubi's now unavailable page on The Game of Life. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Frank Nicotero's Instagram post where he states that he doesn't have any full episodes. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Racelympics' document that keeps track of the progress of the search of the show. Retrieved 22 Jun '22
- ↑ Ryan Rinkerman's comment regarding The Game of Life. Retrieved 22 Jun '22