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Three networks — NBC, Fox and ABC — offered all-original lineups last night, including the OK though not spectacular debut of ABC’s new reality series Take the Money and Run (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers), from producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Bertram van Munster, at 9 PM. It held onto 95% of its Wipeout (2.0/6) demo lead-in and boosted its lead-out Combat Hospital (1.0/3), up a tenth from last week. Still, even with the reinforcements, ABC finished third for the night in both 18-49 and total viewers. Fox (2.5/8, 6 million viewers) edged NBC (2.4/7, 9.3 million) for the top spot in adults 18-49 with its Gordon Ramsay block of Hell’s Kitchen (2.6/9, 6.2 million) and MasterChef (2.4/7, 5.8 million), while America’s Got Talent (2.9/8, 11.6 million) from 9-11 PM was once again the top-rated and most-watched program of the night, helping NBC to win the nightly race in 18-49. Hell’s Kitchen was even with last week in 18-49 and up 3% in total viewers to log its largest audience this summer. Talent was down 6%. Its lead-in, NBC’s new game show It’s Worth What? (1.2/4), was down 14%. CBS aired reruns and 48 Hours Mystery.
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Take The Money and Run was a scam. What a terrible show, very surprising, since it is from the same team that produced one of the best shows, The Amazing Race.
Good concept, but to have police interrogators as well as policemen was not how the show was promoted. Very one sided, advantage police every time.
I watched the show and was frustrated by the clear presence of rules that weren’t explained to the audience.
Why wouldn’t you simply refuse to answer the interrogators?
Why did the cops trust the word of every accomplice they questioned? Are the prohibited from expressly lying?
Why were the contestants so profoundly stupid. Call someone and handoff the money to be transported somewhere else in town.
If the cops could see their GPS data, couldn’t they see where the contestants stopped for 15 minutes to bury the money? Must be another unmentioned rule about that…
It was decent, but clouded by the repeated question “why are they doing that?” or “Why don’t they just do this?”
Yeah, I was excited to see it, but it was very boring. Pass for next time.
I was very excited to view the series premiere. It sounded like a great premise and I love “The Amazing Race.” But this seemed like a poorly executed show. Was this first episode the best they could do? If so, I won’t be watching again.
The contestants weren’t very intriguing. And the investigators and interrogators? Boring! Who was I supposed to be rooting for? I could have cared less by the end.
This was the first episode and they should have (and I’m worried they did) put out their best episode to catch viewers.
What we got were totally clueless investigators that believed everything they were told and a odd confession after only 36 hours of giggle-level ‘interrogation’. A confession! This would make a terrible Law & Order episode.
Couple of things I noticed: The cops were given a GPS route, not data. Difference there. It was also said that the case needed to be put in a place that was accessible 24 hours. Also, they probably could have called someone to hide the case for them, but then couldn’t that person be traced by the phone call records? Seemed to me this boils down to a relatively simple game of psychological warfare based on a game we all know (cops and robbers). Can you lie well? Can you deal with isolation? How well do you know your partner and are you in sync with them?
I liked it. It was intense, but more than that it was very different from other formats. That alone, as a viewer, will take a while to adjust to. I’m willing to give it a chance.