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  • SyFy
  • Apr 25, 2012
  • SyFy
  • Apr 25, 2012
Total Blackout

Summary Jaleel White hosts the game show where contestants take part in challenges in complete darkness.

  • SyFy
  • Apr 25, 2012
  • SyFy
  • Apr 25, 2012
Total Blackout
Season 1
Season Premiere: Apr 25, 2012
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
8.4
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Summary Jaleel White hosts the game show where contestants take part in challenges in complete darkness.

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 25, 2012 • 21 m
Entering the Darkness
Episode 2 • Apr 25, 2012 • 22 m
2 Heads Are Blinder Than 1
In this special episode, couples will compete through three challenges in the pitch black for a winner-take-all cash prize.
Episode 3 • May 2, 2012 • 21 m
Touch, Sniff & Transfer
Episode 4 • May 2, 2012 • 22 m
Good with Your Hands, Good with Your Nose
Four competitors will be put through the ringer in three challenges testing different skills in the pitch black darkness, including identifying and arranging real-life creatures according to the food chain.
Episode 5 • May 9, 2012 • 22 m
Lick, Limbo, Lather and Repeat
Four teams test their limits through three challenges in pitch darkness for a winner-take-all cash prize!
Episode 6 • May 16, 2012 • 22 m
Buddy System
In another special team's edition episode, contestants will battle one another in spine-chilling games that involve coffins, pitfalls, and poison.
Episode 7 • May 23, 2012 • 21 m
Fear Is Served
In absolute darkness, surviving through three challenges, our contestants must serve dinner to carnivorous creatures, fondle things of all shapes and sizes, and put to rest their harrowing arachnophobia.
Episode 8 • May 30, 2012 • 22 m
Jump Around
Players will need to navigate the dark and avoid an obstruction that's sure to be stimulating, identify bizarre items in a bath, and risk their limbs reaching into some dangerous (and not so dangerous) tanks.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
2 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
25% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
53
50% Positive
2 Reviews
25% Mixed
1 Review
25% Negative
1 Review

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83
Apr 27, 2012
Thought I was going to hate "Total Blackout." Then couldn't help laughing out loud.
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 27, 2012
Nobody will confuse Total Blackout with high-brow fare, certainly, but it's still modestly entertaining.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 27, 2012
While it's fun to see what happens in Total Blackout once, it seems like it will grow old.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
0
Apr 27, 2012
In the annals of all-time worst game shows, this one takes its rightful place alongside ABC's Conveyor Belt of Love, which soiled prime-time back in January 2010.
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings
8.4
80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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