‘Cherries Wild’: Meet host Jason Biggs and the team behind FOX's new game show with a twist
FOX's new primetime game show 'Cherries Wild' has Jason Biggs testing trivia and if you just happen to be a trivia buff, you could win $250,000. The half-an-hour pop culture trivia show is a collaboration between FOX and Pepsi and is the first show ever built fully around a Pepsi product ‘Wild Cherry’ in this case.
With consumers finding new ways to not watch commercials, advertisers are discovering new ways of reaching out. This is not the first collaboration between Pepsi and Fox. The two giants had earlier collaborated on 'Empire' and 'X factor' as well.
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There are two rounds of pop culture in 'Cherries Wild' in which contestants will try and 'Solve the Slots' in the hope to get a step closer to winning the $250,000 jackpot. At the end of each episode, contestants spin the reels on an enormous slot machine in an attempt to capture all five wild cherries and thereby win the grand prize. A mobile app has also been launched to offer viewers a more immersive experience in the game and allow them to participate for prizes as well.
So if you're in the mood for some trivia then why not start with some on the host and the creators of 'Cherries Wild'? Let's meet the team.
Jason Biggs turns trivia master on 'Cherries Wild'
We all know Jason perhaps best from when he played Jim Levenstein in the 'American Pie' franchise. We then got to see a slightly different shade to Jason in his turn as Larry Bloom on 'Orange is the New Black.'
He has also starred in 'Boys and Girls', 'Loser', 'Saving Silverman', 'Anything Else', 'Jersey Girl', 'Eight Below', 'Over Her Dead Body', and 'My Best Friend's Girl'. Biggs interestingly got his big break in the soap opera 'As the World Turns, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1995.
Jason Biggs is quite the acting veteran as he began acting at the age of five in several commercials. Biggs also worked with FOX earlier in 'Outmatched'; the show was canceled after one season. Let's hope this outing with FOX fares better for Biggs.
'Cherries Wild' is created by Wes Kauble, creator of shows such as 'Beat Shazam' and 'Supermarket Sweep'. The show is is produced by Fox Alternative entertainment.
'Cherries Wild' will premiere on February 14 on FOX at 7.00 pm ET/PT on Hulu as well as streaming platform Tubi.