I Survived a Japanese Game Show

"I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will be the second of 2 Japanese game show related programming that will premiere on ABC tonight. Unlike Wipeout, this show is more like a reality show. 10 Americans put on Japanese game shows, final winner gets $250k. ABC has not put out too many clips on this show. (Wipeout has much more marketing support.) According to Yahoo!, "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" ranks near the bottom of the most searched new summer reality programs. We think "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will not survive the summer.

Here's ABC's description of I Survived A Japanese Game Show

I Survived A Japanese Game Show has begun shooting in Japan and will premiere TUESDAY, JUNE 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) on ABC. This unscripted reality/game show takes an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at 10 Americans - many of whom have never traveled outside the United States -- who are whisked away to Japan and compete in the ultimate Japanese game show...with hilarious results. The final winner will take home $250,000.

Two of the games in the premiere are:
* "Why is This Food so Hard to Eat" -- Why? Because the food is attached to the head of a teammate who must run in place on a fast-moving treadmill, while the first teammate leans over a platform and tries to eat from the moving dish.
* "Big Bugs Splat on Windshield" -- Watch the contestants go "Splat!" as they dress up in human sized bug suits and launch themselves into the air and onto a giant car windshield.

Guiding the American players through their stay in Japan will be Host/Interpreter Tony Sano (Spring Break in Japan, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight), an American actor who is fluent in Japanese; a house mother and resident pot stirrer, Mamasan; and the witty Game Show Host Rome Kanda (Pink Panther, Saturday Night Live), who leads the contestants through all of the zany challenges.

Watch the commercial for "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"