Host · Cold Open
Welcome to CONNECTED! Everything on this stage is connected. The question is, can you see how?
Two rival teams pick from nine categories. In every category I will reveal five clues, one at a time.
Buzz in the moment you know how they are all connected. The earlier you buzz, the more dots you bank.
But guess wrong and the other team can steal.
Your dots go up on the big board, and here is the twist: sandwich your opponent's dots in a row or column and they flip to your color.
And watch your step. Hidden somewhere on that category board are two HOT DOTS and two PIVOTS that can turn this whole game upside down.
When the last category closes, the team with the most dots on the board wins $5,000 and goes on to play for $20,000 in our bonus round called FULLY CONNECTED.
The Cast
Meet the Players
Two rival teams. Each pair seems like the last people who should be partners, but even they have a hidden connection
that makes them the perfect duo. Tap a team to reveal theirs.
The Hidden Plays
Hot Dots & Pivots
The Hot Dot
The Shield
Win one and you get a super dot. It can never be flipped, and every enemy dot touching it instantly joins your team.
The Pivot
The Sword
Solve the category, then one extra clue changes the answer. Get the new answer and you flip every enemy dot in one row or column.
Two of each are hidden on the category board. Nobody knows where they are until somebody picks one.
Want the deeper cut?
The Fine Print
The Board
Your dots go up on the board. Every new dot must touch one already there, and the first dot of the game
always goes in the center. Trap enemy dots between two of yours in a row or column and they switch to
your color. The bigger your lead, the more you can lose. One smart move can flip eight dots at once.
Nobody is ever out of it.
FULLY CONNECTED
The winner's bonus round. Twelve pictures. Four secret groups of three. Two minutes.
Tap three that go together and hit SET. Each group is worth $5,000.
Find all four and you leave FULLY CONNECTED with the full $20,000 on top of your win.
The Show
CONNECTED is a primetime game show built on the most culturally ascendant skill of the decade: pattern recognition.
The casting is the show. The connections are the game. Created by Drew Pokorny.
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CONNECTED
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The Categories
Somewhere on this board: two HOT DOTS and two PIVOTS. You will know when you land on one.
Answer
The Board
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Win a question to put dots here. Trap enemy dots between yours and they switch colors.
The Bonus Round
FULLY CONNECTED
You already banked $5,000 for getting here. Twelve pictures. Four hidden groups of three.
Two minutes. Every group is worth $5,000 more. Find all four and you leave
FULLY CONNECTED with $20,000. Pick a category.
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12 items. 4 hidden groups of 3. Tap three that belong together, then hit SET.
Surprise!
Before we start
Who Gets the Board First?
Host: flip a coin. The winning team takes control and picks the first category. After that, whoever answers right keeps control. Guess wrong and control switches sides.