Winsanity: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series, hosted by actor Donald Faison ("Scrubs"), is unique in that the game play offers the opportunity for prizes to be won not only by the contestants but also by the studio audience. GSN has also partnered with participation TV technology company iPowow to allow viewers to play along at home in real-time for a chance to win prizes throughout the season.

Each half-hour episode of Winsanity features a contestant attempting to rank ten compelling and surprising facts in numerical order, from lowest to highest (i.e.: Which is greater: the number of marriages each year in the US, or the number of President Barack Obama's Twitter followers?). Every time a contestant is correct and wins a prize, so does a randomly selected portion of the studio audience. However, if a contestant gives a wrong answer at any point, they, and the audience lose everything, and a new contestant takes his or her place and continues the game, trying to win prizes that increase in value with each round.

Series details

• Title: Winsanity
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-06-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-05-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Game Show Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17169
• IMDb ID: tt5717302
• TVDB ID: 314396

Cast and credited roles

• Donald Faison — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-06-09; final listed air date 2017-06-12; episode order: 41.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-04-02; final listed air date 2018-05-24; episode order: 39.

Source and licence

Adapted from Winsanity on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.