Travis Kelce to Host Celebrity Spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

Hollywood Journal

Travis Kelce just landed his first TV job. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is set to host a spin-off of the Fox game show 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' for Amazon's Prime Video. The new show hosted by Kelce is titled 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' It will see adult contestants answer elementary curriculum questions with the help of a classroom full of famous faces.

Transcript

00:00Travis Kelsey just landed his first TV job.

00:04The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is set to host a spinoff of the Fox game show

00:08Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader for Amazon's Prime Video.

00:11The new show hosted by Kelsey is titled Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity.

00:15It will see adult contestants answer elementary curriculum questions

00:18with the help of a classroom full of famous faces.

00:21Amazon has ordered 20 episodes of the show.

00:24The Super Bowl champ said,

00:25I grew up loving game shows and I'm excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons

00:30by hosting my very first one with Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity.

00:33He continued,

00:34The original U.S. version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader was hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy.

00:52It premiered in 2007 to 27 million viewers and has remained the most watched game show premiere

00:57in broadcast television history.

01:00Kelsey and the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl in February,

01:03defeating the San Francisco 49ers.

01:05His other endeavors include co-hosting the sports podcast New Heights with his brother Jason Kelsey

01:10and putting on the music festival Kelsey Jam.

01:13For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:15For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:22For The Hollywood Reporter News, I was so

Travis Kelce to Host Celebrity Spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' | THR News Video

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended