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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, October 16, 2020 20 By Rachel Jones TV Media Place your bets: The high- stakes betting game show you've been waiting for is back! Airing on Sunday, Oct. 18, ABC's "Card Sharks," host- ed by Joel McHale ("Commu- nity"), will make its return. Shooting a television show during the coronavirus pan- demic was no easy feat but, nevertheless, with no live audi- ence, minimal crew members and strict health and safety guidelines, the producers made it happen. The show consists of two players competing head to head, betting on the cards and earning money. As the game progresses, the contestants have to decide if it's worth the risk to keep betting or better to take what they've earned and go home a little richer. The orig- inal show, hosted by Jim Perry ("Gridlock," 1980) and created by Chester Feldman ("Family Feud") for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman productions, ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 and was revived in 1986 for two seasons, then once more from 2001 to 2002. Ever since ABC took the reins last year, fans are betting on many more seasons of this entertaining game show re- boot. Season 2 of "Card Sharks" premieres Sunday, Oct. 18, on ABC. The funniest families: We will never tire of ABC's longest- running prime time entertain- ment show, "America's Funni- est Home Videos." Back for an- other season, Sunday, Oct. 18, on ABC, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" star Alfonso Ribeiro returns as host for a sixth con- secutive season. In 2015, Ri- beiro took over for Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars"), who had been hosting the show for 15 years. That be- ing said, the series is widely re- membered for being hosted by Bob Saget ("Full House") dur- ing the first eight seasons. In each episode, viewers submit their own home videos, showing off some of the funni- est caught-on-camera mo- ments in the hopes of winning cash prizes. Altogether, the show has given away about $16 million in prize money — realtalk Joel McHale hosts "Card Sharks" B/The Pine Shoppe 6x7.5

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