Píše sa rok 2019 a policajt Ben Richards odmietne poslúchnuť rozkaz a postrieľať neozbrojených demonštrantov. Preto je odsúdený a eskortujú ho do pracovného tábora Wilsbshire. O osemnásť mesiacov neskôr sa mu podarí spoločne s černochom Laughlinom a počítačovým expertom Weissom utiecť. V bratovom byte, kde sa chceli skryť, Ben nájde speváčku Amber Mendez, ktorá ich udá polícii. Pred ďalším, ešte prísnejším trestom ho "zachráni" všemocný televízny producent Damon Killian, moderátor obľúbenej brutálnej televíznej šou nazvanej Muž na úteku. Donúti Bena, aby účinkoval v jeho programe, avšak tým sú Ben i jeho dvaja spoluhráči dopravení na začiatok bežeckej dráhy s tým, že ak sa im podarí dobehnúť do cieľa, získajú slobodu a finančnú odmenu. Po ich stopách sú však postupne vysielaní školení zabijaci.
18-ročný mladík Jamal Malik sedí v televíznom štúdiu naproti moderátorovi indickej verzie súťaže Chcete byť milionárom a čaká na poslednú otázku, ktorá ho delí od rozprávkovej výhry 20 miliónov rupií. Ešte pred krátkym časom bol chudobným chlapcom z bombajského slumu, chlapcom, ktorý sa narodil do sveta bez budúcnosti, do sveta nepredstaviteľnej biedy. Ako sa chalan z ulice dokázal dostať tam, kam sa nedostali ani mladíci z lepších rodín, ani učenci s niekoľkými titulmi vo vrecku? Odpovede na tieto otázky bude z Jamala ťahať niekto oveľa nepríjemnejší ako televízny moderátor. Pred poslednou otázkou má Jamal iba jeden deň na to, aby sa pripravil. Bohužiaľ, prípravu mu strpčujú policajní vyšetrovatelia, ktorí ctia prezumpciu viny a snažia sa aj s použitím brutálnej sily získať od Jamala odpoveď na kľúčovú otázku - akým podvodom sa dostal na krôčik od rozprávkového bohatstva.
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall. Eventually, they decide to try and win back their significant others and take care of their respective nemeses.
Rodina Griswoldovcov ide do Európy. Vyhrali totiž zájazd v televíznej súťaži. Londýn - Paríž - Bavorsko - Rím. Taká je trasa najrôznejších prekvapení. Všetko totiž prebieha ako vždy úplne inak, než si Clark Griswold predstavoval. Anglické hotely, parížske nočné podniky, bavorské pivné slávnosti alebo talianski zlodeji sa dokonale postarajú o to, aby americká rodina prežila v Európe poriadne bláznivú dovolenku.
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
In a surreal universe where bananas fire laser beams and soup cans are used as grenades, a wacky cast of gangsters are thrown into a deadly game to battle it out over a mystical longboard in this trippy take on the Tarantino crime genre.
Daniel and Stéphane, two salesmen working in the same store but who cannot stand each other, decide despite everything to team up to participate in television games so they can pay their debts.
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Alex Trebek hosts a documentary about television game shows featuring interviews with a number of game show hosts and producers.
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
Martín's lucky hit when he wins the most lucrative prize in television history puts his life upside down.
Famed composer Michael Giacchino catapults a hapless Patton Oswalt (as himself) into an outrageous series of challenges in his infectiously silly tribute to the eccentricities of Japanese game shows.
Footage from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is examined to reveal how a contestant almost cheated his way to the jackpot.
In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of finding his man, he is trapped into becoming a contestant on a children's quiz show. What's worse is that he becomes a very successful contestant.
Maricón POP is a singing game that will uncover the deception in a relationship. Each player has to choose a trigger word and say it to the other player, who has to sing at least five words from any pop song containing the trigger word.
A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.