OnTV: Guess My ‘Identity’
Penn Jillette Hosts Yet Another New Game Show
That’s right. In the quest for sometimes easy ratings, NBC is now bringing us its latest game show, Identity, for a limited five-episode run. Now that’s a short season, so I’m guessing there’s no wiggle room in there for premature cancellation, which is good considering the dismal failure of the last two game shows unleashed on the viewing public, Fox’s The Rich List (yanked after just one episode) and ABC’s Show Me the Money (canceled last Friday after a mere five episodes). But then again, NBC has been on a roll, game-show wise, with both the wildly popular Deal or No Deal and the recent success, 1 vs. 100.
Scheduled to air every night this week from 8–9pm EST, Identity is hosted by comedian-magician Penn Jillette of Showtime’s Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (love that title, so I just had to work it in). The setup, as with most game shows, is fairly simple: guess a stranger’s identity by correctly matching traits with visual cues. In other words, do pretty much what you always do when you’re around other people, but get a chance to win lots of money—up to half a million smackeroos—at the same time. If mindless entertainment is your thing, this should be loads of fun. Otherwise, at least it’s only on every night this week.
Other New Stuff:
- ABC: Supernanny (9:00); What About Brian (10:00)
- Animal Planet: Incredible Journeys (8:00)
- BBC America: The Eleventh Hour (9:00)
- Bravo: Inside the Actors Studio (7:00)
- Comedy Channel: Reel Comedy (8:30)
- E!: Dr. 90210 (10:00)
- ESPN: Monday Night Football (8:30)
- Game Show Network: High Stakes Poker (8:00/9:00)
- History: Engineering an Empire (9:00)
- MyNetworkTV: Wicked Wicked Games (8:00); Watch Over Me (9:00)
- NBC: Deal or No Deal (8:00)
- Spike TV: Disorderly Conduct (10:00)
- TBS: 10 Items or Less (11:00)
- USA: WWE Monday Night RAW (8:00)
*All times are EST/Eastern Standard Time
Identity image and photo courtesy of NBC
