Showoffs (U.S. Syndicated Game Show)

Showoffs is an American game show which ran on ABC from June 30 to December 26, 1975. Bobby Van was host, with Gene Woodas announcer. The Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production involved two teams competing in a game of charades. On June 10, 2016, Ebony/Jet Entertainment announced plans for the revival of the game show, using the original format that the show used before revamping the series midway through the show's run. Terrence J (who hosted 106 & Park on BET from 2006-12) is the host.

Gameplay
Two teams (the red and blue) of three players (consisting of two celebrities and one contestant, with each member wearing a sweater of the corresponding team color) competed. One team was isolated while two members of the other team acted out a series of words to their partner for sixty seconds. The actors could alternate in acting, and the guessing partner could pass on a word if he got stuck, but the team could do that only once per game. When time ran out, the isolated team returned to the stage, and acted out the same words as the first team. The team that guessed the most words in two minutes (60 seconds per team) won the round. The first team to win two rounds won the game.

If the game ended in a tie, then a tie-breaker round was played in which both teams had 30 seconds to act out three words. The team doing that in the fastest time won, and the contestant on the winning team won a $1,000 prize package plus a chance to play the bonus round.

Payoff Round
All four celebrities alternated turns acting out a series of words for the winning contestant to guess during the next 60 seconds, with each correct answer worth $1. When time ran out, one celebrity chosen by the contestant had 30 seconds to act out three words.

Each word added a zero to the winning player's round one winnings - guessing one word correctly was worth 10 times the money, two words 100 times, and all three 1,000 times the money earned in the first phase. More than $10,000 can be won.