YouTube via TruTV "Hot Ones: The Game Show" premieres on TruTV on February 18.
Hot Ones: The Game Show makes its television debut with a series premiere episode on Tuesday, February 18 at 10/9c on TruTV.
If you don’t have cable, you can watch a live stream of TruTV on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming subscription services:
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FuboTV
TruTV is one of 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch a live stream of the show on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which allows you to watch most shows up to three days after they air even if you forgot to record them.
Sling TV
Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” package comes with 47 channels, including TruTV. It costs $20 for the first month ($30 per month after that), which makes Sling the cheapest streaming service with TruTV if you plan on keeping it long term:
Or, as part of a special deal that Sling is currently offering, you can get a free Amazon Fire TV Stick if you prepay for two months:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the show live on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel bundles. They range from 45 to 125 live TV channels, and they all include TruTV. The “Plus” and “Max” bundles come with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can watch a live stream of the show on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now — no matter what channel package you choose — comes with included cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
TruTV is included in Hulu With Live TV, which comes with 60-plus live TV channels and Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows and movies.
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of the show on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” comes with both its extensive on-demand library (which has most new episodes and specials available after they air) and 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
‘Hot Ones: The Game Show’ Preview
Following the success of Hot Ones as a Youtube series sensation, TruTV is introducing Hot Ones: The Game Show so that daring fans can embark on their own hot wings challenges. TruTV explains that “This hilarious half-hour game show is based on the hugely popular Hot Ones web series created by Complex Networks’ First We Feast. In each episode, host Sean Evans welcomes fans into the “Pepperdome” to compete against one another by answering trivia questions and eating increasing mouth-scorching hot wings for $25,000 and the chance to become Hot Ones Legends.”
The official synopsis for the premiere episode, entitled “Beware the Bucket,” teases “Two teams of best friends enter the Pepperdome with confidence, but Chef Willie’s demonic sauces bring them down hard and early; the teams must see if they have what it takes to mount a comeback from the very bottom of their stomachs.”
Hot Ones: The Game Show episodes run 30 minutes in length, and are followed by 30-minute episodes of Hot Ones starting at 10:30/9:30c. After the premiere episode of the new series will be an episode of Hot Ones featuring Adam Devine.
A preview clip released by TruTV ahead of the premiere gives viewers an idea of what to expect on the show. In the video, the game presented to the contestants is called “You Can Count on It,” which features numbers-based multiple-choice questions. If the team that buzzes in first gets the answer correct, they get cash added to their bank, but if they’re wrong, the money goes to the other team. While the clip doesn’t feature the consumption of any hot wings, the expressions on the players’ faces and hot sauce remnants around one of the guys’ mouth suggest that they were challenged to eating spicy foods just before that round of gameplay began.
Taking its cues from the original YouTube interview series format by turning it competitive, the main twist of the show is that, to make the questions asked all the more challenging, contestants will first eat hot wings that will assault their tastebuds and pull their focus. It’s a simple concept that, while gimmicky, is likely to be a great success if its predecessor is any indication. As host Sean Evans explains in voiceover at the end of the series’s official trailer, “It’s just hot sauce, questions, and eventually some heartburn.”
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