Nobody has said anything about the show on here yet, so here it goes. I won't go into too much detail of how the game is played, as that would just be "TL/DR", so I'll give a more general description.
The format: You have a wheel that is a much larger ripoff of the Big Spin Wheel. A contestant answers 16 questions to try to add money to the wheel. Starting in round 3, "Back to Zero" spaces are added, and an extra person is added. In the third round, that extra person decides whether or not to double the stakes for the question. After the third round, more "Back To Zeros" could potentially be added on, and also in later rounds, negative dollar figures are also added. The last four spins, the extra person comes into play, and decides on whether to take the "walk away" money or not with each remaining spin.
One more thing about the wheel: The contestant has no control over the strength of the wheel's spin, so the contestant barely has to TOUCH it to get it to start.
Dax Shepard: He's a decent host. Dax seems into the game, he seems to care about what's going on, he's not an "actor acting like a game show host." So if anything, he's not over the top, and he's not lacking in energy either. In terms with how he conducts the game, I am glad he doesn't draw out unnecessary suspense upon revealing the answers to the questions... he just cuts to the chase, I like that. He also doesn't cut to commercial before revealing the correct answer, and the show doesn't cut to commercial just before the wheel completes its spin, so there, the show gets good marks.
The Q&A is standard stuff... questions aren't TOO hard, but it doesn't really set it apart from any other game out there either.
Justin Timberlake's intro is longer than it needed to be, but what the hey, he's a big name, he's the producer.
The contestants, it seems, are ones with inflated back stories, and not "people like you and me." Yes we want a reason to root for the contestant, but not every person should be some extraordinary hero, come from very hard circumstances, etc.
For me, despite the inflated dollar figures and increased risks, the game did nothing for me to become more compelled or more excited, or give any reason to really root for the player. I'd say, maybe half way through, it did seem a bit "wash, rinse, and repeat." I won't likely watch more shows. It's not at all horrible, but for me it wasn't that great either.
