Boom! (American game show)
American television program
Boom! is an American television game show that premiered on the Fox network on June 25, 2015. An adaptation of an Israeli series with the same title, Boom! is a general-knowledge quiz show where three players must correctly answer questions in order to defuse bombs. The program's stage utilizes 3D projection mapping featuring more than one million LEDs. Boom! is produced by Jeff Apploff and Bob Boden.
On August 21, 2016, Fox cancelled Boom! after one season due to low ratings.
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Three players compete as a team to defuse a series of six time bombs by answering one question per bomb.
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