History Series / MinuteToWinIt

Originally aired by Creator/{{NBC}} and hosted by Creator/FoodNetwork personality Guy Fieri, a contestant (often a couple or similar tag-team in later episodes, but originally a solo player) tries to complete 10 tasks of increasing difficulty involving various household items. As [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title of the show suggests]], each task has a time limit of 60 seconds; either having to complete the task within that time, or performing a certain task for the complete period. If the task can't be completed (by running out of time/chances/whatever other oddball loss condition they can think of), the player loses one of their three lives, and losing all three ends the game and drops prize money down to the last safe point.

* {{Fanservice}}: Most female contestants have been young and beautiful, often with low-cut tops, proving ''Minute To Win It'' seems to want to become a sport or athletic activity.
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Being a family of 5 or 6 will get you pretty far in the game, even cutting down on how much the 3-play in a row rule will cost you.

* DeletedScene: The show had photo galleries that were viewable on NBC.com and some of them contained images of games swapped out or extra content cut from the show.

** At the same time, it almost seems like the producers ''knew'' that Supercoin was utterly impossible. Free attempts at Supercoin were practically given out like candy during the later half of season 1 (as a BonusRound for Last Man Standing, audience games) with no risk to them, and that one last safe point was added at $500,000 downright proved that Supercoin was now just a BonusBoss rather than the final showdown it claims to be. Level 9 was the real deal. Only two teams have ever made it past Level 9 — the first skipped out on the game as a result of their tough Level 9 game with 1 life left, and the others (post-$500,000 checkpoint) went on and lost after completely crushing Level 9 (Uphill Battle).

That last point [[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire may seem a little familiar]]. And it was -- a little too much for some people's liking. That, combined with low viewership on its original Sunday night slot, led to its producers making changes and experimenting with new ideas (such as a CelebrityEdition and a "Last Man Standing" format). When a re-tooled ''Minute'' returned for a series of episodes over the summer as a lead-in to the popular ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'', it fared much better for NBC. ''Minute'' returned for a new season in December, beginning with a series of Christmas episodes, followed by more in the new year. And then people started complaining that ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' rubbed off on it. Well, you can't please everyone.

After a hiatus (which also saw ''Minute'''s producers handling NBC's newest import, ''Series/WhosStillStanding'', and seeing it promptly blow up in their face), the NBC version was officially axed in May 2012. Shortly after its cancellation, Creator/{{GSN}} picked up reruns of ''Minute'', and then UnCancelled it in June 2013 with speed skater[=/=]''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' winner Apolo Ohno taking the helm, and a top prize of $250,000.

* {{Christmas Episode}}s: Yes, more than one. With a decorated set, bonus prizes, Christmas-themed reskins of existing games (and some new ones too), and the money ladder being extended to twelve levels (playing on the 12 Days of Christmas) with a new top prize of $3,000,000 (although no one got far enough to reveal what this would have entailed).