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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce revealed the air date for his new game show.
Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, a revamped version of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, will stream on Prime Video beginning October 16, according to a joint Instagram post shared by Kelce, Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios.
"Sharpen your pencils. ‘Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?’, hosted by Travis Kelce, arrives October 16," the caption states.
Kelce, 34, was officially announced as the host of the upcoming Prime Video gameshow, Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?, on April 16.
"The man with the answers. Travis Kelce will host ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A CELEBRITY? Coming soon to Prime Video," Prime Video wrote on its X account, along with a photo of Kelce.
The confirmation came nearly a full month after reports that Kelce was in talks to host a "celebrity-focused" reboot of the game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? for the streaming platform, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to Variety.com on March 19.
Kelce, a three-time Super Bowl champion and one of the NFL's all-time greatest tight ends, has emerged as arguably the biggest star in the league over the past year, having hosted Saturday Night Live last March and been featured in numerous commercials throughout the football season prior to his heavily publicized relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift. Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? ran on FOX with host Jeff Foxworthy for three consecutive seasons beginning in 2007 and later returned for a fourth season in 2015, while a newer version for Nickelodeon was hosted by wrestling legend turned actor John Cena in 2019.
Several other NFL stars have hosted game show reboots including Pro Football Hall of Famers Michael Strahan on the modern version of $100,000 Pyramid for ABC and Peyton Manning on College Bowl for NBC and Peacock.
Kelce, who is set to return for his 12th NFL season, is in the third year of a four-year, $57.25 million contract, which makes him the fourth-highest-paid tight end in the NFL, according to USA TODAY.
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