The last time Zap2it talked to Sally Ann Salsano about "Repo Games," she recounted the tale of the caught-on-tape gun battle that went down during Season 1 of the Spike reality series. The premise: "contestants" -- real life people who are facing repossession of their cars -- answer trivia questions. If they get them right, they get to keep them. If not.
But, says the executive producer, the show is even more action-packed this season -- which kicks off Wednesday night on Spike at 11 p.m. Et.
"The people are more prone to being threatening to the hosts," she tells us.
Don't worry, they've got security at all times. As for other changes, Salsano says that since the show has already aired for one season repo men Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone found themselves being recognized more often.
"Now that [repossessees] recognize the hosts, they're acting like they're on 'The Price is Right.
But, says the executive producer, the show is even more action-packed this season -- which kicks off Wednesday night on Spike at 11 p.m. Et.
"The people are more prone to being threatening to the hosts," she tells us.
Don't worry, they've got security at all times. As for other changes, Salsano says that since the show has already aired for one season repo men Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone found themselves being recognized more often.
"Now that [repossessees] recognize the hosts, they're acting like they're on 'The Price is Right.
- 3/28/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Spike TV has announced pickups of four new series and the renewal of its original series Repo Games for 2012. Repo Games, which premiered in April, is currently averaging 1 million viewers for new episodes. Repo men/trivia masters Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone (pictured) will return for at least 20 new episodes in season 2.
According to Spike’s statement, the four new series follow “a distinctive theme of genuine men in high pressure situations where the stakes are real.” (I love genuine men! Stakes I could give or take.)
In World’s Worst Tenants, professional evictor Todd Howard confronts the dirtiest and...
According to Spike’s statement, the four new series follow “a distinctive theme of genuine men in high pressure situations where the stakes are real.” (I love genuine men! Stakes I could give or take.)
In World’s Worst Tenants, professional evictor Todd Howard confronts the dirtiest and...
- 8/10/2011
- by Annie Barrett
- EW - Inside TV
Spike TV premieres "Repo Games," its new reality TV game show on Tuesday, April 26. New York born and Jersey seasoned SallyAnn Salsano is the vivacious and very funny reality TV producer and mastermind behind the hit MTV series "Jersey Shore." Her latest show tails two real repo men, Tom DeTone and Josh Lewis, who applied for the hosting job of a new Spike series that she cooked up and hopes to take all over the country. The premise is simple, people who have fell behind in car payments and are set to lose their vehicles are given a second chance to not only win back their car by answering a series of questions correctly, but also have...
- 4/26/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Spike TV premieres "Repo Games," its new reality TV game show on Tuesday, April 26.
Hatched from the same minds behind MTV's "Jersey Shore," the show follows two very real repo men, Tom DeTone and Josh Lewis, as they give people a chance to not only win back their car by answering a series of questions correctly, but also have their cars paid off.
"I hate to sound like such a Pollyanna about it like I'm changing America," executive producer, SallyAnn Salsano, tells Zap2it. "But it is kind of like you never know. Your luck could turn around any single day, but you really don't know, and for a lot of these people, it's like the fact that we pay off their car when they win -- and it may seem like not much to a working person -- but like someone who doesn't now have to worry about spending 500 bucks every month,...
Hatched from the same minds behind MTV's "Jersey Shore," the show follows two very real repo men, Tom DeTone and Josh Lewis, as they give people a chance to not only win back their car by answering a series of questions correctly, but also have their cars paid off.
"I hate to sound like such a Pollyanna about it like I'm changing America," executive producer, SallyAnn Salsano, tells Zap2it. "But it is kind of like you never know. Your luck could turn around any single day, but you really don't know, and for a lot of these people, it's like the fact that we pay off their car when they win -- and it may seem like not much to a working person -- but like someone who doesn't now have to worry about spending 500 bucks every month,...
- 4/26/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Filed under: Features, TV Previews
SallyAnn Salsano is fully aware of how ridiculous her new show, 'Repo Games,' sounds.
"This show is so wrong it's right, you know what I mean? It comes totally back around," she told AOL TV. "It's so good, I can't even tell you."
'Repo Games' (premieres Tuesday, April 26, 8Pm Et on Spike) follows two real-life repo men, Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone, as they offer the owners of actual vehicles up for repossession the chance to win their cars back via a basic trivia game.
Salsano, otherwise known as the creator of 'Jersey Shore,' describes the series as such: "It's kind of like repo meets 'Cash Cab' meets 'Jeopardy!' meets 'Cops' meets Jaywalking, and then give it a couple of drinks."
Yep, sounds kind of amazing to us, too.
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SallyAnn Salsano is fully aware of how ridiculous her new show, 'Repo Games,' sounds.
"This show is so wrong it's right, you know what I mean? It comes totally back around," she told AOL TV. "It's so good, I can't even tell you."
'Repo Games' (premieres Tuesday, April 26, 8Pm Et on Spike) follows two real-life repo men, Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone, as they offer the owners of actual vehicles up for repossession the chance to win their cars back via a basic trivia game.
Salsano, otherwise known as the creator of 'Jersey Shore,' describes the series as such: "It's kind of like repo meets 'Cash Cab' meets 'Jeopardy!' meets 'Cops' meets Jaywalking, and then give it a couple of drinks."
Yep, sounds kind of amazing to us, too.
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- 4/26/2011
- by Jean Bentley
- Aol TV.
Finally, a TV show that brings the proper levity to these grim economic times. “Repo Games,” from the brilliant minds who brought the world “Jersey Shore,” premieres on Spike TV on April 26, giving contestants a chance to win their own cars back from imminent repossession if they correctly answer a few trivia questions. Catch a sneak peek of the series below, as real-life repo men Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone make financially struggling people jump through humiliating hoops in order to keep their property…err, offer folks a golden opportunity to turn...
- 4/19/2011
- The Wrap
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