“Grand Slam” Roster Announced

Today at the TCA announcements, GSN announced the roster for Grand Slam, a word, math, and trivia competition that sees who is the best of the best for $100,000. Here is the list with player names, shows they appeared on, and dollar totals won. Players were seeded by how much money was won.

1- Brad Rutter: Jeopardy!: $3,255,000
2- Ken Jennings: Jeopardy!: $3,020,700
3- Kevin Olmstead: Jeopardy!/Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: $2,207,000
4- Ed Toutant: Jeopardy!/Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: $1,871,000
5- David Legler: Twenty-One: $1,765,000
6- John Carpenter: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: $1,250,000
7- Rahim Obserholtzer: Twenty-One: $1,120,000
8- Nancy Christy: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: $1,000,000
9- Ogi Ogas: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: $500,000
10- Phyllis Harris: Card Sharks/Scrabble/Trivia Trap/Wheel of Fortune/Super Greed/Millionaire?: $497,150
11- Thom McKee: Tic Tac Dough: $312,700
12- Frank Spangenberg: Jeopardy!: $269,596
13- Leszek Pawlowicz: Jeopardy!/Win Ben Stein’s Money/History IQ: $194,700
14- Michelle Kitt: Weakest Link: $107,500
15- TBA
16- Amy Kelly: Lingo: $20,500

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The first episode will see Ken Jennings battle the 15th seed on Saturday, August 4th, at 7PM ET and rerun at 10PM ET. Two matches will take place each show. After the Jennings/TBA match-up, it will be Kevin Olmstead VS Michelle Kitt. August 5th will be Brad Rutter VS Amy Kelly and Ed Toutant VS Leszek Pawlowicz. August 11th contains Rahim Oberholtzer VS Phyllis Harris and John Carpenter VS Thom McKee. Finally, on August 12th is Nancy Christy VS Ogi Ogas and David Legler VS Frank Spangenberg. The quarterfinals will happen on August 18th at 19th at the same time as the rest of the episodes. The semi-final will be august 25th and finals will be August 26th. The show is hosted by Dennis Miller, Amanda Byram, and Pat Kiernan.