Reality TV World People News   Ratings News   Scheduling News   Application News   Spoiler News
Show Updates   Episode Summaries   Image Gallery   Message Boards   Shows Listing
The Amazing Race  American Idol  America's Next Top Model  The Apprentice  The Bachelor  The Bachelorette  Big Brother  The Biggest Loser  The Contender  Dancing with the Stars  Extreme Makeover  Hell's Kitchen  The Hills  Kitchen Nightmares  Momma's Boys  Project Runway  The Real Housewives  The Real World  Secret Millionaire  So You Think You Can Dance  Stylista  Superstars of Dance  Survivor  Top Chef  True Beauty  Wife Swap  More Shows 

HOME > Fear Factor

NBC to air seven episode million dollar 'Couples Fear Factor' series starting January 12


AddThis Feed Button
By Steve Rogers, 12/18/2003

Take a pinch of Temptation Island, mix in a touch of Dog Eat Dog, and add a heavy dose of Fear Factor, and what do you have -- NBC's new seven episode million dollar Couples Fear Factor series.

ADVERTISEMENT
NBC has announced that it has found nine couples willing to test their devotion in a way only Fear Factor could provide. In a special seven-episode couples contest, the couples – three married, three engaged and three dating – compete in a series of challenges with the hopes of taking home a cash prize of $1,000,000 beginning January 12, 2003 (8-9 PM ET).

Joe Rogan hosts the multiple episode contest with challenges that cause some couples to part while others become a force to reckon with – stunts include: holding onto each other as long as they can while being dragged thru the sand by speeding Dune Buggies; one partner drives a car blindfolded as the other gives directions to drive the car onto the ramp of a speeding truck and a woman is strapped into a coffin and covered with over 500 tarantulas while the men have to free them by performing a gross task.

The nine couples participating in the special episodes are from Riverton, UT; Bedford, TX; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Apopka, FL; Miami Springs, FL; Delray Beach, FL; Erie, PA and West Hollywood, CA.

Under the supervision of professional Hollywood stunt coordinators, the much-discussed "Fear Factor" pits the teams of couples against each other, extreme challenges -- and themselves -- in the hope of taking home a cash prize of $1 million at the end of the seven-part series.

This season, Fear Factor is impressively winning the Monday 8 PM ET hour with an average 5.6 rating, 15 share among the Adults 18-49 demographic and 13.2 million viewers overall. Its highly successful November 24 "family edition" was the #5 show of that week among the Adults 18-49 demographic. Fear Factor is the season's fastest growing-network reality series versus year-ago results with a 12 percent increase in both Adults 18-49 and total viewers.

Fear Factor is a production of Endemol USA. Matt Kunitz, David Hurwitz and John de Mol are the executive producers.









Take Our User Survey




Page generated in 0.0064959526062012 seconds
About Reality TV World   •   Advertise on Reality TV World  •   Contact Reality TV World  •   Privacy Policy   •   RSS Feed