Picked Off
{{Other uses|Picked off (disambiguation){{!}}Picked off}}
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Reality competition
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| creator =
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| presenter = Keith Neubert
| judges = Todd Merrill
Ethan Merrill
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 6
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| producer =
| executive_producer = Mark Poertner
Stephen Pettinger
Susan Werbe
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| editor = Julie Cooper
| network = History
| company = Cineflix Productions
| first_aired = {{Start date|2012|7|11}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2012|8|15}}
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Picked Off is an American reality competition television series on History.{{cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=Cecily |title=Coast sawmill will be featured on 'Picked Off' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102594981/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Sun Herald |date=August 8, 2012}} The series premiered on July 11, 2012,{{cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/06/13/amateur-pickers-compete-for-a-10000-prize-in-a-new-competition-series-picked-off-premiering-wednesday-july-11-at-10pm-et-on-history-245315/20120613history01/|title=Amateur Pickers Compete for a $10,000 Prize in a New Competition Series 'Picked Off' Premiering Wednesday, July 11 at 10pm ET on History|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=October 3, 2012}} and is hosted by Keith Neubert.{{cite news |last1=Korbelik |first1=Jeff |title=Ex-Husker Gets TV Time |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102595070/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=July 11, 2012}}
The judges are collectibles experts Todd and Ethan Merrill.
Gameplay
Four teams of two people meet up at an antiques barn in southern Mississippi, where they determine the value of an antique or collectible item without going over, similar to the "One Bid" preliminaries on The Price Is Right.
The winner of this opening round gets a 15-minute head start on the next round, where the contestants visit a certain venue (usually located within a short driving distance from the home base) and, within a certain time period, find and take back an item they feel would be worth the most money. Todd and Ethan then judge the items and determines their value; the contestant with the lowest-valued item among the others is "picked off"—in other words, eliminated from the competition.
The next round features the three remaining teams visiting three different leads as selected by the host, with their spending limit fixed to the value of the item appraised in the previous round; like before, they try to find the highest-valued item, with the contestant with the lowest-valued item "picked off" the competition.
In the final round, the two remaining teams scour a given geographic area, in which they have a certain period of time to look for the most-valued item, limited to the value appraised of the previous item; the contestants can use the same leads as the previous round, and/or find leads on their own. The team with the top-valued item after this round wins the top prize of $10,000 cash.
Episodes
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See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120709161714/http://www.history.com/shows/picked-off}}
- {{IMDb title|2214722}}
{{History shows}}
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:2012 American television series debuts
Category:History (American TV channel) original programming
Category:American English-language television shows