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Name That Tune

Name That Tune

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  • Premiered: 
    January 6, 2021
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  • Network: Fox
  • Category: Series
  • Genre: Game Show & Contest
  • Type: Live Action
  • Concept: 
    Updated version of $100,000 Name That Tune 
  • Subject Matter: Quiz
  • Tags: music

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Plot Synopsis

Hosted by Jane Krakowski, with band leader Randy Jackson, NAME THAT TUNE is a one-hour game show tests contestants' music knowledge, as they battle it out in an assortment of challenging musical games for cash and prizes. Each one-hour episode is comprised of two stand-alone half-hour contests, each pitting two players against each other as they race against the clock to test their knowledge of songs, performed by the live band. Each contest features a rotating variety of games from the original format, before the iconic Bid-a-Note round. The player with the most money at the end of Bid-a-Note wins the game and takes his or her bank into the Golden Medley bonus round, for a chance to win additional cash and potentially the $100,000 grand prize.

The sophomore season of NAME THAT TUNE premiered on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT on FOX, with host Jane Krakowski and band leader Randy Jackson returning for a new season. The season premiere episode features TV personality/actress/singer Kelly Osbourne, playing for the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai vs. singer/songwriter/actress JoJo, playing for The Hole in the Wall Gang; and former NFL star/Super Bowl champ/actor Vernon Davis, playing for the Vernon Davis Foundation vs. former NFL star/Super Bowl champ Victor Cruz, playing for the Victor Cruz Foundation. Additional celebrity matchups in Season 2 include: Jodie Sweetin (playing for The Scleroderma Research Foundation) vs. Actor Frankie Muniz (State Forty Eight Foundation); Jennie Garth (Equus Foundation) vs. Ian Ziering (The Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation); Shaggy (Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation) vs. Kim Fields (Back On My Feet); Tituss Burgess (Broadway Dreams) vs. Mel B., (Women's Aid); Cassadee Pope (Creative Waves Foundation) vs. Jana Kramer (Safe Horizon); Laurie Hernandez (Alzheimer's Association and OneMind.org) vs. Nastia Liukin (Special Olympics).

Season 3 of NAME THAT TUNE premiered on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 8pm ET/PT on FOX. Host Jane Krakowski and band leader Randy Jackson both return for the new season, which features challenging games that test the musical knowledge of athletes, musicians, actors, TV personalities, comedians and Olympians -- all playing for their favorite charities. Each one-hour episode is comprised of two stand-alone half-hour contests, each pitting two players against each other. In the season opener, "The Main Event For Big Gold," professional wrestler Chris Jericho, playing for Juvenile Diabetes Research vs. Olympic medalist Adam Rippon, playing for Pups Without Borders; and singer/choreographer/YouTuber Todrick Hall, playing for Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids vs. Naismith basketball Hall of Famer and three-time Olympic gold medalist Sheryl Swoopes, playing for Back To Our Roots. Additional Season 3 matchups include: Craig Ferguson (Los Angeles National Food Bank) vs. Jack McBrayer (Make A Wish Foundation); Tisha Campbell (We Win Foundation) vs. Elizabeth Berkley Lauren (BABY2BABY and the Best Friends Animal Society); Tyron Woodley (The Good Fight Foundation) vs. Tiki Barber (ALICE by The United Way of Northern New Jersey); Johnny Weir (Kyiv School of Economics - Humanitarian Aid Campaign for Ukraine) vs. Tara Lipinski (Amy Selkirk Breast Cancer Research Fund); Jordin Sparks (The Forge for Families) vs. Clay Aiken (National Inclusion Project); Amber Riley (Black Women Lead) vs. Chris Colfer (Make A Wish Foundation); Andy Richter (Los Angeles Regional Food Bank) vs. Holly Robinson Peete (HollyRod Foundation); Michael Ian Black (Mark Twain Library) vs. Melissa Peterman (Diane DiSalvatore Nursing Scholarship Fund at St Catherine's University); and more. After a 7.5-month break, NAME THAT TUNE returned with new episodes on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 8pm ET/PT on FOX, with host Jane Krakowski and band leader Randy Jackson. In the mid-season debut, "Spice Up the Tunes," Singer/Songwriter and Media Singer/Songwriter and Media Personality Melanie C., playing for Support and Feed takes on Actor/Singer/Songwriter Darren Criss, playing for Planned Parenthood and World Champion Hurdler and Bobsledder Lolo Jones, playing for the Lolo Jones Foundation takes on TV Personality/Actor/Designer Carson Kressley playing for Kempton Community Center.
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On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 8pm ET/PT, FOX premiered "Pharaohs and Idols," the Season 4 finale of NAME THAT TUNE, featuring:

- Comedian/Actor/Impressionist Jay Pharoah, playing for Pharoah Phamily Phoundation vs. Comedian/Actress Nicole Byer, playing for The Loveland Foundation

- Television Personality Teresa Giudice, playing for Autism Science Foundation vs. Singer David Archuleta, playing for The Trevor Project.

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Production & Distribution

  • Produced by Fox Alternative Entertainment (FAE)
  • Produced by Prestige Entertainment
  • Produced by Eureka