The Up-Late Game Show

The Up-Late Game Show was a late night interactive television quiz program shown in Australia on Network Ten, written and hosted by Big Brother Australia 2005 contestant Simon Deering, commonly known by the nickname Hotdogs. The show's format had the host presenting simple puzzles which viewers could attempt to solve over the phone. Successfully solving a puzzle would result in a cash prize for the contestant. The show debuted on 16 August 2005, the day after the Big Brother 2005 finale. The first caller in was Big Brother winner Greg Mathew, who congratulated Hotdogs on his new show. The first series ended 22 April 2006 to make way for Big Brother UpLate. The second series started on 31 July 2006, the day of the Big Brother Australia 2006 finale, with Deering returning as host. From August 2006, Hotdogs was joined by co-hosts Big Brother 2006 housemate Rob Rigley and singer Chrissy Bray. On Monday 7 August and Tuesday 26 September former Big Brother contestant Krystal Forscutt co-hosted the show. The show's format initially had the host sitting at a table, with a bowl of popcorn and a mug. After the Christmas and New Year break, the format had changed to Deering walking around the set.

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Type: tv

Season: 1

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Duration: 120 minutes

Release: 2005-08-16

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Season 1 - The Up-Late Game Show
2010-03-23
Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich and David Guida rip into God of War III. Natalie Lander (voice of Pandora) stops by to chat and play What's in Your Box. Don't miss Combo, Top 7, and a trip to the GOWIII press party with Jessica Villarreal.
2010-03-30
Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich and David Guida get into the spirit of Final Fantasy XIII. They employ live "Paradigm Shifts" to shape the conversation. Don't miss Combo, Debate of the Week, Top 7, and, unfortunately, What's in Your Box?
2010-04-05
Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich, and David Guida celebrate Easter by hosting a show while attempting a Chicken Nugget Power Hour. They struggle through Combo and Top 7, but really get choked up when it comes to discussing the latest from BioWare and demoing Guitar Praise
2010-04-12
Chessboxing, Kasumi DLC, Stimulus Pack and WarioWare D.I.Y. Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich, and David Guida take this dry spell of new releases as an excuse to get wet. Nikole dives into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Stimulus Pack, Jim takes a shot at Mass Effect 2's new Kasumi DLC, while Gweedz finds some eastern comfort in WarioWare D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS. And if the whisky wasn't enough: ChessBoxers!
2010-04-19
Jim Festante and Nikole Zivalich recieve a text message from David Guida saying he won't be able to make the show due to his trip to Coachella. Instead of doing the show without him Jim and Nikole reminisce over the past three seasons of The Game Show with a The Golden Girls inspired Best Of clip show. Like all of our episodes, the in-studio portion was taped live in front of an audience as well as streamed live over the interwebs.
2010-04-26
Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Nikole's Top 7 Strippers in Video Games. This week Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich, and David Guida give their take on Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction. The Game Show takes a night off from being crude to really class it up. Determined to prove Roger Ebert wrong when he says that "video games can never be art," the crew mashes together Super Mario Bros. and a stripper pole in a new segment: Getting Down with the Classics.
2010-05-03
Super Street Fighter IV, Jordan Morris (Fuel TV, Maximum Fun), Getting Down with the Classics with Brenna, Top 7 Not-So-Super "Super" Games and Angry Birds. Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich, and David "Gweedz" Guida host another jam-packed episode. Jessica Villarreal checks in from the Street Fighter Fight Club in LA.
2010-05-10
The Video Game, Nier, Alison Haislip & Scott Moore (G4) sit in. Jim Festante, Nikole Zivalich, and David "Gweedz" Guida host tackle two games, two guests, and a Top 7 list featuring a completely naked Olivia Munn.
2010-05-17
Lost Planet 2, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Lost Planet 2 Charity Event w/ Olivia Munn, Nikole's Top 7 Video Game Moms, and memorable boss battles.
2010-05-31
Alan Wake, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption and guest, Alison Haislip.
2010-06-14
The hosts, with the help of G4's Alison Haslip, talk Activision's racing game Blur, E3 2010 predictions, Green Day Rock Band, and the Top 7 Video Game Characters That Go Green.
2010-06-28
G4's Alison Haislip, IGN's Jessica Chobot and theStream's Jessica Villarreal join Jim Festante and Nikole Zivalich to talk about everything they saw at E3 2010.
2010-07-05
Jim Festante and Nikole Zivalich are joined this week by an All-Star cast in celebration of July 4th weekend. Guests include Alison Hailsip (G4TV), Blair Herter (G4TV), Jessica Chobot (IGN.com), and Sam Riegel (Transformers: War for Cybertron).
2010-07-12
Nikole Zivalich and Brian Gramo were joined by the star of The Game of the Week. That's right, Naughty Bear, himself, stopped by.