The Gong Show (2017)

This is chronicling the 2017-18 version of The Gong Show.

Format
Contestants come on The Gong Show to perform in many ways imaginable. They could sing, dance, do stand-up comedy, make magic, perform a movie scene, you name it, they do it. On each act, if one, two or all three celebrity judges think if the current act is not worthy of continuing any longer, all they had to do was hit the Gong behind them, thus eliminating that act from competition. For each act that did not get gonged, the judges each gave a score to those acts on a scale of 0-10 (10 being the best, zero being the worst) for a maximum total of 30 (which happened on many occasions). The act with the highest score won a Gong Show trophy, and a check with a ridiculously low amount, which is based on the current year. In this version, the amount is based on the year the show is airing & taping. In case of a tie, the audience chose the winner by applause. In the first season, it was the judges' decision.

Music
Wilder Zoby and the Gong Show Orchestra (2017)
 * Jaleel Bunton, Cochemea Gastelum, Torbitt Schwartz, Dave 'Smoota' Smith & Jeremy Wilms

Trivia
This was the second primetime game show on ABC hosted by a fictional character, sixteen years ago, the first was the short-lived You Don't Know Jack hosted by Troy Stevens (played by Paul Reubens) in 2001.

Links
Official Site for the 2017 version