History Series / CaesarsChallenge

* CarriedByTheHost: Ahmad's hosting style was...relaxed...to say the least. He made mistakes and laughed in odd places a lot, yet still seemed in control and professional.

* BonusRound: Two formats were used.
** The first had letters drawn like lottery balls until nine letters that could form a word had been drawn, then [[CatchPhrase Caesar said]] '''[[CatchPhrase "STOP"]]''', and the winner had 10 seconds to guess the word. A correct letter was placed for each day the contestant has been the champion.

* BonusSpace: The "Lucky Slot" - pick the letter that appeared in the lit position and solve the puzzle immediately, win a ProgressiveJackpot bonus that started each day at $500 and grew by $500 per word.

* SongeInTheKeyOfPanic: During the second bonus round; as the time limit approached, the music sped up and went through several [[TruckDriversGearChange key changes up]], culminating in a horn fanfare in the last few seconds.

!!GameShow Tropes in use:
* [[ConfettiDrop Balloon Drop]]: If the car was won.

* Personnel:
** GameShowHost: Ahmad Rashād.
** TheAnnouncer: Steve Day.
** StudioAudience: Got to play an AudienceGame at the end of the show. Spectators could unscramble words to earn a handful of chocolate coins and casino tokens.

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!!This show provides examples of:
* CarriedByTheHost: Ahmad's hosting style was...relaxed...to say the least. He made mistakes and laughed in odd places a lot, yet still seemed in control and professional.
* CatchPhrase: "Caesar says, '''STOP!'''", followed by Ahmad's "Caesar says 'Stop', so we do..."
* {{Pilot}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpjTAAZ5zM Taped]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRuWhuTYHg in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFKiKcQi4Jc October 1992]], with a betting format for the maingame, the Lucky Slot's Instant Jackpot rolling over from day to day, and a Lincoln Mark VIII being the car on offer. Amusingly, the last word in the audience game was PILOT.
* SceneryPorn: The Greek-influenced set can probably count as such, as well as the letter cage from the bonus round (which was kept onstage even after the change in format).
* ShortRunners: Lasted just seven months, only slightly longer than the shows that had preceded it (''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' and ''Series/{{Scattergories}}''). It also managed to outlast the ''[[Series/{{Concentration}} Classic Concentration]]'' repeats by two weeks.

* AudienceParticipation: At the end of every show, Ahmad and his assistant moved through the audience and chose people to unscramble five-letter words. Each person who succeeded got to grab one handful from a big bowl full of silver dollars, casino chips, and chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil.

* BonusSpace: The "Lucky Slot" - pick the letter that appeared in the lit position and solve the puzzle immediately, win a ProgressiveJackpot bonus that started each day at $500 and grew by $500 per round.

Short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow, most notable for being the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host.

''Caesars Challenge'' is a short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow from 1993, most notably the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host.

Despite the casino setting, it was actually a word game; three contestants competed to unscramble words from letters showing on the nine reels on a giant slot machine. Although it had a similar-looking board, the game was dissimilar to the famous British game show ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

* BonusSpace: The "Lucky Slot"; pick the letter that appeared in the lit position and solve the puzzle immediately, win a ProgressiveJackpot bonus that started each day at $500.
* GameShowWinningsCap: Theoretically eight days under the first bonus format, explicitly three under the second bonus format. Players retired immediately upon winning the car.

** StudioAudience: Got to play an AudienceGame at the end of the show. Spectators could unscramble words to earn chocolate coins and casino tokens.
* ShowTheFolksAtHome: After the bonus round was changed, Ahmad would keep the topic of the scrambled word from the contestants, in which case he'd say "Now, here's the topic for the home audience only".

* CarriedByTheHost: Ahmad's hosting style was...relaxed...to say the least. He made mistakes, and laughed in odd places a lot, yet still seemed in control and professional.

* {{Pilot}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpjTAAZ5zM Taped]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRuWhuTYHg in]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFKiKcQi4Jc October 1992]], with a betting format for the maingame, the Lucky Slot's Instant Jackpot would rollover from day to day, and a Lincoln Mark VIII was the car on offer. Amusingly, the last word in the audience game was PILOT.
* SceneryPorn: The Greek-influenced set can probably count as such, as well as the letter cage from the bonus round (which was kept on-stage even after the change in format).
* ThoseTwoGuys: Ahmad Rashād and the various Centurions (most recognizably Dan Doherty) would spend a few minutes with jokes and props before starting the game.

Short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow from 1993, most notably the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host.

* SceneryPorn: The Greek-influenced set can probably count as such.
** Something about that giant letter cage was just ''so'' cool, the producers kept it on stage... even after [[ThrowItIn they changed the Bonus Round that used it]].

** Something about that giant letter cage was just ''so'' cool, the producers kept it on stage... even after [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they changed the Bonus Round that used it]].

Although it had a casino setting, it was actually a word game; three contestants competed to unscramble words from letters showing on the nine reels on a giant slot machine. Despite the similar-looking board, it wasn't anything like the famous British game show ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

Despite the casino setting, it was actually a word game; three contestants competed to unscramble words from letters showing on the nine reels on a giant slot machine. Despite the similar looking board, it wasn't anything like the famous British game show ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

* [[ConfettiDrop Balloon Drop]]: If the car was won.

* ShowTheFolksAtHome: Sometimes at seemingly random times, Ahmad would keep the topic of the scrambled word from the contestants, in which case he'd say "Now, here's the topic for the home audience only".

* {{Pilot}}: Taped in October 1992, with a betting format for the maingame, the Lucky Slot's Instant Jackpot would rollover from day to day, and a Lincoln Mark VIII was the car on offer. Amusingly, the last word in the audience game was PILOT.

* BonusSpace: The "Lucky Slot"; pick the letter that appeared in the lit position and solve the puzzle immediately, win a progressive jackpot bonus that started each day at $500.

** StudioAudience: Got to play an audience game at the end of the show. Spectators could unscramble words to earn chocolate coins and casino tokens.

* {{Pilot}}: Taped in 1992, with a betting format for the maingame, the Lucky Slot would rollover from day to day, and a Lincoln Mark VIII was the car on offer. Amusingly, the last word in the audience game was PILOT.

It's also the only game by Stephen J. Cannell Productions, better known for ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'', ''Series/TheATeam'', and ''Series/{{Wiseguy}}''.

* {{Pilot}}: Taped in 1992, with a betting format for the maingame. Amusingly, the last word in the audience game was PILOT.

** The first had letters drawn like lottery balls until nine letters that could form a word had been drawn, then [[CatchPhrase Caesar said]] '''[[CatchPhrase "STOP"]]''', and the winner had 10 seconds to guess the word. Letters would be placed, much like the main game, one for each day the contestant has been the champion.

Even with the casino setting, the show was actually a word game, where three contestants competed to unscramble words from letters showing on the nine reels on a giant slot machine. Despite the similar looking board, this wasn't anything like the famous British word game ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

** The first had letters drawn like lottery balls until nine letters that could form a word had been drawn, then [[CatchPhrase Caesar said]] '''[[CatchPhrase STOP]]''', and the winner had 10 seconds to guess the word. Letters would be placed, much like the main game, one for each day the contestant has been the champion.

It's also the only game by Stephen J. Cannell Productions, better known for ''TheGreatestAmericanHero'', ''Series/TheATeam'', and ''{{Wiseguy}}''.

Short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow from 1993, most notably the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host.

Short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow from 1993, most notably the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host.

** The first had letters drawn like lottery balls until nine letters that could form a word had been drawn, then Caesar said '''[[CatchPhrase STOP]]''', and the winner had 10 seconds to guess the word. Letters would be placed, much like the main game, one for each day the contestant has been the champion.

Short-lived Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow from 1993, most notably the last new daytime game on the network and the final new network daytime game '''ever''' until Creator/{{CBS}} revived ''LetsMakeADeal'' in 2009. The show was filmed on location at the Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, resulting in the show having an obvious AncientGrome casino overtone, complete with a gladiator as co-host. Despite this, it was a word game; three contestants competed to unscramble words from letters showing on the nine reels on a giant slot machine.

However, despite the similar looking board, this wasn't anything like the famous British word game ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

However, despite the similar looking board, this wasn't anything like ''Series/{{Countdown}}''; players answered trivia questions from a category related to the word to earn the right to reveal the correct position of one of the letters. Cash was awarded for each correct answer, plus a chance to solve the puzzle.

* SceneryPorn: Something about that giant letter cage was just ''so'' cool, the producers kept it on stage even after [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they changed the Bonus Round that used it]]. The Greek-influenced set could probably count as such, too.