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{{About|the game show|the 2016 made-for-cable movie|Legends of the Hidden Temple (film)}} | ||
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| image = Legends of the Hidden Temple logo.png | |||
| runtime = 30 minutes (incl. commercials) | |||
| genre = ] | |||
| creator = David G. Stanley<br />Scott A. Stone<br />Stephen Brown | |||
| creator = {{Plainlist| | |||
| starring = ] as host<ref name="eotvgs" /><br />] as announcer<ref name="eotvgs" /> | |||
* David G. Stanley | |||
| country = {{USA}} | |||
* Scott A. Stone | |||
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* ] | |||
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| last_aired = ]<ref name="finale-note">While ''Legends'' has been on air essentially since its premiere, no new episodes were produced after 1995. Furthermore, since reruns and first-run episodes were often mixed together, it is unclear when the last first-run episode aired. However, studio master evidence shows that new episodes were airing at least through July 1995.</ref> | |||
| director = {{Plainlist| | |||
| num_episodes = 120<ref name="nl-epguide"></ref> | |||
* Charles Ciup (Nickelodeon, season 1) | |||
| imdb_id = 0310482 | |||
* ] (Nickelodeon, seasons 2–3) | |||
| tv_com_id = 13223 | |||
* ] (The CW) | |||
}} | |||
| producer = {{Plainlist| | |||
* David M. Greenfield (1995) | |||
* Brennan Huntington (1995) | |||
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| starring = {{Plainlist| | |||
* Kirk Fogg | |||
* ] | |||
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| voices = ] | |||
| composer = {{Plainlist| | |||
* David G. Stanley & Scott A. Stone (credited on-air as "The Music Machine") (1993–95) | |||
* ] & Craig Stuart Garfinkle (2021–22) | |||
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| country = United States | |||
| language = English | |||
| num_seasons = {{Plainlist| | |||
* 3 (Nickelodeon) | |||
* 1 (The CW) | |||
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| num_episodes = {{Plainlist| | |||
* 120 (Nickelodeon)<ref name="brooks-marsh">{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present|publisher=Random House|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}}</ref> | |||
* 13 (The CW) | |||
}} | |||
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist| | |||
* David G. Stanley (1993–95) | |||
* Scott A. Stone | |||
* Marcus J. Fox (2021–22) | |||
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* ], ] (1993–95) | |||
* ]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|title=Olmec gets a makeover: An inside look at new, 'more authentic' Legends of the Hidden Temple set|url=https://ew.com/tv/legends-of-the-temple-inside-look/|magazine=]|date=October 10, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> (2021–22) | |||
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| runtime = {{Plainlist| | |||
* 22–24 minutes (Nickelodeon) | |||
* 42 minutes (The CW) | |||
}} | |||
| company = {{Plainlist| | |||
* Stone Stanley Productions (1993–95) | |||
* ] | |||
* Stone & Company Entertainment (2021–22) | |||
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| network = ]<ref name="eotvgs" /> | |||
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1993|09|11}}<ref name="eotvgs" /> | |||
| last_aired = {{End date|1995|11|24}}<ref name="brooks-marsh" /> | |||
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2021|10|10}} | |||
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2022|01|23}} | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Legends of the Hidden Temple''''' was a physical challenge ] for ]ren hosted by ]<ref name="eotvgs">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Schwartz |first=David |author= |authorlink= |coauthors=Steve Ryan, and Fred Wostbrock |editor= |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows |title=Legends of the Hidden Temple |url= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition=3rd edition |date= |year=1999 |month= |publisher=Facts on File |volume= |location= |id=ISBN 0-8160-3847-3 |doi= |pages=124 |quote= }} | |||
</ref> that aired on ]<ref name="eotvgs">.</ref> from ] to ]. The show was produced by Nickelodeon in association with ]. Each episode featured six teams of two children (one boy and one girl) competing for prizes.<ref name="eotvgs">.</ref> The show incorporated physical stunts, as well as questions based on topics related to ], ], and ]. The series won a ] award for Game Show Special or Series <ref name="imdb-awards"></ref><ref name="eotvgs-awards">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Schwartz |first=David |author= |authorlink= |coauthors=Steve Ryan, and Fred Wostbrock |editor= |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows |title=Appendix E: Game Show Award Winners and Nominees |url= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition=3rd edition |date= |year=1999 |month= |publisher=Facts on File |volume= |location= |id=ISBN 0-8160-3847-3 |doi= |pages=305 |quote= }}</ref>. | |||
'''''Legends of the Hidden Temple''''' is an American action-adventure<ref name="arneberg">{{Cite news|last=Arneberg|first=Marianne|date=October 4, 1993|title=Programmers Dive into Kids Shows: Programs Involving Children Hottest New Trend in Television|work=Orlando Sentinel|page=12|quote='We wanted to do an action-adventure game show – sort of like a live video game for television,' said Scott Stone}}</ref> television ] that broadcast from 1993 to 1995<ref name="brooks-marsh" /> on ]. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone, and ], the program features a fictitious temple, "filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards."<ref name="lotht-catherine" /> Kirk Fogg is the show's host,<ref name="eotvgs">{{Cite encyclopedia|year=1999|title=Legends of the Hidden Temple|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows|publisher=Facts on File|edition=3rd|pages=124|isbn=0-8160-3847-3|last1=Schwartz|first1=David|last2=Ryan|first2=Steve|last3=Wostbrock|first3=Fred}}</ref> while ] is both announcer and voice of a stone head named ] who "knows the secrets behind each of the treasures in his temple."<ref name="lotht-catherine" /> Six teams (Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, Silver Snakes) of two children (one boy and one girl) compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. Contestants trying out had to compete in several physical tasks, including rope climbing and running, as well as a written test. The majority of the contestants were picked from the surrounding ], area.<ref name="flood">{{Cite news|last=Flood|first=Pat|date=August 25, 1994|title=Teen's Team Wins Big on TV|work=Orlando Sentinel|page=12B|quote=During her April tryout, Tabitha, 13, had to take a written test, run, climb a rope and do pull-ups, she said.}}</ref> | |||
==Broadcast history== | |||
''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' began airing on Nickelodeon in 1993. The show aired interspersed first-run and rerun episodes until 1995, when all the episodes were reruns. In the late 1990s, the show disappeared from Nickelodeon. However, in 1999, the show once again began airing reruns on ], which continues to this day. In May ], the show appeared back on ] every weekday morning; however it was unexpectedly taken off the schedule the next month.<ref name="nl-updates"></ref> On ], ], Nick GAS was slated to leave the digital cable channel lineup and was intended to become an online-only service on ].<ref name="mtv-splits-noggin">{{cite web| url=http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/va/20070813/118706681900.html| title=MTV Networks splits Noggin, the N channels| publisher=Yahoo!| accessdate=2007-08-13}}</ref> | |||
A revival with adult contestants aired for a single season from October 2021 to January 2022 on ]. | |||
==Theming and premise== | |||
The set design resembled various Ancient ]n iconographies, especially ] and to some extent ]. It included areas for different types of physical challenges: a large pool of water (The ]), a set of steps (The Steps of Knowledge), and a large, two-floor vertical ] (The Hidden Temple) at the back of the stage. At the labyrinth's gate was a giant animatronic talking ] head simply named Olmec (voiced by ]). Every episode had a theme: a particular legend was picked (written), regarding a certain ] from around the world that found its way to the Temple (a ] of the actual artifact, if such an artifact existed in real life), and the winning team had to retrieve it. Some artifacts included "]'s Headdress," "The Walking Stick of ]," "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of ]," and the "Broken Wing of ]." The physical challenges would then be loosely themed after the legend. | |||
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==Production== | ||
''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' was produced by Stone Stanley Productions in association with Nickelodeon and was taped at ] at ] in ]. In 1995, ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' won a ] award for Best Game Show Special or Series.<ref name="imdb-awards">{{Cite web|title="Legends of the Hidden Temple" (1993) – Awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310482/awards|access-date=May 13, 2008|website=Internet Movie Database}}</ref><ref name="eotvgs-awards">{{Cite encyclopedia|year=1999|title=Appendix E: Game Show Award Winners and Nominees|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows|publisher=Facts on File|edition=3rd|pages=305|isbn=0-8160-3847-3|last1=Schwartz|first1=David|last2=Ryan|first2=Steve|last3=Wostbrock|first3=Fred}}</ref> | |||
===Teams=== | |||
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''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' began airing on Nickelodeon on September 11, 1993.<ref name="donion">{{Cite news|last=Donion|first=Brian|date=September 2, 1993|title=More to Feed Appetite for TV: Newcomers on Cable Channels|work=USA Today|page=03.D|quote=Legends of the Hidden Temple, a game show that send kids searching for historic artifacts, premieres Sept. 11.}}</ref> The show originally aired on weekends at 6:30 p.m. In that time slot, it increased the Nielsen rating from 1.5 to 2.<ref name="variety">{{Cite web|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=February 17, 1994|title=Stone Stanley Inks for Firstrun with Nick, ESPN|url=https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/stone-stanley-inks-for-firstrun-with-nick-espn-118415/|access-date=November 13, 2008|website=Variety}}</ref> Due to this success, the show began airing weekdays at 5:30 p.m. starting the week of February 14, 1994.<ref name="variety" /> The show was renewed for a forty-episode second season in February 1994.<ref name="variety" /> Auditions for new episodes took place on February 26 and 27, and production occurred from March 27 through April 17.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 25, 1994|title=Kids Can Audition for Nick Show|work=Orlando Sentinel|page=A2|quote=Auditions will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida . . .The show will be in production at Universal March 27 through April 17.}}</ref> Second-season episodes began airing June 6 of that year.<ref name="wp-2nd-season">{{Cite news|last=Zad|first=Martie|date=June 5, 1994|title=TBS Series Tells of Women's Century of Effort and Gains|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=y.04|quote=At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nickelodeon launches the second season of the popular 'Legends of the Hidden Temple,' a weekday action-adventure game show that challenges mind and body.}}</ref> A forty-episode third and final season was produced from February 17 to March 12, 1995,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Defunctland|title=DefunctTV: The History of Legends of the Hidden Temple|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-WKYA89Ig|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/US-WKYA89Ig|archive-date=2021-12-22|access-date=September 13, 2020|website=YouTube|date=July 17, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and began airing on July 3 of that year. The show was originally conceived under the title ''Secrets of the Haunted House'' where monsters would jump out and frighten contestants while they try to complete challenges within the haunted house.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Legends Of The Hidden Temple producer Scott Stone reveals the secrets of Olmec|url=https://www.avclub.com/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-producer-scott-stone-revea-1798254851|website=]|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In each game, six teams of two members each competed in three rounds to get to the temple. Each team was designated a color and an animal, indicated on their uniform shirts:<ref name="nl-sf"></ref> | |||
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In 1996, the ''Orlando Business Journal'' reported that Nickelodeon was considering renewing ''Legends'' for a fourth season, but according to Scott Fishman, then vice president of production services at Nickelodeon, renewal was "not a sure bet" because Nickelodeon was considering three new game show pilots taped in Orlando. Production for the fourth season was stopped midyear before it could be released, canceling the season.<ref name="barth">{{Cite news|last=Barth|first=Cindy|date=February 23, 1996|title=New GM to Keep Nick 'On Course'|work=Orlando Business Journal|page=1|quote=Game shows ''Global GUTS'' and ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' are not sure bets, Fishman says, because the network is looking at three new game show pilots just out of production at the Orlando facility that may replace the older shows.}}</ref><ref name="greenbaum">{{Cite news|last=Greenbaum|first=Kurt|date=April 21, 1996|title=On Dads, Pigs, Cars, and Being Bored at 4|work=Sun Sentinel|page=31|quote=Apparently, Nickelodeon has canceled one of her favorite shows, Legends of the Hidden Temple. She wanted to know why. So we logged onto America Online, scooted into Nick's site and posed the question.}}</ref> | |||
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The set design of ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' was based on the '']'' movies,<ref name="katz">{{Cite news|last=Katz|first=Frances|date=April 9, 1995|title=Secrets of the 'Temple': Behind the scenes at Nickelodeon's hit game show|work=Boston Herald|pages=12|quote='Kids love this show,' says co-producer Brendan Huntington, citing the combination of athletic skill and brainpower and the Indiana Jones-type setting as being particularly popular with kids aged 11–14 . . . 'We want the kids to feel like they really are right inside an "Indiana Jones" movie duking it out to the end,' says producer David Greenfield.}}</ref> and Marianne Arneberg of the '']'' described the program as "a combination of '']'' and '']''."<ref name="arneberg" /> The set design has been described as ].<ref name="katz2">Katz. "Much more threatening this season will be the timed chase through the Mayan ruins"</ref><ref name="scarberry">{{Cite news|last=Scarberry|first=Pat|date=September 19, 1993|title=Classmates to Make Nickelodeon Debut|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=11|quote= encourages kids to use both mental and physical capabilities as they trek through a Mayan ruin searching for legendary artifacts.}}</ref> It included areas for different types of physical challenges: a broad but shallow<ref>Katz. "'We still have the occasional kid fall into the moat because it looks like fun,' Huntington says. 'But the water's not that deep.'"</ref> pool of water (the moat), a set of steps (the Steps of Knowledge), and a large, two-and-a-half-floor<ref>"Kids Can Audition for Nick Show." "kids scramble through a 13-room, 2½ -story Mayan temple"</ref> vertical ] (the "hidden temple"). At the temple's gate was a talking ] simply named Olmec (voiced by ]). Olmec narrated the stories told in the steps of knowledge and temple game challenges (although in the first season, Fogg narrated the temple game challenges). Each episode centered on a particular legend regarding an ] (real or fictional) from around the world that found its way to the temple. Some artifacts included "]'s Headdress", "The Electrified Key of ]", "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of ]", and "The Broken Wing of ]." Olmec also serves as the basis for the logo. In addition to providing an artifact, the legend also was important to other aspects of the show: the Steps of Knowledge used questions based on the historical legend, and the theme of the temple games was also loosely based on the legend.<ref>Arneberg. "The 40 episodes of Legends 'are all story driven' — the stunts are themed around a specific legend, as are questions contestants must answer during a segment of the show, Stone said."</ref> | |||
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In each episode, six teams of two contestants began a three-round competition to determine which team earned the right to enter the temple. Each team was identified with a color and an animal, indicated on their uniform shirts: the Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, and Silver Snakes.<ref name="lotht-catherine">Stone-Stanley Productions. "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great." ''Legends of the Hidden Temple.'' Starring Kirk Fogg and Dee Bradley Baker as Olmec. 1995</ref> | |||
===Round 1: The Moat=== | ===Round 1: The Moat=== | ||
In the first round of the show, the six teams attempted to cross a narrow swimming pool known as "the moat" in a prescribed manner. For example, in one episode, teams were required to swing out to a rope net in the middle of the moat, climb it, and then swim to the other side.<ref name="lotht-catherine" /> All six teams attempted to get both members across according to the rules and push a button on a pedestal to ring a gong. The first four teams to cross the moat and ring their gongs advanced to the second round. | |||
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The first round of the show involved a stunt where the six teams had to get across a narrow ] known as the "moat". Some of the commonly used methods included ]s, ]s, and ]s. All six teams attempted to get both members across according to the rules and push a button, thus setting off the team's "]".<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> Typically, if a team member fell in the water, that partner (or occasionally both teammates) would have to go back and try again until they could get across.<ref name="raw-ats"></ref> The first four teams to hit their gongs advanced to the second round.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> | |||
===Round 2: The Steps of Knowledge=== | ===Round 2: The Steps of Knowledge=== | ||
The four remaining teams stood on the topmost of the four levels of the Steps of Knowledge. Olmec began the round by telling the remaining teams the episode's legend of the featured artifact, which became the theme for the remainder of the episode. The legend centered on an artifact that the winning team searched for in the final round. At the end of the legend, Olmec told the teams the room in which the artifact could be found. After finishing, he asked the teams a series of questions to test their memory. Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers. A team attempting to answer signaled by stomping on a ] on their step, causing the front of the step to illuminate (if Olmec was still in the middle of asking a question, he stopped talking immediately). A team who answered correctly moved down to the next level. If a team answered incorrectly or ran out of time (three seconds after being called upon<ref name="3-seconds">Fogg's explanation before the round in "John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine"</ref>), the other teams were given a chance to answer. The first two teams to answer three questions correctly and thereby reach the bottom level advanced to the next round. | |||
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Olmec begun the Steps of Knowledge by telling the remaining teams the episode's legend.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> After finishing, he asked the teams a series of questions to test their memories.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> A team that knew the answer buzzed in by stomping on the button on their step.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> (If Olmec was still in the middle of asking the question, he would stop talking immediately.<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref>) Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> If the team answered correctly, they moved down to the next level.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> If a team answered incorrectly or went too long without an answer (three seconds after being called upon<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref>), the other teams would have a chance to answer.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> A question would be replaced if two of its three choices were eliminated by incorrect answers.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> The first two teams to step down to the bottom level by answering a total of three questions correctly moved on to the next round.<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref> | |||
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===Round 3: The Temple Games=== | ===Round 3: The Temple Games=== | ||
The |
The temple games featured the two remaining teams competing in three physical challenges to earn Pendants of Life which the winning team used in the final round. Several types of temple games were featured, with the episode's legend serving as a theme for each. Most temple games lasted for a maximum of 60 seconds but some were untimed. After each challenge, the winning team received some portion of a protective Pendant of Life. The first two challenges, pitting single members from each team against one another, were worth one-half of a pendant, while the final challenge, involving both contestants on both teams, was worth a full pendant. If a temple game ended in a tie, both teams received the pendant value of that game. | ||
The team that earned the most pendants by the end of three temple games won the right to enter the temple. If the two teams earned the same number of pendants after the three temple games, the teams played a tiebreaker to determine who advanced to the temple. The teams stood behind a tiebreaker pedestal, and Fogg (since Season 2, Olmec) asked a tiebreaker question to determine the winner. The first team to hit the buzzer on top of their gong was given the chance to answer the question. A correct answer allowed the team to go to the temple. Originally, a team that buzzed in and gave an incorrect answer or ran out of time automatically lost, allowing the other team to advance to the temple by default. However, in Seasons 2 and 3, the other team was required to answer the question correctly to go to the temple. | |||
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===Final Round: The Temple Run=== | ||
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In the final round, |
In the final round, the winning team took the Pendants of Life, the contestants earned into the temple, and attempted to retrieve the episode's artifact and bring it back out of the temple within a three-minute time limit. The team designated one member to enter the temple first; that team member carried one of the team's full pendants. The other team member held the remaining pendant, half pendant, or no pendant at all and stood by to enter if the first team member was taken out of the temple by a temple guard. Before starting, Olmec would explain the rooms in the temple and the necessary tasks in each room. During season 1, Fogg asked who would go first and explained about the temple guards and, if necessary, the extra half pendant. Beginning in season 2, Olmec himself explained these things. | ||
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The temple consisted of 12<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref> or 13<ref name="eotvgs">.</ref> rooms, depending on the layout, each connected to adjacent rooms by randomly locked or unlocked doorways.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> The unlocked doors could be opened either by completing a specific task or puzzle within each room, or by simply pressing a button (or actuator).<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> One room in the labyrinth contained the themed artifact;<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref> three specific rooms other than the artifact room held Temple Guards<ref name="raw-ats">.</ref> (spotters in lavish Mayan ] costumes). If the winning team had 1½ pendants, the remaining half-pendant would be somewhere in a room as well.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> However, if the team had only one pendant going into the temple, no extra pendants were hidden.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> Often, doors were locked to require teams to make a more indirect and longer path to the room with the artifact.<ref name="nl-sf">.</ref> | |||
The temple consisted of twelve<ref name="eotvgs" /> rooms, each with a specific theme (e.g., the Throne Room, the King's Storeroom, the Observatory, the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, the Heart Room, etc.). The rooms were connected to adjacent rooms by doorways, although some doors were locked, blocking a contestant's progress into the adjacent room; the pattern of locked and unlocked doors changed from episode to episode depending both on the temple layout and the artifact's location. The unlocked doors were closed at the start of the round, but they could be opened by completing a specific task or puzzle within each room. One room in the temple contained the themed artifact (as stated by Olmec before the Steps of Knowledge round). Three other designated rooms held temple guards (spotters in Lavish Mayan sentinel costumes). If the winning team had exactly {{frac|1|1|2}} pendants, the remaining half pendant was also placed in a room for the contestant with the half pendant to collect to make a full pendant. The extra half pendant, if needed, would either be hanging on the wall near a door or placed inside an object in a room (e.g., hidden inside a pot in the King's Storeroom). If the first player dropped their pendant, the second player could pick it up and either throw it back to their partner or use it if needed. | |||
A contestant who encountered a temple guard was forced to give up a full pendant to continue. However, if the first contestant was caught without a pendant in his or her possession, he or she was taken out of the temple and the second contestant entered. In either case, the temple guard who captured the contestant was out of play and did not appear again in the room where the first contestant was captured. When the second contestant entered, any doors that the first contestant opened remained open. If the second contestant was caught without a full pendant, the run ended immediately. A player could enter a room with an unencountered temple guard on their way to the artifact and not get caught, usually if the room design makes it so that the guard can only capture the player if within reach (e.g. the Dark Forest is where one of the trees "could be inhabited by the spirit of a temple guard" which was signaled if the tree grabbed the player, but the player had to be within reach to trigger the tree). | |||
The team had three minutes to |
The team had three minutes to retrieve the artifact and leave the temple with it. If either contestant grabbed the artifact, all remaining temple guards vanished and all locked doors in the temple instantly opened, allowing the contestant to escape unhindered. For entering the temple, the team automatically won a prize. If a team member picked up the artifact, the team won a more expensive prize as well. A team that retrieved the artifact and exited the temple with it before time ran out earned the grand prize and the other two prizes. Starting with season 2, the temple had an actual gate that Olmec would lower before the round started. | ||
===2021 revival=== | |||
The basic format remained the same as the Nickelodeon show, with the following changes: | |||
* Each episode lasts a full hour rather than a half-hour. | |||
* Each episode features four teams of adults, with same-gender teams allowed. | |||
* ] occur during the first three rounds. | |||
* The first three teams to cross the moat advance to the Steps of Knowledge. | |||
* The episode's featured legend is now told more extensively in separate parts before each round, instead of just before the Steps of Knowledge. | |||
* There are two temple games, each played for a full pendant, and with both teammates playing. The two teams compete head-to-head in one game, while the other is a timed challenge, with the winner of the Steps of Knowledge having the choice of which team goes first. If the teams split the first two games, Olmec asks a single tiebreaker question for the final pendant. | |||
* Olmec reveals the location of the artifact before the Temple Run instead of the Steps of Knowledge. | |||
* The temple consists of 11 rooms instead of 12, and the rooms are much larger than the original. | |||
* Temple guards often appear after the contestant finishes the room's objective, instead of right when the player enters the room. | |||
* Teams have four minutes rather than three minutes to complete the Temple Run in a redesigned temple. The winning team receives $2,500 just for entering the temple, which is increased to $10,000 if they reach the artifact, and to $25,000 if they exit the temple before time expires. | |||
==Reception== | |||
Writing for '']'', A.J. Jacobs listed ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' among a series of imitators of '']'', describing the concept as "''Gladiators'' meets '']''."<ref name="jacobs">{{Cite magazine|last=Jacobs|first=A. J.|date=February 17, 1995|title='American Gladiators': Knockoffs' Battle of the Flexes|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/02/17/american-gladiators/|access-date=December 6, 2021|magazine=]}}</ref> Jacobs criticized the "Steps of Knowledge" round as filler, but concluded that "kids'll praise it to the moon."<ref name="jacobs" /> ''Legends'' won the award for best game show at the 16th Annual ]s in January 1995. The show also received nominations at the 17th and 18th Annual CableACE Awards in December 1995 and October 1996 but lost to '']'' and '']''.<ref name="eotvgs-awards" /> Feminist author ], a ] professor of media and American studies, praised ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' for being a "nonsexist and nonviolent" show.<ref name="west">{{Cite news|last=West|first=Kay|date=February 28, 1996|title=Mirror, Mirror on the Wall|work=Nashville Banner|page=A.1|quote=On cable television, Douglas believes Nickelodeon is doing the best job of producing programming that presents positive images to young girls, citing Rugrats, Secret World of Alex Mack, Clarissa Explains It All and Legends of the Hidden Temple as generally nonsexist and nonviolent.}}</ref> | |||
==Broadcast history== | |||
New episodes of ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' began airing on Nickelodeon on September 11, 1993, and continued to air until 1995.<ref name="eotvgs" /><ref name="brooks-marsh" /> Reruns aired on the channel for an additional four years until February 28, 1999, when the program stopped airing on Nickelodeon. However, on March 1, 1999, the show once again began airing in reruns on ] until that network became defunct on New Year's Eve 2007 (2009 on Dish). Outside of its native country, Nickelodeon also included the show in a block of Nickelodeon programming that aired in 1999 on ].<ref name="vijayakar">{{Cite news|last=Vijayakar|first=R. M.|date=October 20, 2000|title=Bombay Film Beat|work=India – West|page=C4}}</ref> In March 2009, '']'' reported that David Stanley acquired the rights to several Stone-Stanley shows which included ''Legends of the Hidden Temple''. The assignment was recorded in the copyright office on May 2, 2008.<ref name="adalian">{{Cite web|last=Adalian|first=Josef|date=March 2009|title=Stanley, Gurin Co. Bring Back 'Shop 'til You Drop'|url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/stanley_gurin_co_bring_back_sh.php|access-date=August 12, 2010|website=TV Week|quote= recently acquired the rights to several Stone Stanley formats in addition to "Shop," among them "Loveline," "Legends of the Hidden Temple" and "Born Lucky."}}</ref><ref name="copyright-office-assignment">{{Cite web|date=May 2, 2008|title=Recorded Document V3564D755|url=http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/doctitles.cgi?V3564D755|publisher=US Copyright Office}}</ref> On October 7, 2011, the show aired on ] as part of its ] block. The show has appeared on TeenNick sporadically since that time.<ref name="mosher">{{Cite web|last=Mosher|first=Chad|date=August 2, 2012|title='90s Nickelodeon Game Shows Air On TeenNick's "'90s Are All That" This Weekend|url=http://buzzerblog.com/2012/08/90s-nick-game-shows-this-weekend/|access-date=August 6, 2012|website=BuzzerBlog}}</ref> As of 2024, the series currently airs on ]. On March 24, 2021, the complete series was added to ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 26, 1997|title=Legends of the Hidden Temple|url=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/legends-of-the-hidden-temple/|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=]}}</ref> | |||
==Television film== | |||
{{main|Legends of the Hidden Temple (film)}} | |||
In March 2016, Nickelodeon announced a ] was in production, with ], Colin Critchley, ], and ] starring in the film. The film was directed by ] and written by Jonny Umansky, Zach Hyatt, and Alex J. Reid. It features elements of the original show, including Olmec, The Steps of Knowledge, and cameos from a green monkey, a red jaguar, and silver snakes, among others.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=March 1, 2016|title=Nickelodeon to Revive 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' as TV Movie (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/nickelodeon-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-hey-arnold-2016-tv-upfront-1201719422/|publisher=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bryant|first=Jacob|date=March 4, 2016|title=TV News Roundup: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Producing HBO Miniseries, 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Reboot Casts Young Star|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-cast-nickelodeon-reboot-colin-critchley-1201725298/|publisher=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bryant|first=Jacob|date=March 8, 2016|title=Nickelodeon's 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Reboot Casts Young Lead|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-cast-nickelodeon-reboot-colin-critchley-1201725298/|publisher=Variety}}</ref> Original host Kirk Fogg returned as a fictionalized version of himself and ] reprises his role as the voice of Olmec while ] portrays Olmec's human form.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 23, 2016|title=Kirk Fogg tapped for what he says is a "surreal" return to Legends Of The Hidden Temple|url=https://www.avclub.com/kirk-fogg-tapped-for-what-he-says-is-a-surreal-return-1798245533|access-date=December 6, 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=712756077566136320|user=MichaelBenyaer|title=It's true. I will be playing #Olmec in @NickelodeonTV #LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple Do I look like him? R U READY TEAMS?|author=Michael Benyaer|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> | |||
==Revival== | |||
On December 16, 2019, it was announced that a revival with adult contestants would premiere in April 2020 on ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jefferson|first=Whitney|date=December 16, 2019|title=Legends Of The Hidden Temple Is Coming Back, And This Time It's For Adults|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-is-coming-back-and-this-time|access-date=2019-12-16|website=BuzzFeed|language=en}}</ref> Although casting for the reboot was announced on March 10, 2020, in a tweet by Quibi,<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1237439098379329537|user=Quibi|title=We saw you. We heard you, #LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple fans.|author=quibi|author-link=Quibi|date=March 10, 2020|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> movement on the production went silent and Quibi was shut down on December 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mullin|first1=Benjamin|last2=Flint|first2=Joe|last3=Farrell|first3=Maureen|date=October 21, 2020|title=Quibi Is Shutting Down as Problems Mount|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-shutting-down-as-problems-mount-11603301946|access-date=October 21, 2020|work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> On May 7, 2021, a new casting call for the show went out to the public,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Now Casting: ADULT TEAMS FOR LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE|url=https://legendscasting.com|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref> contrary to rumors that production was cancelled. On May 11, 2021, the revival was ordered at broadcast network ], which is part-owned by what was then known as ] (now as Paramount), the parent company of Nickelodeon.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|date=May 11, 2021|title=''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' Revival With Adult Players Ordered at The CW|url=https://tvline.com/2021/05/11/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-reboot-adult-contestants-the-cw/|access-date=May 11, 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=May 11, 2021|title='Legends Of The Hidden Temple' Reboot Lands At The CW|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-reboot-the-cw-1234753964/|access-date=May 12, 2021|website=]}}</ref> The show is hosted by ]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rosy Cordero|date=July 14, 2021|title=Cristela Alonzo To Host CW's Reimagining Of ''Legends Of The Hidden Temple''|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/cristela-alonzo-host-cw-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-1234792840/|access-date=July 14, 2021|website=]}}</ref> and premiered on October 10, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pedersen|first=Erik|date=June 15, 2021|title=The CW Fall Premiere Dates: ''Riverdale'', ''The Flash'', ''Batwoman'', ''All American'', ''Walker'', ''Nancy Drew'' & More|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-cw-fall-premiere-dates-riverdale-the-flash-batwoman-all-american-walker-nancy-drew-1234775610/|access-date=June 15, 2021|website=]}}</ref> The basic format—with the moat crossing, Steps of Knowledge, and Temple Games leading to the Temple Run—remains the same.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 8, 2021|title='Legends of the Hidden Temple': What to Know About the Adult Reboot|url=https://www.etonline.com/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-host-cristela-alonzo-breaks-down-adult-reboot-exclusive-173402|access-date=2021-10-10|website=Entertainment Tonight}}</ref> On July 21, 2021, it was announced that Baker would reprise his role as Olmec.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alexandra Del Rosario|date=July 21, 2021|title=''Legends Of The Hidden Temple'': Dee Bradley Baker To Return As Olmec's Voice For The CW Reboot|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-dee-bradley-baker-return-olmec-the-cw-reboot-1234797636/|access-date=November 2, 2021|website=]}}</ref> Fogg made guest appearances in four episodes, serving as a mentor in one of the temple rooms.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 3, 2021|title=EXCLUSIVE: Original host Kirk Fogg returns to ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' reboot|url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/exclusive-original-host-kirk-fogg-returns-legends-of-the-hidden-temple-reboot/|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=Attractions Magazine}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite episode|title=The Hindu Legend of Rama|series=Legends of the Hidden Temple ''(2021)''|network=The CW|date=November 7, 2021|season=1|number=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Irish Legend of Cuchulainn|series=Legends of the Hidden Temple ''(2021)''|network=The CW|date=December 12, 2021|season=1|number=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Sumarian Legend of Gilgamesh|series=Legends of the Hidden Temple ''(2021)''|network=The CW|date=January 16, 2022|season=1|number=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode|title=The Aboriginal Australian Legend of the Seven Sisters|series=Legends of the Hidden Temple ''(2021)''|network=The CW|date=January 23, 2022|season=1|number=13}}</ref> Nick Borey and Josh Siniscalco were the only two contestants to appear on the revival that also competed on the original Nickelodeon run in the 1990s as kids.<ref name=":0" /> On June 3, 2022, the revival was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iannucci|first=Rebecca|date=June 3, 2022|title=''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' Reboot Cancelled at The CW After 1 Season|url=https://tvline.com/2022/06/03/legends-of-the-hidden-temple-cancelled-cw-reboot-season-2/|access-date=June 3, 2022|website=]}}</ref> | |||
==Merchandise== | |||
In 2017, ] released a ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' board game. It was only available for about a year, and only sold (firsthand) at ] stores. As of mid-2018, it is no longer available from Target stores or their website.<ref name="pressman">{{Cite web|title=Legends Of The Hidden Temple Board Game|url=http://www.pressmantoy.com/product/hidden-temple/|publisher=Pressman}}</ref> | |||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
{{Main|List of Legends of the Hidden Temple episodes}} | |||
In its three years of production, ''Legends'' produced 120 episodes (40 in each of the three seasons).<ref name="nl-epguide">.</ref> Many historical figures were featured as subjects of legends during the show's run. | |||
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===Season 1 (1993)=== | ||
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{{Main|List of rooms of the Hidden Temple}} | |||
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| 1 || Blackbeard's Treasure Map || ] || January 29, 1994 | |||
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| 2 || The Golden Cup of Belshazzar || ] & ] || December 25, 1993 | |||
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| 3 || Galileo's Cannonball || ] || November 21, 1993 | |||
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| 4 || Wild Bill Hickok and the ] || ] || February 6, 1994 | |||
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| 5 || John Henry's Lost Hammer || ] || February 19, 1994 | |||
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| 6 || The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan || ] & ] || February 26, 1994 | |||
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| 7 || Elizabeth I's Golden Ship || ] & ] || January 8, 1994 | |||
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| 8 || John Sutter and the Map of the Lost Gold Mine || ] || October 31, 1993 | |||
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| 9 || The Star of Sultan Saladin || ] & ] || November 20, 1993 | |||
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| 10 || The Keys to the ] || ] & ] || January 22, 1994 | |||
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| 11 || The Helmet of Genghis Khan || ] & ] || February 27, 1994 | |||
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| 12 || The ] Horseshoe || ] & ] || September 26, 1993 | |||
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| 13 || The Pendent of Kamehameha || ] || October 23, 1993 | |||
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| 14 || The Lost Logbooks of Magellan || ] || January 15, 1994 | |||
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| 15 || The Moccasins of Geronimo || ] || October 16, 1993 | |||
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| 16 || Henry VIII's Great Seal || ] || January 23, 1994 | |||
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| 17 || The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart || ] || October 3, 1993 | |||
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| 18 || Ponce de' Leon and the Lost ] (''Lost Water Bottle'') || ], Pablo & an old Indian guide || February 5, 1994 | |||
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| 19 || The Treasure Map of Jean Lafitte || ] || October 2, 1993 | |||
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| 20 || The Oracle Bowl of ] || ] || December 5, 1993 | |||
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| 21 || The Paintbrush of Leonardo Da Vinci || ] || November 6, 1993 | |||
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| 22 || The Golden Chains of Zenobia || ] || October 17, 1993 | |||
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| 23 || The Belly Button of ] || ] || December 4, 1993 | |||
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| 24 || The Stolen Arm of ] || ] || November 14, 1993 | |||
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| 25 || The Stone Marker of Leif Erikson || ] || October 30, 1993 | |||
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| 26 || The Helmet of Joan of Arc || ] || February 20, 1994 | |||
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| 27 || The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary || ] & ] || November 7, 1993 | |||
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| 28 || The Mask of Shaka Zulu || ] || October 9, 1993 | |||
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| 29 || The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa || ], ] & ] || September 12, 1993 | |||
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| 30 || The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal || ] || January 16, 1994 | |||
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| 31 || Alexander and the ] || ] || December 12, 1993 | |||
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| 32 || ]'s Cobra Staff || ] || October 24, 1993 | |||
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| 33 || The Dragon Lady and the Blue Pearl || ] || January 9, 1994 | |||
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| 34 || The ] of Mata Hari || ] || September 25, 1993 | |||
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| 35 || Pecos Bill's Lost ] || ] || November 13, 1993 | |||
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| 36 || Robin Hood and Marian's Ladder || ], ] & ] || January 30, 1994 | |||
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| 37 || Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress || ] & Gasim || September 11, 1993 | |||
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| 38 || The Collar of Davy Crockett || ] || December 11, 1993 | |||
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| 39 || The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra || ], ] & Esmeralda || December 26, 1993 | |||
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| 40 || The Treasure of Anne Bonny || ] & ] || October 10, 1993 | |||
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===Season 2 (1994)=== | |||
During the three seasons that the show was produced, the temple contained a wide variety of rooms that contestants had to conquer to win the grand prize. | |||
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| 41 || The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy || ] & ] || July 15, 1994 | |||
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| 42 || The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale || ] & ] || August 12, 1994 | |||
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| 43 || The Golden Stallion of Ali Baba || ] || August 24, 1994 | |||
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| 44 || The Silver Cannonball of Grandy Nanny || ] || August 3, 1994 | |||
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| 45 || The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman || ] || August 22, 1994 | |||
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| 46 || The Lost Love Letter of Captain John Smith || ], ], ] & Prunella Pemberwick || July 22, 1994 | |||
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| 47 || The Diary of Dr. Livingstone || ] & ] || July 27, 1994 | |||
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| 48 || The Bone Necklace of the Blackfeet Chief || ], ] & ] || July 5, 1994 | |||
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| 49 || The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed || ] || September 21, 1994 | |||
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| 50 || The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King || ] || July 20, 1994 | |||
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| 51 || The Imperial Purple Robe of Empress Theodora || ] || September 23, 1994 | |||
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| 52 || The Stone Head of the Evil King || ] || August 17, 1994 | |||
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| 53 || The Lucky Medallion of Atocha || ] & ] || September 29, 1994 | |||
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| 54 || The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata || ] || August 26, 1994 | |||
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| 55 || The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin || ] || June 13, 1994 | |||
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| 56 || The Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor || ] || September 30, 1994 | |||
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| 57 || The Missing Eye of ] || ] & ] || September 8, 1994 | |||
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| 58 || The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe || ] || June 10, 1994 | |||
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| 59 || The Very Tall Turban of Ahmad Baba || ] || July 7, 1994 | |||
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| 60 || The Ivory Elephant of Scheherazade || ] || July 29, 1994 | |||
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| 61 || The Sacred Ring of Sultan Suleiman || ] & ] || August 9, 1994 | |||
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| 62 || The Plumed Headdress of Cosa Rara || ] || July 13, 1994 | |||
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| 63 || The Jeweled Necklace of Montezuma || ] & ] || September 28, 1994 | |||
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| 64 || The Lost Lion Tail of Little John || Jean Le Mystere & Pierre Chauvet || July 18, 1994 | |||
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| 65 || The Shriveled Hand of Efoua || ] || June 8, 1994 | |||
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| 66 || The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask || ] & Gastone de' la Garde || July 26, 1994 | |||
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| 67 || The Crown of Queen Nzinga || ] || August 1, 1994 | |||
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| 68 || The Two-Cornered Hat of Napoleon || ] || June 20, 1994 | |||
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| 69 || The Silk Sash of Mulan || ] || June 24, 1994 | |||
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| 70 || The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun || ] || September 19, 1994 | |||
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| 71 || The Leopard-Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley || ] & ] || September 27, 1994 | |||
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| 72 || The Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid || ] & ] || June 6, 1994 | |||
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| 73 || The Golden Pepperoni of Catherine de' Medici || ] & Linguini || June 22, 1994 | |||
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| 74 || The Golden Earring of Henry Morgan || ] & Carmen Ghia || September 26, 1994 | |||
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| 75 || The Milk Bucket of Freydis || ] || June 16, 1994 | |||
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| 76 || The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh || ] || August 5, 1994 | |||
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| 77 || The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus || ] || June 15, 1994 | |||
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| 78 || The Broken Wing of Icarus || ] & ] || June 28, 1994 | |||
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| 79 || The Bonnet of Dolley Madison || ] & ] || July 7, 1994 | |||
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| 80 || The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl || ] || September 6, 1994 | |||
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===Season 3 (1995)=== | |||
One of the most identifiable rooms of the Hidden Temple was the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, which was the only room to remain in the Hidden Temple throughout the entirety of the show's run.<ref name="nl-htr"></ref> | |||
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| 81 || The Bifocal ] of One-Eyed Jack || Bluebeard & One-Eyed Jack || August 23, 1995 | |||
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| 82 || The Comet-Embroidered Battle Flag of William the Conqueror || ] & ] || July 10, 1995 | |||
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| 83 || The War Fan of the 47 Ronin || ] || July 11, 1995 | |||
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| 84 || The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain || ], ] & ] || August 11, 1995 | |||
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| 85 || The Lion-Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta || ] || September 1, 1995 | |||
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| 86 || The Lion-Slashed Jacket of Sacagawea || ] || July 5, 1995 | |||
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| 87 || The Secret Map of the Bandit Queen || ] & ] || July 26, 1995 | |||
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| 88 || The Thornwood Gavel of Judge Roy Bean || ] || August 8, 1995 | |||
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| 89 || The Snow Cone of ] || Reverend Charles New & Tofiki || August 21, 1995 | |||
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| 90 || The Upside-Down Compass of Henry Hudson || ] || August 3, 1995 | |||
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| 91 || The Bent Shaving Pan of Jedediah Smith || ] || August 30, 1995 | |||
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| 92 || The Marble Armrest of Xerxes || ] || July 12, 1995 | |||
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| 93 || The Smashed Printing Plate of Frederick Douglass || ] || August 1, 1995 | |||
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| 94 || The Mystical Spell Book of the Imperial Wizard || ] || July 20, 1995 | |||
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| 95 || The Useless Map of the Chibcha Chieftain || ] || July 18, 1995 | |||
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| 96 || The Golden Spider Web of Robert the Bruce || ] || August 7, 1995 | |||
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| 97 || The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible || ] & Krankoff || July 7, 1995 | |||
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| 98 || The Mysterious Manuscript of Mary Shelley || ] || July 13, 1995 | |||
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| 99 || The Dried Apple Half of William Tell || ], Walter & ] || July 27, 1995 | |||
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| 100 || The Missing Portrait of Hans Holbein || ] & ] || July 24, 1995 | |||
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| 101 || The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland || ], ] & ] || August 25, 1995 | |||
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| 102 || The Royal Torque of Queen Boadicea || ] || July 17, 1995 | |||
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| 103 || The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain || John Greenwood & Joseph Wheland || July 3, 1995 <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/05/13/digging-up-a-few-good-pirates/1bcc311f-abd0-430d-9e65-5e99202ae82e/</ref> | |||
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| 104 || The Enormous Feather of the Me Linh || ] || July 25, 1995 | |||
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| 105 || The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu || ] & Yoritomo || July 19, 1995 | |||
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| 106 || The Broken ] of Poseidon || ] || August 10, 1995 | |||
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| 107 || The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis the First || ] || July 21, 1995 | |||
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| 108 || The ]-Shell Armor of Apanuugpak || Apanuugpak || August 31, 1995 | |||
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| 109 || The Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen || ] & ] || August 28, 1995 | |||
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| 110 || The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King || ] || July 14, 1995 | |||
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| 111 || The Lost ] Turban of Aurangzeb || ] || August 14, 1995 | |||
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| 112 || The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud || ] & ] || July 28, 1995 | |||
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| 113 || The Pearl Necklace of Gwalior || ] || August 29, 1995 | |||
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| 114 || The Bullet-Riddled Handbag of Belle Boyd || ] & ] || July 6, 1995 | |||
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| 115 || The Lost Whale Bone of Pytheas || ] || August 15, 1995 | |||
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| 116 || The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth || ] || August 17, 1995 | |||
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| 117 || The Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza || ] || July 4, 1995 | |||
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| 118 || The Good Luck Watch of Empress Eugenie || ] & ] || August 18, 1995 | |||
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| 119 || The Ruby Earring of bin-Zibab || ] & ] || August 16, 1995 | |||
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| 120 || The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great || ] & ] || August 9, 1995 | |||
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===Season 4 (2021-2022)=== | |||
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| 121 || The Maya Legend of the Hero Twins || The Lucky Losing Pok-ta-Pok Ball of the Hero Twins || October 10, 2021 | |||
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| 122 || The Hawaiian Legend of Pele || The Fiery Lava Rock of Pele || October 17, 2021 | |||
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| 123 || The Ilocano Legend of Lam-Ang || The Amazing Talking Rooster of Lam-Ang || October 24, 2021 | |||
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| 124 || The Nyanga Legend of Mwindo || The Magic Flyswatter Conga Sceptor of Mwindo || October 31, 2021 | |||
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| 125 || The Hindu Legend of Rama || The 10,000 Year Pearl Necklace of Rama || November 7, 2021 | |||
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| 126 || The Norse Legend of Freyja || The Golden Torc of Freyja || November 14, 2021 | |||
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| 127 || The Greek Legend of Atalanta || The Golden Apple of Atalanta || November 21, 2021 | |||
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| 128 || The Japanese Legend of Susano'o || The Broken Samurai Sword of Heaven of Susano'o || December 5, 2021 | |||
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| 129 || The Irish Legend of Cu Chulainn || The Deadly Spear of Cu Chulainn || December 12, 2021 | |||
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| 130 || The Egyptian Legend of Isis || The Seven Scorpions of Isis || December 19, 2021 | |||
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| 131 || The Lakota Legend of the White Buffalo Calf Woman || The Bundle of the White Buffalo Calf Woman || January 9, 2022 | |||
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| 132 || The Sumarian Legend of Gilgamesh || Gilgamesh and the Lycium of Immortality || January 16, 2022 | |||
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| 133 || The Aboriginal Australian Legend of the Seven Sisters || The Fiery Yam Stick of the Seven Sisters || January 23, 2022 | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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* Stone-Stanley Productions. ''Legends of the Hidden Temple''. Starring Kirk Fogg and Dee Bradley Baker. 1993–95. | |||
* {{Cite encyclopedia|year=1999|title=Legends of the Hidden Temple|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows|publisher=Facts on File|edition=3rd|pages=124|isbn=0-8160-3847-3|last1=Schwartz|first1=David|last2=Ryan|first2=Steve|last3=Wostbrock|first3=Fred}} | |||
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* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204025314/http://www.nick.com/all_nick/gas/watch/show_info/shows_legends.jhtml|title=Official website (Nickelodeon)|date=mdy}} | |||
* - A fan site with an episode list, picture gallery, interactive game, and interviews with former contestants | |||
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American game show This article is about the game show. For the 2016 made-for-cable movie, see Legends of the Hidden Temple (film). "The Pit of Despair" redirects here. For the device designed by Harry Harlow, see Pit of despair.
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Network | Nickelodeon |
Release | September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) – November 24, 1995 (1995-11-24) |
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Release | October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) – January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23) |
Legends of the Hidden Temple is an American action-adventure television game show that broadcast from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program features a fictitious temple, "filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards." Kirk Fogg is the show's host, while Dee Baker is both announcer and voice of a stone head named Olmec who "knows the secrets behind each of the treasures in his temple." Six teams (Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, Silver Snakes) of two children (one boy and one girl) compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. Contestants trying out had to compete in several physical tasks, including rope climbing and running, as well as a written test. The majority of the contestants were picked from the surrounding Orlando, Florida, area.
A revival with adult contestants aired for a single season from October 2021 to January 2022 on The CW.
Production
Legends of the Hidden Temple was produced by Stone Stanley Productions in association with Nickelodeon and was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. In 1995, Legends of the Hidden Temple won a CableACE award for Best Game Show Special or Series.
Legends of the Hidden Temple began airing on Nickelodeon on September 11, 1993. The show originally aired on weekends at 6:30 p.m. In that time slot, it increased the Nielsen rating from 1.5 to 2. Due to this success, the show began airing weekdays at 5:30 p.m. starting the week of February 14, 1994. The show was renewed for a forty-episode second season in February 1994. Auditions for new episodes took place on February 26 and 27, and production occurred from March 27 through April 17. Second-season episodes began airing June 6 of that year. A forty-episode third and final season was produced from February 17 to March 12, 1995, and began airing on July 3 of that year. The show was originally conceived under the title Secrets of the Haunted House where monsters would jump out and frighten contestants while they try to complete challenges within the haunted house.
In 1996, the Orlando Business Journal reported that Nickelodeon was considering renewing Legends for a fourth season, but according to Scott Fishman, then vice president of production services at Nickelodeon, renewal was "not a sure bet" because Nickelodeon was considering three new game show pilots taped in Orlando. Production for the fourth season was stopped midyear before it could be released, canceling the season.
Gameplay
The set design of Legends of the Hidden Temple was based on the Indiana Jones movies, and Marianne Arneberg of the Orlando Sentinel described the program as "a combination of Jeopardy and Raiders of the Lost Ark." The set design has been described as Mayan. It included areas for different types of physical challenges: a broad but shallow pool of water (the moat), a set of steps (the Steps of Knowledge), and a large, two-and-a-half-floor vertical labyrinth (the "hidden temple"). At the temple's gate was a talking Olmec head simply named Olmec (voiced by Dee Baker). Olmec narrated the stories told in the steps of knowledge and temple game challenges (although in the first season, Fogg narrated the temple game challenges). Each episode centered on a particular legend regarding an artifact (real or fictional) from around the world that found its way to the temple. Some artifacts included "Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress", "The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin", "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great", and "The Broken Wing of Icarus." Olmec also serves as the basis for the logo. In addition to providing an artifact, the legend also was important to other aspects of the show: the Steps of Knowledge used questions based on the historical legend, and the theme of the temple games was also loosely based on the legend.
In each episode, six teams of two contestants began a three-round competition to determine which team earned the right to enter the temple. Each team was identified with a color and an animal, indicated on their uniform shirts: the Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, and Silver Snakes.
Round 1: The Moat
In the first round of the show, the six teams attempted to cross a narrow swimming pool known as "the moat" in a prescribed manner. For example, in one episode, teams were required to swing out to a rope net in the middle of the moat, climb it, and then swim to the other side. All six teams attempted to get both members across according to the rules and push a button on a pedestal to ring a gong. The first four teams to cross the moat and ring their gongs advanced to the second round.
Round 2: The Steps of Knowledge
The four remaining teams stood on the topmost of the four levels of the Steps of Knowledge. Olmec began the round by telling the remaining teams the episode's legend of the featured artifact, which became the theme for the remainder of the episode. The legend centered on an artifact that the winning team searched for in the final round. At the end of the legend, Olmec told the teams the room in which the artifact could be found. After finishing, he asked the teams a series of questions to test their memory. Each multiple-choice question had three possible answers. A team attempting to answer signaled by stomping on a buzzer on their step, causing the front of the step to illuminate (if Olmec was still in the middle of asking a question, he stopped talking immediately). A team who answered correctly moved down to the next level. If a team answered incorrectly or ran out of time (three seconds after being called upon), the other teams were given a chance to answer. The first two teams to answer three questions correctly and thereby reach the bottom level advanced to the next round.
Round 3: The Temple Games
The temple games featured the two remaining teams competing in three physical challenges to earn Pendants of Life which the winning team used in the final round. Several types of temple games were featured, with the episode's legend serving as a theme for each. Most temple games lasted for a maximum of 60 seconds but some were untimed. After each challenge, the winning team received some portion of a protective Pendant of Life. The first two challenges, pitting single members from each team against one another, were worth one-half of a pendant, while the final challenge, involving both contestants on both teams, was worth a full pendant. If a temple game ended in a tie, both teams received the pendant value of that game.
The team that earned the most pendants by the end of three temple games won the right to enter the temple. If the two teams earned the same number of pendants after the three temple games, the teams played a tiebreaker to determine who advanced to the temple. The teams stood behind a tiebreaker pedestal, and Fogg (since Season 2, Olmec) asked a tiebreaker question to determine the winner. The first team to hit the buzzer on top of their gong was given the chance to answer the question. A correct answer allowed the team to go to the temple. Originally, a team that buzzed in and gave an incorrect answer or ran out of time automatically lost, allowing the other team to advance to the temple by default. However, in Seasons 2 and 3, the other team was required to answer the question correctly to go to the temple.
Final Round: The Temple Run
In the final round, the winning team took the Pendants of Life, the contestants earned into the temple, and attempted to retrieve the episode's artifact and bring it back out of the temple within a three-minute time limit. The team designated one member to enter the temple first; that team member carried one of the team's full pendants. The other team member held the remaining pendant, half pendant, or no pendant at all and stood by to enter if the first team member was taken out of the temple by a temple guard. Before starting, Olmec would explain the rooms in the temple and the necessary tasks in each room. During season 1, Fogg asked who would go first and explained about the temple guards and, if necessary, the extra half pendant. Beginning in season 2, Olmec himself explained these things.
The temple consisted of twelve rooms, each with a specific theme (e.g., the Throne Room, the King's Storeroom, the Observatory, the Shrine of the Silver Monkey, the Heart Room, etc.). The rooms were connected to adjacent rooms by doorways, although some doors were locked, blocking a contestant's progress into the adjacent room; the pattern of locked and unlocked doors changed from episode to episode depending both on the temple layout and the artifact's location. The unlocked doors were closed at the start of the round, but they could be opened by completing a specific task or puzzle within each room. One room in the temple contained the themed artifact (as stated by Olmec before the Steps of Knowledge round). Three other designated rooms held temple guards (spotters in Lavish Mayan sentinel costumes). If the winning team had exactly 1+1⁄2 pendants, the remaining half pendant was also placed in a room for the contestant with the half pendant to collect to make a full pendant. The extra half pendant, if needed, would either be hanging on the wall near a door or placed inside an object in a room (e.g., hidden inside a pot in the King's Storeroom). If the first player dropped their pendant, the second player could pick it up and either throw it back to their partner or use it if needed.
A contestant who encountered a temple guard was forced to give up a full pendant to continue. However, if the first contestant was caught without a pendant in his or her possession, he or she was taken out of the temple and the second contestant entered. In either case, the temple guard who captured the contestant was out of play and did not appear again in the room where the first contestant was captured. When the second contestant entered, any doors that the first contestant opened remained open. If the second contestant was caught without a full pendant, the run ended immediately. A player could enter a room with an unencountered temple guard on their way to the artifact and not get caught, usually if the room design makes it so that the guard can only capture the player if within reach (e.g. the Dark Forest is where one of the trees "could be inhabited by the spirit of a temple guard" which was signaled if the tree grabbed the player, but the player had to be within reach to trigger the tree).
The team had three minutes to retrieve the artifact and leave the temple with it. If either contestant grabbed the artifact, all remaining temple guards vanished and all locked doors in the temple instantly opened, allowing the contestant to escape unhindered. For entering the temple, the team automatically won a prize. If a team member picked up the artifact, the team won a more expensive prize as well. A team that retrieved the artifact and exited the temple with it before time ran out earned the grand prize and the other two prizes. Starting with season 2, the temple had an actual gate that Olmec would lower before the round started.
2021 revival
The basic format remained the same as the Nickelodeon show, with the following changes:
- Each episode lasts a full hour rather than a half-hour.
- Each episode features four teams of adults, with same-gender teams allowed.
- Confessionals occur during the first three rounds.
- The first three teams to cross the moat advance to the Steps of Knowledge.
- The episode's featured legend is now told more extensively in separate parts before each round, instead of just before the Steps of Knowledge.
- There are two temple games, each played for a full pendant, and with both teammates playing. The two teams compete head-to-head in one game, while the other is a timed challenge, with the winner of the Steps of Knowledge having the choice of which team goes first. If the teams split the first two games, Olmec asks a single tiebreaker question for the final pendant.
- Olmec reveals the location of the artifact before the Temple Run instead of the Steps of Knowledge.
- The temple consists of 11 rooms instead of 12, and the rooms are much larger than the original.
- Temple guards often appear after the contestant finishes the room's objective, instead of right when the player enters the room.
- Teams have four minutes rather than three minutes to complete the Temple Run in a redesigned temple. The winning team receives $2,500 just for entering the temple, which is increased to $10,000 if they reach the artifact, and to $25,000 if they exit the temple before time expires.
Reception
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, A.J. Jacobs listed Legends of the Hidden Temple among a series of imitators of American Gladiators, describing the concept as "Gladiators meets Young Indiana Jones Chronicles." Jacobs criticized the "Steps of Knowledge" round as filler, but concluded that "kids'll praise it to the moon." Legends won the award for best game show at the 16th Annual CableACE Awards in January 1995. The show also received nominations at the 17th and 18th Annual CableACE Awards in December 1995 and October 1996 but lost to The News Hole and Debt. Feminist author Susan Douglas, a Hampshire College professor of media and American studies, praised Legends of the Hidden Temple for being a "nonsexist and nonviolent" show.
Broadcast history
New episodes of Legends of the Hidden Temple began airing on Nickelodeon on September 11, 1993, and continued to air until 1995. Reruns aired on the channel for an additional four years until February 28, 1999, when the program stopped airing on Nickelodeon. However, on March 1, 1999, the show once again began airing in reruns on Nick GAS until that network became defunct on New Year's Eve 2007 (2009 on Dish). Outside of its native country, Nickelodeon also included the show in a block of Nickelodeon programming that aired in 1999 on Zee TV. In March 2009, TV Week reported that David Stanley acquired the rights to several Stone-Stanley shows which included Legends of the Hidden Temple. The assignment was recorded in the copyright office on May 2, 2008. On October 7, 2011, the show aired on TeenNick as part of its The '90s Are All That block. The show has appeared on TeenNick sporadically since that time. As of 2024, the series currently airs on Pluto TV. On March 24, 2021, the complete series was added to Paramount+.
Television film
Main article: Legends of the Hidden Temple (film)In March 2016, Nickelodeon announced a TV film version of the game show was in production, with Isabela Moner, Colin Critchley, Jet Jurgensmeyer, and Daniel Cudmore starring in the film. The film was directed by Joe Menendez and written by Jonny Umansky, Zach Hyatt, and Alex J. Reid. It features elements of the original show, including Olmec, The Steps of Knowledge, and cameos from a green monkey, a red jaguar, and silver snakes, among others. Original host Kirk Fogg returned as a fictionalized version of himself and Dee Bradley Baker reprises his role as the voice of Olmec while Michael Benyaer portrays Olmec's human form.
Revival
On December 16, 2019, it was announced that a revival with adult contestants would premiere in April 2020 on Quibi. Although casting for the reboot was announced on March 10, 2020, in a tweet by Quibi, movement on the production went silent and Quibi was shut down on December 1, 2020. On May 7, 2021, a new casting call for the show went out to the public, contrary to rumors that production was cancelled. On May 11, 2021, the revival was ordered at broadcast network The CW, which is part-owned by what was then known as ViacomCBS (now as Paramount), the parent company of Nickelodeon. The show is hosted by Cristela Alonzo and premiered on October 10, 2021. The basic format—with the moat crossing, Steps of Knowledge, and Temple Games leading to the Temple Run—remains the same. On July 21, 2021, it was announced that Baker would reprise his role as Olmec. Fogg made guest appearances in four episodes, serving as a mentor in one of the temple rooms. Nick Borey and Josh Siniscalco were the only two contestants to appear on the revival that also competed on the original Nickelodeon run in the 1990s as kids. On June 3, 2022, the revival was cancelled.
Merchandise
In 2017, Pressman released a Legends of the Hidden Temple board game. It was only available for about a year, and only sold (firsthand) at Target stores. As of mid-2018, it is no longer available from Target stores or their website.
Episodes
Season 1 (1993)
# | Title/Artifact Name | People | Original air date |
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1 | Blackbeard's Treasure Map | Blackbeard | January 29, 1994 |
2 | The Golden Cup of Belshazzar | Belshazzar & Daniel | December 25, 1993 |
3 | Galileo's Cannonball | Galileo Galilei | November 21, 1993 |
4 | Wild Bill Hickok and the Dead Man's Hand | Wild Bill Hickok | February 6, 1994 |
5 | John Henry's Lost Hammer | John Henry | February 19, 1994 |
6 | The Golden Cricket Cage of Khan | Marco Polo & Kublai Khan | February 26, 1994 |
7 | Elizabeth I's Golden Ship | Elizabeth I & Francis Drake | January 8, 1994 |
8 | John Sutter and the Map of the Lost Gold Mine | John Sutter | October 31, 1993 |
9 | The Star of Sultan Saladin | Richard I of England & Saladin | November 20, 1993 |
10 | The Keys to the Alhambra | Isabella I of Castile & Muhammad XII of Granada | January 22, 1994 |
11 | The Helmet of Genghis Khan | Jamuka & Genghis Khan | February 27, 1994 |
12 | The Trojan Horseshoe | Paris of Troy & Helen of Troy | September 26, 1993 |
13 | The Pendent of Kamehameha | Kamehameha I | October 23, 1993 |
14 | The Lost Logbooks of Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan | January 15, 1994 |
15 | The Moccasins of Geronimo | Geronimo | October 16, 1993 |
16 | Henry VIII's Great Seal | Henry VIII | January 23, 1994 |
17 | The Lucky Pig of Amelia Earhart | Amelia Earhart | October 3, 1993 |
18 | Ponce de' Leon and the Lost Fountain of Youth (Lost Water Bottle) | Juan Ponce de León, Pablo & an old Indian guide | February 5, 1994 |
19 | The Treasure Map of Jean Lafitte | Jean Lafitte | October 2, 1993 |
20 | The Oracle Bowl of Delphi | Croesus | December 5, 1993 |
21 | The Paintbrush of Leonardo Da Vinci | Leonardo da Vinci | November 6, 1993 |
22 | The Golden Chains of Zenobia | Zenobia | October 17, 1993 |
23 | The Belly Button of Buddha | Shwedagon Pagoda | December 4, 1993 |
24 | The Stolen Arm of Shiva | Suryavarman II | November 14, 1993 |
25 | The Stone Marker of Leif Erikson | Leif Erikson | October 30, 1993 |
26 | The Helmet of Joan of Arc | Joan of Arc | February 20, 1994 |
27 | The Medal of Sir Edmund Hillary | Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay | November 7, 1993 |
28 | The Mask of Shaka Zulu | Shaka | October 9, 1993 |
29 | The Golden Jaguar of Atahualpa | Huáscar, Atahualpa & Francisco Pizarro | September 12, 1993 |
30 | The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal | Hannibal | January 16, 1994 |
31 | Alexander and the Gordian Knot | Alexander the Great | December 12, 1993 |
32 | King Tut's Cobra Staff | Howard Carter | October 24, 1993 |
33 | The Dragon Lady and the Blue Pearl | Empress Dowager Cixi | January 9, 1994 |
34 | The Codebook of Mata Hari | Mata Hari | September 25, 1993 |
35 | Pecos Bill's Lost Lariat | Pecos Bill | November 13, 1993 |
36 | Robin Hood and Marian's Ladder | Robin Hood, Maid Marian & Sheriff of Nottingham | January 30, 1994 |
37 | Lawrence of Arabia's Headdress | T. E. Lawrence & Gasim | September 11, 1993 |
38 | The Collar of Davy Crockett | Davy Crockett | December 11, 1993 |
39 | The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra | Cleopatra, Mark Antony & Esmeralda | December 26, 1993 |
40 | The Treasure of Anne Bonny | Anne Bonny & Mary Read | October 10, 1993 |
Season 2 (1994)
# | Title/Artifact Name | People | Original air date |
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41 | The Silver Horseshoe of Butch Cassidy | Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid | July 15, 1994 |
42 | The Secret Battle Plan of Nathan Hale | Nathan Hale & William Howe | August 12, 1994 |
43 | The Golden Stallion of Ali Baba | Ali Baba | August 24, 1994 |
44 | The Silver Cannonball of Grandy Nanny | Nanny of the Maroons | August 3, 1994 |
45 | The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman | Harriet Tubman | August 22, 1994 |
46 | The Lost Love Letter of Captain John Smith | John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas & Prunella Pemberwick | July 22, 1994 |
47 | The Diary of Dr. Livingstone | Henry Morton Stanley & David Livingstone | July 27, 1994 |
48 | The Bone Necklace of the Blackfeet Chief | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark & York | July 5, 1994 |
49 | The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed | Johnny Appleseed | September 21, 1994 |
50 | The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King | Simón Bolívar | July 20, 1994 |
51 | The Imperial Purple Robe of Empress Theodora | Theodora | September 23, 1994 |
52 | The Stone Head of the Evil King | Perseus | August 17, 1994 |
53 | The Lucky Medallion of Atocha | Pancho Villa & Porfirio Díaz | September 29, 1994 |
54 | The Applewood Amulet of Emiliano Zapata | Emiliano Zapata | August 26, 1994 |
55 | The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin | June 13, 1994 |
56 | The Lucky Pillow of Annie Taylor | Annie Edson Taylor | September 30, 1994 |
57 | The Missing Eye of David | Michelangelo & Lorenzo de' Medici | September 8, 1994 |
58 | The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe | Paul Bunyan | June 10, 1994 |
59 | The Very Tall Turban of Ahmad Baba | Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti | July 7, 1994 |
60 | The Ivory Elephant of Scheherazade | Scheherazade | July 29, 1994 |
61 | The Sacred Ring of Sultan Suleiman | Roxelana & Suleiman the Magnificent | August 9, 1994 |
62 | The Plumed Headdress of Cosa Rara | Ludwig II of Bavaria | July 13, 1994 |
63 | The Jeweled Necklace of Montezuma | Hernán Cortés & Moctezuma II | September 28, 1994 |
64 | The Lost Lion Tail of Little John | Jean Le Mystere & Pierre Chauvet | July 18, 1994 |
65 | The Shriveled Hand of Efoua | Mary Kingsley | June 8, 1994 |
66 | The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask | Man in the Iron Mask & Gastone de' la Garde | July 26, 1994 |
67 | The Crown of Queen Nzinga | Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba | August 1, 1994 |
68 | The Two-Cornered Hat of Napoleon | Napoleon | June 20, 1994 |
69 | The Silk Sash of Mulan | Hua Mulan | June 24, 1994 |
70 | The Golden Goblet of Attila the Hun | Attila | September 19, 1994 |
71 | The Leopard-Skin Cloak of Annie Oakley | Annie Oakley & Wilhelm II | September 27, 1994 |
72 | The Snakeskin Boots of Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid & Pat Garrett | June 6, 1994 |
73 | The Golden Pepperoni of Catherine de' Medici | Catherine de' Medici & Linguini | June 22, 1994 |
74 | The Golden Earring of Henry Morgan | Henry Morgan & Carmen Ghia | September 26, 1994 |
75 | The Milk Bucket of Freydis | Freydís Eiríksdóttir | June 16, 1994 |
76 | The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh | Charles Lindbergh | August 5, 1994 |
77 | The Levitating Dog Leash of Nostradamus | Nostradamus | June 15, 1994 |
78 | The Broken Wing of Icarus | Daedalus & Icarus | June 28, 1994 |
79 | The Bonnet of Dolley Madison | Dolley Madison & Robert Ross | July 7, 1994 |
80 | The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl | Paul Gauguin | September 6, 1994 |
Season 3 (1995)
# | Title/Artifact Name | People | Original air date |
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81 | The Bifocal Monocle of One-Eyed Jack | Bluebeard & One-Eyed Jack | August 23, 1995 |
82 | The Comet-Embroidered Battle Flag of William the Conqueror | William the Conqueror & Harold Godwinson | July 10, 1995 |
83 | The War Fan of the 47 Ronin | 47 Ronin | July 11, 1995 |
84 | The Much-Heralded Helmet of Sir Gawain | Gawain, Guinevere & Merlin | August 11, 1995 |
85 | The Lion-Headed Bracelet of Chandragupta | Chandragupta Maurya | September 1, 1995 |
86 | The Lion-Slashed Jacket of Sacagawea | Sacagawea | July 5, 1995 |
87 | The Secret Map of the Bandit Queen | Belle Starr & Jesse James | July 26, 1995 |
88 | The Thornwood Gavel of Judge Roy Bean | Roy Bean | August 8, 1995 |
89 | The Snow Cone of Mount Kilimanjaro | Reverend Charles New & Tofiki | August 21, 1995 |
90 | The Upside-Down Compass of Henry Hudson | Henry Hudson | August 3, 1995 |
91 | The Bent Shaving Pan of Jedediah Smith | Jedediah Smith | August 30, 1995 |
92 | The Marble Armrest of Xerxes | Xerxes I | July 12, 1995 |
93 | The Smashed Printing Plate of Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | August 1, 1995 |
94 | The Mystical Spell Book of the Imperial Wizard | Emperor Wu of Han | July 20, 1995 |
95 | The Useless Map of the Chibcha Chieftain | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada | July 18, 1995 |
96 | The Golden Spider Web of Robert the Bruce | Robert the Bruce | August 7, 1995 |
97 | The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible | Ivan the Terrible & Krankoff | July 7, 1995 |
98 | The Mysterious Manuscript of Mary Shelley | Mary Shelley | July 13, 1995 |
99 | The Dried Apple Half of William Tell | William Tell, Walter & Herman Gesslar | July 27, 1995 |
100 | The Missing Portrait of Hans Holbein | Hans Holbein the Younger & Henry VIII | July 24, 1995 |
101 | The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland | Roland, Charlemagne & King Marsilion of Zaragoza | August 25, 1995 |
102 | The Royal Torque of Queen Boadicea | Boudica | July 17, 1995 |
103 | The Lost Hornpipe of the Pirate Captain | John Greenwood & Joseph Wheland | July 3, 1995 |
104 | The Enormous Feather of the Me Linh | Trung Trac & Trung Ni | July 25, 1995 |
105 | The Red Sash of Tokugawa Ieyasu | Tokugawa Ieyasu & Yoritomo | July 19, 1995 |
106 | The Broken Trident of Poseidon | Poseidon | August 10, 1995 |
107 | The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis the First | Clovis I | July 21, 1995 |
108 | The Mussel-Shell Armor of Apanuugpak | Apanuugpak | August 31, 1995 |
109 | The Metal Beard of the Egyptian Queen | Hatshepsut & Thutmose III | August 28, 1995 |
110 | The Mummified Hand of the Egyptian King | Khufu | July 14, 1995 |
111 | The Lost Taj Mahal Turban of Aurangzeb | Aurangzeb | August 14, 1995 |
112 | The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud | Marie Tussaud & Napoleon | July 28, 1995 |
113 | The Pearl Necklace of Gwalior | Rani of Jhansi | August 29, 1995 |
114 | The Bullet-Riddled Handbag of Belle Boyd | Belle Boyd & Stonewall Jackson | July 6, 1995 |
115 | The Lost Whale Bone of Pytheas | Pytheas | August 15, 1995 |
116 | The Dried Ear of Corn of Sojourner Truth | Sojourner Truth | August 17, 1995 |
117 | The Jeweled Scabbard of Sforza | Caterina Sforza | July 4, 1995 |
118 | The Good Luck Watch of Empress Eugenie | Eugénie de Montijo & Napoleon III | August 18, 1995 |
119 | The Ruby Earring of bin-Zibab | Queen of Sheba & Solomon | August 16, 1995 |
120 | The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great | Catherine the Great & Grigori Orlov | August 9, 1995 |
Season 4 (2021-2022)
# | Title/Artifact Name | Other Name | Original air date |
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121 | The Maya Legend of the Hero Twins | The Lucky Losing Pok-ta-Pok Ball of the Hero Twins | October 10, 2021 |
122 | The Hawaiian Legend of Pele | The Fiery Lava Rock of Pele | October 17, 2021 |
123 | The Ilocano Legend of Lam-Ang | The Amazing Talking Rooster of Lam-Ang | October 24, 2021 |
124 | The Nyanga Legend of Mwindo | The Magic Flyswatter Conga Sceptor of Mwindo | October 31, 2021 |
125 | The Hindu Legend of Rama | The 10,000 Year Pearl Necklace of Rama | November 7, 2021 |
126 | The Norse Legend of Freyja | The Golden Torc of Freyja | November 14, 2021 |
127 | The Greek Legend of Atalanta | The Golden Apple of Atalanta | November 21, 2021 |
128 | The Japanese Legend of Susano'o | The Broken Samurai Sword of Heaven of Susano'o | December 5, 2021 |
129 | The Irish Legend of Cu Chulainn | The Deadly Spear of Cu Chulainn | December 12, 2021 |
130 | The Egyptian Legend of Isis | The Seven Scorpions of Isis | December 19, 2021 |
131 | The Lakota Legend of the White Buffalo Calf Woman | The Bundle of the White Buffalo Calf Woman | January 9, 2022 |
132 | The Sumarian Legend of Gilgamesh | Gilgamesh and the Lycium of Immortality | January 16, 2022 |
133 | The Aboriginal Australian Legend of the Seven Sisters | The Fiery Yam Stick of the Seven Sisters | January 23, 2022 |
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- ^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). "Legends of the Hidden Temple". The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd ed.). Facts on File. p. 124. ISBN 0-8160-3847-3.
- ^ Arneberg, Marianne (October 4, 1993). "Programmers Dive into Kids Shows: Programs Involving Children Hottest New Trend in Television". Orlando Sentinel. p. 12.
'We wanted to do an action-adventure game show – sort of like a live video game for television,' said Scott Stone
- ^ Stone-Stanley Productions. "The Jewel-Encrusted Egg of Catherine the Great." Legends of the Hidden Temple. Starring Kirk Fogg and Dee Bradley Baker as Olmec. 1995
- Flood, Pat (August 25, 1994). "Teen's Team Wins Big on TV". Orlando Sentinel. p. 12B.
During her April tryout, Tabitha, 13, had to take a written test, run, climb a rope and do pull-ups, she said.
- ""Legends of the Hidden Temple" (1993) – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). "Appendix E: Game Show Award Winners and Nominees". The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd ed.). Facts on File. p. 305. ISBN 0-8160-3847-3.
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Legends of the Hidden Temple, a game show that send kids searching for historic artifacts, premieres Sept. 11.
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Auditions will be Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida . . .The show will be in production at Universal March 27 through April 17.
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At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nickelodeon launches the second season of the popular 'Legends of the Hidden Temple,' a weekday action-adventure game show that challenges mind and body.
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Game shows Global GUTS and Legends of the Hidden Temple are not sure bets, Fishman says, because the network is looking at three new game show pilots just out of production at the Orlando facility that may replace the older shows.
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Apparently, Nickelodeon has canceled one of her favorite shows, Legends of the Hidden Temple. She wanted to know why. So we logged onto America Online, scooted into Nick's site and posed the question.
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'Kids love this show,' says co-producer Brendan Huntington, citing the combination of athletic skill and brainpower and the Indiana Jones-type setting as being particularly popular with kids aged 11–14 . . . 'We want the kids to feel like they really are right inside an "Indiana Jones" movie duking it out to the end,' says producer David Greenfield.
- Katz. "Much more threatening this season will be the timed chase through the Mayan ruins"
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encourages kids to use both mental and physical capabilities as they trek through a Mayan ruin searching for legendary artifacts.
- Katz. "'We still have the occasional kid fall into the moat because it looks like fun,' Huntington says. 'But the water's not that deep.'"
- "Kids Can Audition for Nick Show." "kids scramble through a 13-room, 2½ -story Mayan temple"
- Arneberg. "The 40 episodes of Legends 'are all story driven' — the stunts are themed around a specific legend, as are questions contestants must answer during a segment of the show, Stone said."
- Fogg's explanation before the round in "John Sutter and the Map to the Lost Gold Mine"
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On cable television, Douglas believes Nickelodeon is doing the best job of producing programming that presents positive images to young girls, citing Rugrats, Secret World of Alex Mack, Clarissa Explains It All and Legends of the Hidden Temple as generally nonsexist and nonviolent.
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recently acquired the rights to several Stone Stanley formats in addition to "Shop," among them "Loveline," "Legends of the Hidden Temple" and "Born Lucky."
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- "The Irish Legend of Cuchulainn". Legends of the Hidden Temple (2021). Season 1. Episode 9. December 12, 2021. The CW.
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- Stone-Stanley Productions. Legends of the Hidden Temple. Starring Kirk Fogg and Dee Bradley Baker. 1993–95.
- Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). "Legends of the Hidden Temple". The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd ed.). Facts on File. p. 124. ISBN 0-8160-3847-3.
External links
- Official website (The CW) at the Wayback Machine (archived January 16, 2023)
- Official website (Nickelodeon) at the Wayback Machine (archived February 4, 2005)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple at IMDb
- Legends of the Hidden Temple (2021–22) at IMDb
- 1990s American children's game shows
- 2020s American game shows
- 1990s Nickelodeon original programming
- 1993 American television series debuts
- 1995 American television series endings
- 2021 American television series debuts
- 2022 American television series endings
- American television shows featuring puppetry
- American television series revived after cancellation
- American English-language television shows
- Nickelodeon game shows
- Television series by Stone Stanley Entertainment
- Television shows directed by Glenn Weiss
- Television shows filmed in Florida
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