Fox First Run Renews Game Shows And Expands Super Fan Experience

Fox First Run has renewed its three game shows — 25 Words or Less, Pictionary and Person, Place, or Thing. These programs, now all produced in Atlanta, will continue to run on the Fox-owned stations through the 2024-25 season and add to the FTS daytime programming schedule, with the previously renewed, TMZ, TMZ Live, The Jennifer Hudson Show, Sherri and Extra.

In addition, for the upcoming September 2024 season, Fox First Run is expanding its Super Fan initiative to all three game shows. Each episode will feature an interview with a Super Fan from one of our affiliates and the opportunity for them to win a prize.

On Pictionary, if the Super Fan can guess what host Jerry O’Connell is drawing, they win a prize.

On 25 Words or Less, if either team wins $10,000, the Super Fan is awarded $1,000.

On Person, Place, or Thing, if a contestant wins the grand prize, the Super Fan is awarded $500.

Through QR code experiences, fans can also play online minigames, as well as receive coupons and other offers from sponsors with specially created behind the scenes footage.

Stephen Brown, FTS EVP of programming, said: “The success of the Super Fan initiative on 25 Words or Less last season further proved that engaging with our audience in a meaningful way is how we best develop loyal fans who watch more than the average 1.2 times a week.”

Hosted by Meredith Vieira, 25 Words or Less debuted as a preview show on the Fox Television Stations in August 2018, before going into syndication in Fall 2019. The half-hour game show is cleared nationally in 97% of the country. 25 Words or Less is produced by Dino Bones Productions and distributed by Fox First Run.

Hosted by Jerry O’Connell, Pictionary debuted as a preview show on the Fox Television Stations in July 2021, before going into syndication in fall 2022. The half-hour game show is cleared in 99% of the country and produced by Fox First Run along with Bill’s Market and Television Production. Pictionary is based on Mattel’s popular 1985 board game of quick sketches and hilarious guesses.

Hosted by Melissa Peterman, Person, Place, or Thing debuted as a preview show on the Fox Television Stations in Summer of 2022, before going into syndication in fall 2023. Created by Jeff Proctor and Paul Franklin, the half-hour game show is the highest rated new first run television show for the 2023-24 season and is cleared nationally in 96% of the country. It is produced by Dino Bones Productions and distributed by Fox First Run.