Deal or No Deal host Howie Mandel is back at it as the host of the new Netflix show, Bullsh*t: The Game Show. Described by Netflix as "the only trivia game where you could win $1M... without ever giving a correct answer," the game has contestants either delivering correct answers or lying their way through false answers as convincingly as possible. Will the other plays call "bullsh*t" on those lies? Get an idea of what the show is like by watching the official trailer below.
The show is scheduled to start streaming on Netflix on April 27. You can read the official logline below.
Hosted by Howie Mandel, Bullsh*t: The Game Show will offer contestants a chance to win big money, even when they don’t know the correct answer. Throughout the game, players will work their way up a money ladder either by answering questions correctly or by confidently giving incorrect answers – and persuading their opponents that they are accurate. To win big in this game you don't have to be the smartest person in the room to cash in, you just have to convince everyone that you are.
Teasing this new game show and other shows like it, Brandon Riegg, VP, Unscripted and Documentary Series, previously told Deadline, “You will see at least one big traditional-type game show, then there are some of these performance-type shows and the other bigger area is competition-type shows. We have some pretty clever, intriguing ones coming up. If we can pull it off the way that we expect with our producing partners that should unlock a whole other pretty large-sized audience for us."
Howie Mandel Is a Prolific Host
Howie Mandel comes into this gig with a lot of experience. He had served as a judge for eleven seasons of America's Got Talent at NBC and followed that up with a more recent gig as a judge of the reboot of Canada's Got Talent alongside Lilly Singh, Kardinal Offishall, and Trish Stratus. Mandel is also known for hosting and executive producing Deal or No Deal and co-hosts Nat Geo Wild's Animals Doing Things with his son Alex. The actor and comedian is also the subject of the Peacock doc Howie Mandel: But Enough About Me and does a podcast called Howie Mandel Does Stuff with his daughter Jackelyn Schultz.
Mandel's new series for Netflix, Bullsh*t: The Game Show, is not to be confused with another show with a similar title. From 2003 to 2010, Showtime aired the docuseries Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!, but it was not a game show. The series featured the famous magicians discussing and debunking (calling "bs" on, if you will) various ideas, beliefs, fads, and misconceptions. Nominated for 13 Emmy Awards, the series was very popular and acclaimed during its run. There is, of course, no association between this series and the new game show at Netflix.
Bullsh*t: The Game Show will start streaming on Netflix on April 27.