Ryan Seacrest To Host NBC’s New Game Show, The Million Second Quiz

August 5, 2013 by Lindsay Cronin

As if Ryan Seacrest didn’t have enough on his plate, this workaholic has added one more thing to list of things to do. Next month, the host of American Idol, E! News, and On Air With Ryan Seacrest will be serving as both host and executive producer of NBC’s latest game show, The Million Second Quiz.

“I’m so excited to be hosting this new live game show on NBC, as it’s really a fun and different format that I believe will generate lost of fans across different platforms,” Seacrest said in a statement on Monday.

“[Seacrest] is a broadcaster, in all the traditional sense, but also in the most contemporary — he is an accomplished host of live TV and a master of social media and pop culture,” Paul Telegdy, NBC’s president of alternative and late night programming, told press. “This makes him perfect for ‘The Million Second Quiz.’”

According to the show’s press release, contestants will play head-to-head trivia bouts inside a massive hourglass-shaped structure in New York City and compete nonstop for a million seconds (11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds). Each bout consists of one player sitting in the “money chair,” accumulating as much time on the chair as possible by answering trivia questions against a rival sitting in an opposite chair. Each second a player holds the money chair is worth $10, which means that they could potentially win millions of dollars.

In order to be a part of the show, contestants must go directly to the hourglass location or answer questions online using their mobile devices or home computers.

The Million Second Quiz premieres on Monday, September 9 on NBC and continues airing through Friday, September 14. After a weekend hiatus, the show will resume on Monday, September 16 and air nightly until Thursday, September 19 when the winner will claim “the largest guaranteed prize in game show history.”