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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, May 15, 2020 20 By Dana Simpson TV Media You're 'it': Tune in every week this summer for a new take on an old schoolyard game of chase, and watch as average Joes and Janes pit themselves against people with extraordinary abilities. Hosted by NFL super-sib- ling trio T.J., J.J. and Derek Watt, "Ultimate Tag" is ex- actly what it sounds like: an intense game of tag for adults. Once a week, every- day people take on the chal- lenge of outrunning a smat- tering of "Professional Tag- gers" for viewer entertain- ment and the possibility of a prize. The Taggers, a hand- picked set of trained athletes with abilities ranging from impressive speed to parkour, include stunt actors Josh Ya- don ("Dunkirk," 2017), Car- rie Bernans ("Black Pan- ther," 2018) and Jesse La Flair ("X-Men: Dark Phoe- nix," 2019) among the many on the roster. Coinciding with the staggered release of a team of Taggers, chal- lengers are asked to hurdle, crawl and dodge obstruc- tions of various sizes and levels of difficulty as they make their way across a three-dimensional moving obstacle course while they all keep one common objec- tive in mind: do not get tagged. The show is produced by Znak & Co., a production company run by Natalka Znak, the multi-award-win- ning reality television hit- maker responsible for dyna- mos from "Hell's Kitchen" to the U.K. hit series "Love Is- land." Working alongside Znak as executive producers are Znak & Co. head of enter- tainment Glenn Coomber ("Dancing on Ice") and long- time reality television pro- ducing legend Conrad Green ("Dancing with the Stars"). Having already planned and filmed episodes for a summer season, "Ultimate Tag" is one of only a few se- ries that have remained un- interrupted by the coronavi- rus outbreak. The pilot episode of "Ulti- mate Tag" launches Wednes- day, May 20, on Fox. realtalk Derek, T.J. and J.J. Watt host "Ultimate Tag" A/SFCU 6x10 B/Wells Fargo Advisors 6x2.5 B/ The Pine Shop 6x7.5

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