8 /10 1 Votes
Starring Jimmy Pardo No. of seasons 1 First episode date 25 July 2015 | 8/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of episodes 6 Final episode date 29 August 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Executive producer(s) John Morayniss
Kevin Healey
Riaz Patel
Rocky Collins
Tara Long Running time 60 minutes (includes adverts) Production company Entertainment One Television Genres Game show, Reality television Similar The Great Escape, Bullseye, Exit, Race to the Altar, Picked Off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race to Escape is an American reality competition television series, produced by Axial Entertainment and Entertainment One Television for the Science Channel. It was originally announced in April 2015.
Contents
The escape room themed series, hosted by comedian Jimmy Pardo, sees two teams of three competitors compete against each other, attempting to solve a series of psychological clues or puzzles in an attempt to escape a themed room. The teams compete for a prize worth US$25,000 each episode.
Broadcast
The series premiered in the U.S. on July 25, 2015 on the Science Channel.
Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on September 9, 2015 on Discovery Science.
Ratings
The series averaged 397,000 total viewers, an increase of 19% on the Science Channel's primetime average in the year-to-date.
Review
Daily News journalist David Hinckley gave the program three out of five stars, describing it as "not the best competition game show ever, [but] it's decent summer fun."