The nationally syndicated word game show Scrambled Up has been renewed for a second season. Shooting is underway in Atlanta on 160 new half-hour episodes, bringing the sophomore series’ total episode count to 320. It’s set to premiere on September 14.
Michael Eisner‘s The Tornante Company has boarded the show as a co-producer, joining Keller/Noll, Playing Field Entertainment and Crazy Legs Productions.
Scrambled Up is hosted by Emmy-nominated comedian and actor Michael Yo and created by Keller/Noll’s Cleve Keller and Dave Noll (Chopped, Flip Side, America Says). In it, four contestants solve jumbled words and phrases that unscramble right before their eyes; as the tiles unscramble, the clues get easier, and the player buzzing in with the most correct answers earns a shot at the $10,000 grand prize.
The game show will launch its second season in more than 20 new cities, including Orlando, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and Honolulu, putting it in more than 85% of the U.S. It has also received timeslot upgrades in 40-plus markets, according to producers. It continues to be available on Samsung TV+, which recently launched a dedicated 24/7 Scrambled Up channel.
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“Scrambled Up is exactly the kind of smart, joyful, highly playable show that belongs in the daily game-show conversation,” said Eisner, founder of The Tornante Company. “The entire team has built a format that is instantly accessible and genuinely fun, and Michael Yo is an outstanding host whose warmth, timing and energy make viewers want to play along every day.”
Scrambled Up is produced by Keller/Noll, Playing Field Entertainment, Crazy Legs Productions, and The Tornante Company, with Dave Noll, Cleve Keller, Ross Babbit, Dave Bulhack, Gary Apple, Tom Cappello, Scott Thigpen, Adam Londy and Joe LaBracio executive producing.
