Just the main contestant playing against five in-studio players, called the 'Population'.
The main contestant has nine questions to try and eliminate those five players.

To try and eliminate the 'Population' on a question you need to answer it correctly. If the main contestant answers it wrong, it's on to the next question and one less chance to eliminate players.

If the main player is right, they get to pick-on a member of the 'Population'. If the member of the 'Population' is wrong, they are out and the main player, gets to pick again, hoping to eliminate more of the 'Population'. If the member of the 'Population' is right, they stay in and it's on to the next question.

Any members of the 'Population' who remain after nine questions get $1000, while if the main contestant knocks out the entire population within the nine questions, they get $1000 for every question left and goes on the play the bonus round.

Rather then having money, questions, cards, players and strikes as indicators to how the player is doing, this version just has questions and 'Population' remaining, making it a more simple game, while retaining the basic concept.

The last member of the 'Population' becomes the next contestant. If there's more then one remaining at the end of the game, whoever was picked-on first/the most will become the main contestant, while the others will remain in the 'Population' for the next game.

Just the main contestant playing against five in-studio players, called the 'Population'.
The main contestant has nine questions to try and eliminate those five players.

To try and eliminate the 'Population' on a question you need to answer it correctly. If the main contestant answers it wrong, it's on to the next question and one less chance to eliminate players.

If the main player is right, they get to pick-on a member of the 'Population'. If the member of the 'Population' is wrong, they are out and the main player, gets to pick again, hoping to eliminate more of the 'Population'. If the member of the 'Population' is right, they stay in and it's on to the next question.

Any members of the 'Population' who remain after nine questions get $1000, while if the main contestant knocks out the entire population within the nine questions, they get $1000 for every question left and goes on the play the bonus round.

Rather then having money, questions, cards, players and strikes as indicators to how the player is doing, this version just has questions and 'Population' remaining, making it a more simple game, while retaining the basic concept.

The last member of the 'Population' becomes the next contestant. If there's more then one remaining at the end of the game, whoever was picked-on first/the most will become the main contestant, while the others will remain in the 'Population' for the next game.

A) reworked as a more "traditional" game..that is, all contestants were in-studio

B) on a better cable channel, or even GSN

C) on broadcast TV, as a syndicated series

…still no guarantees, and I'll admit, this is a bit of revisionist thinking, here. But, who's to say?

A) reworked as a more "traditional" game..that is, all contestants were in-studio

B) on a better cable channel, or even GSN

C) on broadcast TV, as a syndicated series

…still no guarantees, and I'll admit, this is a bit of revisionist thinking, here. But, who's to say?

The one thing I remember about it was whenever a studio player loses all $10K, I'd play Genesis' "Throwing It All Away" since they "lost it all" to the satellite players. I would've played Pink Floyd's "Money" if they won big, but I didn't have the song at the time. Ah, 2000 memories!

The one thing I remember about it was whenever a studio player loses all $10K, I'd play Genesis' "Throwing It All Away" since they "lost it all" to the satellite players. I would've played Pink Floyd's "Money" if they won big, but I didn't have the song at the time. Ah, 2000 memories!