Fox Brings Back 'Name That Tune'

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Name That Tune is returning to screens with Jane Krakowski hosting a rebooted series for Fox.

Former American Idol judge Randy Jackson is set as band leader for the show, which will premiere on January 6 after The Masked Singer. It comes from Fox Alternative Entertainment, Prestige Entertainment, which owns the rights to the show, and Holey Moley producer Eureka Productions. Janine Cooper, who has overseen The Bachelor and The Masked Singer in Australia, is showrunner.

It joins Beat Shazam, the Name That Tune-esque competition hosted by Jamie Foxx that was renewed for a fourth season, on Fox’s unscripted schedule. Each episode will include two standalone half-hour contests pitting two players against one another 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.

Name That Tune premiered on NBC Radio in 1952. It quickly made the leap to television and aired from 1953-1959 on NBC and CBS. After a 17-year hiatus, the show returned for a syndication run from 1974-1981 and then again in 1984, with Tom Kennedy and then Jim Lange as the host.

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1. Something I'll actually watch Fox for.

I love "Name that Tune"! Do you remember when Ron Ely hosted?

We used to play it in the car with the kids. We also used to play name the tune by listening to the rhythm or we'd tap it out on eachother's backs while we waited in line for something.

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2. Used to love that show.

I tried to watch Beat Shazam but I had never heard of 75% of those tunes. Guess I'm too old for it.