History Series / TakeItAll

''Take It All'' was cancelled after six episodes and never aired again in the United States. In Howie's homeland of Canada, the Creator/{{Global}} network randomly picked it up to air as a Summer burn-off.

Essentially, it's a [[UnwantedGiftPlot White Elephant/Yankee Swap/Naughty Santa/Whatever-You-Call-It gift exchange]] in GameShow form — each of the five contestants (referred to on a first-name-basis only; the reason for that will become very clear later) starts the game by picking one of the five mystery prizes from the Dream Screen (a monitor off to the side of the set; the contestants get a prop to represent their prize, too). And [[Series/WheelOfFortune once you take a prize, it's yours to keep]]... except a contestant doesn't just have to pick from the Dream Screen; they can steal a prize away from an opponent instead. The goal of each round is not to be stuck with the prize that ends up having the lowest retail price, as that contestant is eliminated. The process continues on with progressively higher-valued prizes until two remain.

* DownerEnding: By design, the Prize Fight had this possibility. In one notable instance, a player had repeatedly stated he was doing things for anti-bullying support groups, and by all indication was a nice, upright person. The other player in the Prize Fight agreed with his noble efforts and ambitions, noting that she couldn't possibly stand in the way of that. The result? He picked Keep Mine (proving his good intentions), she picked Take It All...and proceeded to celebrate what amounted to being a bully.

* AllOrNothing: Practically ''every single round''. First, the eliminated player in each round doesn't get to keep any of the prizes they've earned. Then, there's a possibility in the end game that one or both players may walk away with nothing after backstabbing each other.

Essentially, it's a [[UnwantedGiftPlot White Elephant/Yankee Swap/Naughty Santa/Whatever-You-Call-It gift exchange]] in GameShow form — each of the five contestants (referred to on a first-name-basis only; the reason for that will become very clear later) starts the game by picking one of the five mystery prizes from the Dream Screen (a monitor off to the side of the set; the contestants get a prop to represent their prize, too). And [[Series/WheelOfFortune once you take a prize, it's yours to keep]]...except a contestant doesn't just have to pick from the Dream Screen; they can steal a prize away from an opponent instead. The goal of each round is not to be stuck with the prize that ends up having the lowest retail price, as that contestant is eliminated. The process continues on with progressively higher-valued prizes until two remain.

Good news, Howie Mandel's back hosting a new game show on Creator/{{NBC}}! The bad news? It's not ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', but another game involving mystery boxes that seems to be a little different.

...Okay, so that's pretty much a description of a big-money primetime version of ''Series/GiveNTake'', an obscure Bill Carruthers effort for Creator/{{CBS}} in 1975. But this is where it gets different...

In the final round, the two contestants first choose an envelope to add some cash (between $25,000 and $250,000) to their pile of prizes. After this, the players must choose whether to "Keep Mine" (their own built-up stash of prizes) or "Take It All" (''all'' of the prizes held by the final two players).

Before the decision, the two contestants get a few moments to essentially plead their case to one another.

Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, this seems familiar." And that's because it's [[PowerOfTrust the dreaded]] PrisonersDilemma (in this case, the Prize Fight); it's not like [[Series/FriendOrFoe this hasn't]] [[Series/GoldenBalls been done]] [[Series/{{Shafted}} on a game show]] before.

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior. Unfortunately, it did make the mistake of not having enough viewers; with that, ''Take It All'' was swept back under the rug and never came back (barring the Creator/{{Global}} network in Howie's homeland of Canada, which randomly picked it up to air as a Summer burn-off).

!!GameShowTropes in use:

* Personnel
** TheAnnouncer: Donna Ruko. Averting the recent trend of downplaying the role of the announcer, she was actually present onstage.
** GameShowHost: Howie Mandel.
** StudioAudience

* {{Whammy}}: The lowest-valued prize in each round.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* CommercialBreakCliffhanger: It's an NBC game show. Fortunately, Howie did them more like how he did them on ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', far away from the extremes that ''Series/MinuteToWinIt'' and ''Series/WhosStillStanding'' took them to.
* DownerEnding: By design (being the Prisoner's Dilemma and all), the Prize Fight had this possibility. At least twice, the audience couldn't respond with anything but horror and shock to some moron onstage who shafted the other. Did we mention the series aired around Christmastime in 2012?
** ''Especially'' bad when one player had repeatedly stated he was doing things for anti-bullying support groups, and by all indication was a nice, upright person. The other player in the Prize Fight agreed with his noble efforts and ambitions, noting that she couldn't possibly stand in the way of that. The result? He picked Keep Mine (proving his good intentions), she picked Take It All...and proceeded to celebrate what amounted to being a bully.

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior. Unfortunately, it did make the mistake of not having enough viewers; with that, ''Take It All'' was swept back under the rug and never came back (barring the Creator/{{Global}} network in Howie's homeland of Canada, which burned it off over the following Summer).

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior. Unfortunately, it did make the mistake of not having enough viewers; with that, ''Take It All'' was swept back under the rug and never came back (barring the Creator/{{Global}} network in Howie's homeland of Canada, which randomly picked up the episodes for a run in Summer 2013).

Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, this seems familiar." And that's because it's [[PowerOfTrust the dreaded]] PrisonersDilemma (in this case, the Prize Fight); it's not like [[Series/FriendOrFoe this hasn't]] [[Series/GoldenBalls been done]] [[Series/TheBankJob on a game show]] before.

Good news, Howie Mandel's back hosting a new game show on Creator/{{NBC}}! The bad news? It's not ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', but another game involving mystery boxes that seems to be a little different, called ''Take It All''.

Now, we know what you're thinking — we pretty much described a big-money primetime version of ''Series/GiveNTake'', that obscure Bill Carruthers effort for Creator/{{CBS}} in late 1975. But this is where it gets different...

In the final round, the two contestants first choose an envelope to add some cash (up to $250,000) to their pile of prizes. After this, the players must choose whether to "Keep Mine" (their own built-up stash of prizes) or "Take It All" (''all'' of the prizes held by the final two players).

* If both choose Take It All, nobody wins anything

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior. Unfortunately, it did make the mistake of not having enough viewers; with that, ''Take It All'' was swept back under the rug and never came back (that is, until the Creator/{{Global}} network in Howie's homeland of Canada randomly picked up the series for a run over the following Summer, and then threw it back under the rug again).

** TheAnnouncer: Donna Ruko. Averting the recent trend of downplaying the role of the announcer, she's actually present on-stage too!

* UndesirablePrize: Some of the prizes on the show may seem a bit ''too'' extravagant to some (in that late-1990s ''[[Series/ThePriceIsRight Price Is Right]]'' "Why would I want a ''popcorn cart?''" vein, of course).

!!This show provides examples of

* DownerEnding: By design (being the Prisoner's Dilemma and all), the Prize Fight had this possibility. At least twice, the audience couldn't respond with anything but horror and shock to some moron onstage who shafted the other. Did we mention the series aired around Christmastime?
** ''Especially'' bad when one player had repeatedly stated he was doing things for anti-bullying support groups, and by all indication was a nice, upright person. The other player in the Prize Fight agreed with his noble efforts and ambitions, noting that she couldn't possibly stand in the way of that...and picked Take It All, proceeding to celebrate what amounted to being a bully.

Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, this seems familiar." And that's because it's the dreaded [[PowerOfTrust Prisoner's Dilemma]] (in this case, the Prize Fight); it's not like [[Series/FriendOrFoe this hasn't]] [[Series/GoldenBalls been done]] [[Series/TheBankJob on a game show]] before.

Essentially, it's a [[UnwantedGiftPlot White Elephant/Yankee Swap/Naughty Santa/Whatever-You-Call-It gift exchange]] in GameShow form — each of the five contestants (referred to on a first-name-basis only; the reason for that will become very clear later) starts the game by picking one of the five mystery prizes from the Dream Screen (a monitor off to the side of the set; the contestants get a prop to represent their prize, too). And [[WheelOfFortune once you take a prize, it's yours to keep]]...except a contestant doesn't just have to pick from the Dream Screen; they can steal a prize away from an opponent instead. The goal of each round is not to be stuck with the prize that ends up having the lowest retail price, as that contestant is eliminated. The process continues on with progressively higher-valued prizes until two remain.

Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, this seems familiar." And that's because it's the dreaded [[PowerOfTrust Prisoner's Dilemma]] (in this case, the Prize Fight); it's not like [[Series/FriendOrFoe this hasn't]] [[Series/GoldenBalls been done]] [[TheBankJob on a game show]] before.

Good news, Howie Mandel's back hosting a new game show on {{NBC}}! The bad news? It's not ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', but another game involving mystery boxes that seems to be a little different, called ''Take It All''.

Now, you're probably thinking "Hey, this seems familiar." And that's because it's the dreaded [[PowerOfTrust Prisoner's Dilemma]] (in this case, the Prize Fight); it's not like [[Series/FriendOrFoe this hasn't]] [[GoldenBalls been done]] [[TheBankJob on a game show]] before.

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior. Unfortunately, it did make the mistake of not having enough viewers; with that, ''Take It All'' was swept back under the rug and never came back (that is, until Creator/{{Global}} randomly picked up the series for a run over the following Summer, and then threw it back under the rug again).

Aside from ''that'' aspect, at least it doesn't make the same mistakes that NBC's [[Series/WhosStillStanding previous attempt]] at a new primetime game show made just a year prior.

* WorkingTitle: ''Howie Mandel's White Elephant''.

Now, we know what you're thinking — we pretty much described a big-money primetime version of ''Series/{{Give-N-Take}}'', that obscure Bill Carruthers effort for Creator/{{CBS}} in late 1975. But this is where it gets different...