Five-time Emmy winner Jane Lynch returns to host the new season of NBC’s Weakest Link. The game show will kick off season four on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT.
Season four premieres with a Days of our Lives special, with the cast going head-to-head to raise money for charity. Lindsay Arnold, Bryan Dattilo, Galen Gering, Tina Huang, Victoria Konefal, Martha Madison, Eric Martsolf, and Zach Tinker will put their skills to the test while representing the popular long-running daytime soap.
Stuart Krasnow serves as executive producer and guides the series as showrunner. Host Jane Lynch, Aaron Solomon, and BBC Studios’ Ryan O’Dowd also executive produce. Weakest Link is produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.
“In each episode, eight contestants enter the studio as total strangers but must work together to bank the maximum amount of prize money available in each round. The contestants take turns answering general knowledge questions to build chains of correct answers. Consecutive correct answers greatly increase the value of the chain while incorrect answers break the chain and force the contestants to start over from the bottom of the money ladder,” reads NBC’s synopsis. “The top prize increases with each round but contestants must first vote to eliminate the fellow competitor they consider to be the ‘Weakest Link’ in the chain. The contestant who receives the highest number of votes leaves the game as the host declares the iconic phrase, ‘You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.'”
