WACK

Season 1

1	Jul-29-2002	Episode 1

WACK-INESS IS THE NAME OF THE GAME: 
NICKELODEON’S WILD & CRAZY KIDS PREMIERES AS WEEKLY SUMMER SERIES, MONDAY, JULY 29

ACTION-PACKED ALL-NEW WACK IS BACK FOR THE MILLENNIUM SERVING UP FUNNY, FANTASTICAL GAMES WITH KIDS IN TEAM COMPETITION

Celebrity Co-hosts Include Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara (The Spy Kids); Jeffrey Licon and Alvin Alvarez (The Brothers Garcia); Lisa Foiles, Giovanni Samuels, and Kyle Sullivan (All That) and Olympic Champions Bode Miller, Vonetta Flowers and Hannah Hardaway 

Santa Monica, Calif. — July 1, 2002 — Fear not: The fun factor is what fuels teams to compete in the wacky, action-packed games on Nickelodeon’s Wild & Crazy Kids, a 10-week summer series with a dash of derring-do and mega-doses of laughter and sportsmanship, currently in production in Los Angeles. WACK premieres in primetime Monday, July 29 (8:30 p.m. ET/PT) and airs on subsequent Mondays at 6 p.m. (ET/PT). Additional telecasts will air Sundays (3:30 p.m. ET/PT) in Nickelodeon’s GAS block.

Among kid celebrity co-hosts slated to join WACK host Mati Moralejo (GAS, TEENick Summer Concert Series) are The Spy Kids’ Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara, The Brothers Garcia’s Jeffrey Licon and Alvin Alvarez and All That’s Giovanni Samuels, Lisa Foiles and Kyle Sullivan. Sports star co-hosts include Olympic Gold Medallist skier Bode Miller (Sports Illustrated and GQ’s Sexiest Athlete of the Year), Olympic Gold Medallist bobsledder Vonetta Flowers and Olympic number-one U.S. free-style mogul skier Hannah Hardaway.

"This series blazed trails as a reality game show when it aired for several seasons in the early ‘90s (1990-92)," says Marjorie Cohn, Senior Vice-President, Production, Nickelodeon. "Kids loved it because it was a game like no other, combining different sports, fantasy and mess in the ultimate playground. Now, WACK is back for the new millennium and even more extreme with the likes of the bicycle ketchup/mustard joust, laser ghost tag, bumper car soccer and water flume basketball."

Each week, two 15 to 20-member teams of real kids go head-to-head in the incomparable hybrid sports. Additional games include a go-cart race with kids and blindfolded moms, slam-dunk skateboarding, human foozeball, bungee baseball/paintball sharpshooters and bumper boat piñata smashing bingo. Each week features three games pegged to a specific venue and theme: WACK on the Farm, Haunted House WACK, Extreme WACK, WACK at the Water Park, WACK at the Beach, WACK at the Firehouse, WACK at the Junkyard, WACK Behind the Wheel and WACK and Their Dogs. Kid team captains will provide commentary on the exciting events. 

Executive producer is Woody Fraser (TNN’s Ultimate Revenge), who brought Nickelodeon the original Wild and Crazy Kids series a decade ago, and co-executive producer is Marc Summers (host of Nickelodeon’s Double Dare and The History Channel’s History IQ).