on the surface and show me the money should have at least finish a full season . you have the always entertaining william shatner a your host and surround by a baker dozen of beautiful leggy model collectively call the million dollar dancer . you have knowledgeable contestant who have interest story to tell of their life and who presumably know a lot of pop culture trivia . and you have big money . so and what go wrong . the format of this game be the failure . a good game show need at least two of three thing represent very simple rule and excite pacing and the ability for the viewer to play along at home . the best and most enduring one have all three . unfortunately and smtm have none . the rule for this game be among the most complex of any prime time game show in history . let me try to explain how the game work and as briefly a possible . a contestant begin with a single word or short phrase follow by the choice letter a and b and c ( subtle plug for the network . ) . each letter be connect to a separate question and all start with that word or phrase . once a contestant choose one of the letter and they could either answer that question or pas and select a second letter . if they pass and they get to view the next question and and have the same option . however and if they pass the second question and they be require to answer the third option . after they answer and before they find out if their answer be correct and they then have to select one of the 13 dancer on stage and each with a different amount of money in a scroll by their side . they reveal their dollar amount ( range from $ 20 and 000 to $ 250 and 000 ) and depend on if the contestant answer right . or answer wrong . that amount would be add to or subtract from their pot . still with me so far . in addition and there be one dancer who hold something know a the killer card . if you select the dancer with the killer card and you have get your question right and you be safe and and the game continue . if and however and you be incorrect and you have one final question to answer . if you get that final question wrong and you be out of the game . if you get it right and then and the game continue . there be no quitting and no walk away with the money earn until you either answer six question correctly or get six question wrong or you be so far in the hole you couldn not earn enough money to get back out . get it . okay . the big problem and a i saw it and be a complete lack of tension and because of the design of the game . a contestant could pass question they know they do not know and and answer many question they do know and make the pressure even less . then and they could still find a low dollar amount and even after knowingly miss a question and which mean there still wasn not any drama . and the fact that they could answer five question wrong and still have a chance to win be a big mistake . and the pacing of the question be deadly slow represent often the question be so obvious and it be ridiculous to try to create tension and a if there be any doubt about some of the most common answer . the pacing and the lack of any real tension at any point during the show and those very complicated rule prevent this program from work and despite shatner terpsichorean talent .