Student-created game show is coming to Channel 3

"Campus Smarts," a new, student-created game show, will air October 11 at 6:30 p.m.

The show is based on the game show "Street Smarts," which captures passers-by on streets, who are asked basic, common-knowledge questions that an average person should be able to answer. However, participants frequently do not know the correct answers, providing entertainment to viewers.

"With this show, we want to satisfy our video credit hours with a fun and entertaining piece that involves the campus," senior radio television major and director Joshua Smith said.

"Campus Smarts" participants will be asked trivia questions, randomly selected from a list of 20 questions.

Senior radio television majors Matt Malliaros and Brian Boynton co-created the show.

"It is a lot of work to create a show," Malliaros said. "We have to come up with a new set of 20 questions before every show, along with finding people to interview, producing and directing each episode."

According to Boynton, the participants will be randomly selected on campus. The trio hopes this will add energy to the production.

"We do not ever stop filming during questioning to give the participants another chance to answer," Malliaros said. "We simply capture the immediate response and go straight through."

As an incentive to the possibility of being embarrassed on camera, Smith, Malliaros and Boynton have a prize for each contestant. The three are also not limiting the interviewing solely to students.

"We really want to include the faculty and students in what we do through participation as well as them tuning in," Smith said.

Smith, Malliaros and Boynton have spent months working on every aspect of the show and expect that "Campus Smarts" will be a change of pace for the radio television students' productions.

Sophomore special education major Erika Sottiaux has watched the shows on Channel 3 in the past and said she hopes it will be a better target for the college-age group.

"I am able to appreciate the hard work that the radio television students put into making the shows, but after a few serious interviews the show is not exactly entertaining anymore," Sottiaux said. "I think that the game show is a great idea that will create interest and attract a larger audience than the shows have in the past."

"Campus Smarts" will be replayed at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on Channel 3.