History Series / BeatShazam

* SpiritualSuccessor: Can you Series/{{name that tune}} faster than an app? Oddly enough, FOX would introduce a revival of ''Tune'' in January 2021.

The series premiered on FOX's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season. Season 2 mixed things up by changing Round 1 to have no categories ("Shazam Shuffle"), while the second round now has the teams vote for which of two categories to play, and the third round focuses on songs from one particular group or artist. The third season added another new element, in which in the round before the bonus round, the teams must try to guess songs based on instrumental recordings.

** The show was initially opaque about the amount of time given to guess in the bonus round, implicating the team would need to buzz in within the average time it would take for the app to recognize the song. [[ReadTheFinePrint That part was originally buried in the credits]], though visibly came into play if they did actually get beaten. Later on, however, a visible clock was added, and Foxx's spiel for the round now has him mention that Shazam can recognize many songs within 5 seconds -- which appears to be the time limit generally used for the round.

The lowest-scoring team is eliminated after round 3, while the second-place team after round 5 gets to keep half of their score. Meanwhile, the winning team goes to a bonus round offering up to $1 million.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Deliberately invoked in the multiple-choice options in the main game. It is fairly common for the multiple choice answers for any particular song to feature as one of the choices a repeated lyric or word in the chorus that is not actually the title as a sucker answer; for example, "Sister Christian" had "Motorin'" as a choice. As the series has continued, host Jamie Foxx has taken to [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] that the correct answer is often not the first lyrics heard of the song.

The series premiered on Fox's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season. Season 2 mixed things up by changing Round 1 to have no categories ("Shazam Shuffle"), while the second round now has the teams vote for which of two categories to play, and the third round focuses on songs from one particular group or artist. The third season added another new element, in which in the round before the bonus round, the teams must try to guess songs based on instrumental recordings.

* BonusRound: In which you must actually [[TitleDrop beat Shazam]]. Identify six more songs; each song has a different category, but this time it's not multiple-choice, you must buzz in within 4 to 5 seconds, and you must provide the ''exact'' title. The first five songs award $25,000 to the team's bank, and the sixth can double it. However, if the first five are all answered correctly, the final song increases the team's bank to $1,000,000 instead. In any case, only one member of the team is allowed to guess on the last song, and the team is shown the category and given a chance to bail out with their winnings, as getting it wrong reduces the bank by half.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Can you Series/{{name that tune}} faster than an app? Oddly enough, Fox would introduce a revival of ''Tune'' in January 2021.

* BonusRound: In which you must actually [[TitleDrop beat Shazam]]. Identify six more songs; each song has a different category, but this time it's not multiple-choice (each answer must be ''exactly'' correct to count), and you must buzz in within 5 seconds. The first five songs award $25,000 to the team's bank, and the sixth can double it. However, if the first five are all answered correctly, the final song increases the team's bank to $1,000,000 instead. In any case, only one member of the team is allowed to guess on the last song, and the team is shown the category and given a chance to bail out with their winnings, as getting it wrong reduces the bank by half.

[[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox]]'s take on ''Series/NameThatTune'' for TheNewTens (not that this stopped them from reviving ''Tune'' anyway), hosted by Creator/JamieFoxx and cross-promoted with a popular music-identification application. Three couples are played a song, and are asked to guess the song's title among four options. Whoever answers correctly the fastest gets the money for that song; the game is divided into five rounds of five songs each, with each round having a different category and increasing dollar amounts for each correct answer (plus, the last song in each category is always worth double, and one round has a celebrity guest that the category will inevitably relate to).

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[[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox]]'s take on ''Series/NameThatTune'' for TheNewTens (not that this stopped them from anyway), hosted by Creator/JamieFoxx and cross-promoted with a popular music-identification application. Three couples are played a song, and are asked to guess the song's title among four options. Whoever answers correctly the fastest gets the money for that song; the game is divided into five rounds of five songs each, with each round having a different category and increasing dollar amounts for each correct answer (plus, the last song in each category is always worth double, and one round has a celebrity guest that the category will inevitably relate to).

* SpiritualSuccessor: Can you Series/{{name that tune}} faster than an app? Oddly enough, Fox would introduce a revival of ''Tune'' in January 2021.

[[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox]]'s take on ''Series/NameThatTune'' for TheNewTens (not that this stopped them from [[Series/NameThatTune rebooting the original]] anyway), hosted by Creator/JamieFoxx and cross-promoted with a popular music-identification application. Three couples are played a song, and are asked to guess the song's title among four options. Whoever answers correctly the fastest gets the money for that song; the game is divided into five rounds of five songs each, with each round having a different category and increasing dollar amounts for each correct answer (plus, the last song in each category is always worth double, and one round has a celebrity guest that the category will inevitably relate to).

[[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox]]'s take on ''Series/NameThatTune'' for TheNewTens, hosted by Creator/JamieFoxx and cross-promoted with a popular music-identification application. Three couples are played a song, and are asked to guess the song's title among four options. Whoever answers correctly the fastest gets the money for that song; the game is divided into five rounds of five songs each, with each round having a different category and increasing dollar amounts for each correct answer (plus, the last song in each category is always worth double, and one round has a celebrity guest that the category will inevitably relate to).

** The show was initially opaque about the amount of time given to guess in the bonus round, implicating the team would need to buzz in within the average time it would take for the app to recognize the song. [[ReadTheFinePrint That part was originally buried in the credits]], though visibly came into play if they did actually get beaten. Later on, however, a visible clock was added, and Foxx's introduction for the round now has him state that Shazam can recognize many songs within 5 seconds -- which appears to be the time limit generally used for the round.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Can you Series/{{name that tune}} faster than an app?

* LovelyAssistant: October Gonzalez, the DJ. In the second season, replaced with Jamie's daughter, Corinne Foxx.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Can you [[Series/{{name that tune}} faster than an app?

The series premiered on Fox's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season. Season 2 mixed things up by changing Round 1 to have no categories ("Shazam Shuffle"), while the second round now has the teams vote for which of two categories to play, and the third round focuses on songs from one particular group or artist. The third season added another new element, in which in the round before the bonus round, the teams must try to guess songs while hearing only an instrumental of them.

** The first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], as it contained a change to the Fast Track songs to make them be played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given, rather than simply just being a song played for double points. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by having Foxx make a big deal about it being "Fast Track Challenge" night.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Deliberately invoked in the multiple-choice options in the main game. It is fairly common for the multiple choice answers for any particular song to feature as one of the choices a repeated lyric or word in the chorus that is not actually the title as a sucker answer; for example, "Sister Christian" had "Motorin'" as a choice. As the series has continued, host Jamie Foxx has taken to [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] that the correct answer is often not the first lyrics heard of the song.

* BonusRound: In which you must actually [[TitleDrop beat Shazam]]. Identify six more songs; each song has a different category, but this time it's not multiple-choice (each answer must be ''exactly'' correct to count), and you must buzz in within the average time it would take for the actual app to beat you to the answer on said song ([[ReadTheFinePrint that part was originally buried in the credits]], though visibly came into play if they did actually get beaten. In later episodes, however, there is a visible yellow timer showing how long they have to answer). The first five songs award $25,000 to the team's bank, and the sixth can double it. However, if the first five are all answered correctly, the final song increases the team's bank to $1,000,000 instead. In any case, only one member of the team is allowed to guess on the last song, and the team is shown the category and given a chance to bail out with their winnings, as getting it wrong reduces the bank by half.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Deliberately invoked in the multiple-choice options in the main game. It is fairly common for the multiple choice answers for any particular song to feature as one of the choices a repeated lyric or word in the chorus that is not actually the title as a sucker answer; for example, "Sister Christian" had "Motorin'" as a choice. As the series has continued, host Jamie Foxx has taken to [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] that the correct answer is often not the first lyrics heard of the song.
* {{Pilot}}: The first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], as it contained a change to the Fast Track songs to make them be played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given, rather than simply just being a song played for double points. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by having Foxx make a big deal about it being "Fast Track Challenge" night.

The series premiered on Fox's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season. Season 2 mixed things up by changing Round 1 to have no categories ("Shazam Shuffle"), while the second round now has the teams vote for which of two categories to play, and the third round focuses on songs from one particular group or artist.

* LetsJustSeeWhatWouldHaveHappened: For the final song to try to guess of the bonus round, the contestants can choose to try to guess it to double their winnings (or go for a million if they answered all five of the previous questions correctly), but risk losing half. If they walk away, they keep what they have, but the song will be played anyway and they'll be made to do this.

* {{Pilot}}: The first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], since it featured a relatively major change to the Fast Track songs that was not seen in the other episodes. Rather than being played the same as every other song but worth double, they were played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by having Foxx make a big deal about it being "Fast Track Challenge" night.

* {{Pilot}}: The first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], since it featured a relatively major change to the Fast Track songs that was not seen in the other episodes. Rather than being played the same as every other song but worth double, they were played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production through edits to Foxx's rules spiels, and by referring to the episode as a special "Fast Track Challenge" edition.

* DoubleTheDollars: The final song on each round is designated as the "Fast Track", and worth double.

* LetsJustSeeWhatWouldHaveHappened: For the final song to try to guess of the bonus round, the contestants can choose to try to guess it to double their winnings, but risk losing half. If they walk away, they keep what they have, but the song will be played anyway and they'll be made to do this.

The series premiered on Fox's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season. Season 2 mixed things up by changing Round 1 to have no categories ("Shazam Shuffle"), while the second and third rounds now have the teams vote for which of two categories to play.

* BonusRound: In which you must actually [[TitleDrop beat Shazam]]. Identify six more songs; each song has a different category, but this time it's not multiple-choice (each answer must be ''exactly'' correct to count), and you must buzz in within the average time it would take for the actual app to beat you to the answer on said song ([[ReadTheFinePrint that part is buried in the credits]], though visibly comes into play if they do actually get beaten). The first five songs award $25,000 to the team's bank, and the sixth can double it. However, if the first five are all answered correctly, the final song increases the team's bank to $1,000,000 instead. In any case, only one member of the team is allowed to guess on the last song, and the team is shown the category and given a chance to bail out with their winnings, as getting it wrong reduces the bank by half.

* {{Pilot}}: The first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], since it featured a relatively major change to the Fast Track songs that was not seen in the other episodes. Rather than being played the same as every other song but worth double, they were played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by referring to the episode as a special "Fast Track Challenge" episode, and Jamie Foxx's rules spiels appeared to have been edited to support this fiction.

The series premiered on Fox's summer lineup in 2017, paired up with their reboot of ''Series/LoveConnection''; both programs were renewed for a second season.

* LovelyAssistant: October Gonzalez, the DJ.

* {{Pilot}}: In a feat duplicated by Creator/{{ABC}}'s short-lived game shows ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'' and ''Series/YouDeserveIt'' (although in these cases, they were both a OneSeasonWonder and series finales. ''Beat Shazam'' got renewed), the first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a pilot or an early taping]], since it featured a relatively major change to the Fast Track songs. Rather than being played the same as every other song but worth double, they were played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by referring to the episode as a special "Fast Track Challenge" episode, and Jamie Foxx's rules spiels appeared to have been edited to support this fiction.

* {{Pilot}}: In a feat duplicated by Creator/{{ABC}}'s short-lived game shows ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'' and ''Series/YouDeserveIt'' (although in these cases, they were both a OneSeasonWonder and series finales. ''Beat Shazam'' got renewed), the first season finale (September 14, 2017) was either a pilot or taping with [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness a format that was not 100% finalized]], because it featured a relatively major change to the Fast Track songs. Rather than being played the same as every other song but worth double, they were played on the buzzer with no multiple-choice options given. The change was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in post-production by referring to the episode as a special "Fast Track Challenge" episode, and Jamie Foxx's rules spiels appeared to have been edited to support this fiction.