Catch It Keep It
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Catch It Keep It is an American game show
and reality television series hosted by Zach Selwyn and Mike Senese
. It is broadcast on the Science Channel and premiered on July 17, 2009. In each episode
a three member team has 48 hours to build a contraption that will save their prize from destruction.
, the "Engineer of Destruction", demonstrates how he will attempt to destroy the prize. The team is then given one hour to plan before spending the remaining time on construction. At checkpoints before the deadline
, the design's integrity may be tested. The team wins if the contraption passes all tests and prevents Senese from destroying the prize.
On some episodes, Senese works concurrently on his own design to save the prize, typically using a different approach than the team. If the team fails the prize will be setup again for Senese to attempt his method. However, if Senese's design also fails the prize is awarded to the team.
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
and reality television series hosted by Zach Selwyn and Mike Senese
Mike Senese
Mike Senese is an American television host. He hosts Science Channel's engineering show Catch It Keep It with Zach Selwyn, as the "engineer of destruction." He also hosted Science Channel's 2009 coverage of Punkin Chunkin, also with Selwyn...
. It is broadcast on the Science Channel and premiered on July 17, 2009. In each episode
Episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...
a three member team has 48 hours to build a contraption that will save their prize from destruction.
Premise
At the beginning of the competition, Mike SeneseMike Senese
Mike Senese is an American television host. He hosts Science Channel's engineering show Catch It Keep It with Zach Selwyn, as the "engineer of destruction." He also hosted Science Channel's 2009 coverage of Punkin Chunkin, also with Selwyn...
, the "Engineer of Destruction", demonstrates how he will attempt to destroy the prize. The team is then given one hour to plan before spending the remaining time on construction. At checkpoints before the deadline
Time limit
A time limit or deadline is a narrow field of time, or particular point in time, by which an objective or task must be accomplished.In project management, deadlines are most often associated with milestone goals....
, the design's integrity may be tested. The team wins if the contraption passes all tests and prevents Senese from destroying the prize.
On some episodes, Senese works concurrently on his own design to save the prize, typically using a different approach than the team. If the team fails the prize will be setup again for Senese to attempt his method. However, if Senese's design also fails the prize is awarded to the team.
External links
- Interview of show's hosts at Wired.comWired (magazine)Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...