YouTube’s hit show “Hot Ones” is moving to traditional TV.
According to Variety, WarnerMedia’s TruTV has ordered 20 episodes of a game show based on the interview show hosted by Sean Evans.
On the interview show, celebrity guest discuss their work and lives while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings. The cable network has also licensed episodes of the talk show and will air the two back to back as part of a “Hot Ones” hour.
“Fans around the world have tried creating their own versions of the Hot Ones challenge for years, but there’s nothing better than the real thing,” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TBS, TNT and TruTV. “We’re going to up the stakes and take this show to a whole new level of heat.”
“Hot Ones: The Game Show”, will also be hosted by Evans, and will feature two-person teams competing through three rounds of pop-culture trivia while also eating hot wings. The winning team moves to the final round known as The Ring of Fire, where they play a password type game to get closer to the top prize of $25,000— and an antidote for their burning mouths.
Production on the game show version is set to begin later in the fall for a premiere date in early 2020.
