GSN Orders Second Season of Idiotest

SANTA MONICA: GSN has commissioned a 65-episode second run of the original game show Idiotest.

Hosted by comedian Ben Gleib and based on an app game, the show gives two pairs of contestants the opportunity to face off in several rounds of rapid-fire questions that look deceptively simple, but whose answers actually require a heightened sense of logic. The series is from Little Wooden Boat Productions, with exec producers Mark Cronin of Little Wooden Boat; Adam Rosenblatt, Jamie Rosenblatt and Christian Horner of H2R Productions; Ryan Devlin and Shawn Greenson of He Shoots, He Scores Productions; and Larry Barron and Ryan Curtis.

The order marks the third consecutive new series pickup for the network this year, following matchmaking series It Takes a Church and body-painting competition Skin Wars, hosted by Rebecca Romijn.

“Idiotest’s fresh take on brain teasers has resulted in ratings success for GSN in every daypart, across all demographics,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, the executive VP of programming at GSN. “Our audience loves Ben Gleib’s irreverent repartee with contestants on air and with fans online, and we are thrilled that he will continue to host the next 65 episodes.”