"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (2007/I)TV series

Creators:

Barry Poznick
John Stevens

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

27 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show

Plot:

A quiz show that features adult contestants and questions directly from the textbooks of first through fifth graders.

Plot Keywords:

Quiz Show | Non Fiction | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 29	8:00 PM	Fox
Fri. Sept. 5	8:00 PM	Fox

Cast

Jeff Foxworthy	...	Himself - Host / ... (28 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kyle Collier	...	Himself / ... (23 episodes, 2007)
Alana Ethridge	...	Herself / ... (23 episodes, 2007)
Jacob Hays	...	Himself / ... (23 episodes, 2007)
Spencer Martin	...	Himself / ... (23 episodes, 2007)
Mark Thompson	...	Himself - Announcer (21 episodes, 2007)
Marki Ann Meyer	...	Herself (13 episodes, 2007)
Laura Marano	...	Herself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)

Also Known As:

Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials) | 30 min (including commercials) (4 Episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Zoo Productions

Trivia:

The host and kids wear the same clothes every episode.

Quotes:

Jeff Foxworthy: You look like someone just gave you a wedgie!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bones: Death in the Saddle (#3.3)" (2007)

Moves along too slowly

This might have been an OK show, but it is very slow paced. There are about 6 questions answered per 30 minute episode, and there is a commercial after every question. They try to make a cliffhanger by having a commercial after a contestant has chosen an answer but it doesn't work. It just helps to bore the viewer even more.

The questions range from 1st to 5th grade questions and contestants are college graduates that have great difficulty with these questions. It may not be scripted, but it is really hard not to think that it is. The contestants are just stupid and use all of their 'lifelines' (copy, peek, and save) in the first few questions.

What makes the show even more unbearable is the children. They have five 5th graders (the classmates) and a contestant can choose one kid every two questions. The kids always get the question right and do it quickly while the adult struggles with it.

When Jeff Foxworthy makes a joke they will laugh obnoxiously right on cue, and the camera has to zoom in on their faces to show you how faked the laughs are. If only the jokes were actually funny.

Don't watch this show. It may have sounded like a good concept of a game, but you will be pulling your hair out after sitting through commercial after commercial so you can look at pathetic adults struggle with easy questions.