Total Blackout: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

SyFy | Season Premiere Date: April 25, 2012

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

Creator: Henrik Nielsen

Genre(s): Reality, Game Show

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Jump Around
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S1:E7. Fear is Served
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S1:E6. Buddy System
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Diane Werts

Apr 27, 2012

Thought I was going to hate "Total Blackout." Then couldn't help laughing out loud. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Apr 27, 2012

Nobody will confuse Total Blackout with high-brow fare, certainly, but it's still modestly entertaining. Read full review

Rob Owen

Apr 27, 2012

While it's fun to see what happens in Total Blackout once, it seems like it will grow old. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

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. Read full review

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mrmonster

Jun 7, 2012

Although it is not as good or as intense as Fear Factor, it is several times funnier. Total Blackout does not have the intensity or the rush as Fear Factor, but you will be laughing until your lungs start to hurt. Trust me, nothing is funnier then watching grown men jump when they touch theAlthough it is not as good or as intense as Fear Factor, it is several times funnier. Total Blackout does not have the intensity or the rush as Fear Factor, but you will be laughing until your lungs start to hurt. Trust me, nothing is funnier then watching grown men jump when they touch the decapitated head of a child's toy.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 30, 2012
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 25, 2012
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  S1:E8. Jump Around
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  S1:E7. Fear is Served
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  S1:E6. Buddy System
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  S1:E5. Lick, Limbo, Lather and Repeat
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  S1:E4. Good with your Hands
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  S1:E3. Touch, Sniff & Transfer
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  S1:E2. 2 Heads Are Blinder Than 1
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  S1:E1. Entering the Darkness
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