Are you a major nerd? Are you unafraid of showing off all of your nerdiness in public? Then TBS’ new unscripted competition series King of the Nerds has been created with you in mind. TBS dubbed the series the “ultimate nerd-off” and has set two actors famous for playing nerds as hosts: Revenge of the Nerds stars Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong.
“It’s been said we’re living in the ‘Age of the Nerd’, and if so, what better way to acknowledge that than to have a competition to crown the King of the Nerds?” asked Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). “King of the Nerds is a lot of fun as it not only celebrates nerd culture, but also illuminates it. We believe King of the Nerds is an ideal fit with The Big Bang Theory, and we look forward to having it on the network.”
“King of the Nerds will be the first-ever nerd-on-nerd warfare competition series. Who better to have as our hosts than Robert and Curtis, the founding fathers of the Nerd Universe,” stated Jimmy Fox, head of creative development for Electus. “We are incredibly excited to partner with TBS to not only celebrate the nerd in each and every one of us, but to bring an incredibly fun, smart, and entertaining competition series to the TBS audience.”
TBS ordered eight episodes of series, which will debut in early 2013.
How It Works:
The show invites competitors spanning the full nerd spectrum to come together to face challenges that will test their intellect, ingenuity, skills, and pop-culture prowess. The nerds will first compete as teams before moving on to individual challenges, all with the goal of being named the quintessential master of all things nerdy.
