User:Daniel Benfield/Weakest Link Syndicated Video Archive

Syndicated, Daily: January 7, 2002 - May 20, 2003

The syndicated run of The Weakest Link originally ran concurrently with the NBC run, but for its second season was the only version left on the air. This version might have less players and money, but it's otherwise the game and still pretty good. One thing viewers will notice is that in Rounds 2-4, as the clock reaches 30 seconds, hard drum beats accompany the music and continue to do so until the clock runs out.

Presumably because Anne Robinson was still doing the NBC series, three pilots were shot in 2001 with different hosts; one, George Gray, was tapped to do the series. He doesn't try to be a clone of Anne, though, opting for a more snarky approach rather than the cold, distant, and mean one Anne was well-known for at this point.

Speaking of which, for the NBC version see User:Daniel Benfield/Weakest Link NBC Video Archive.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©2002-03 The Gurin Company/BBC Productions and associated entities.

Season 1 (2002)
Had a top prize of $75,000, with a $12,500 target in each round.


 * January 7, 2002 (Premiere: Alex/Elizabeth/Shelli/Clint/Ken/Mame)
 * January 8, 2002 (Laurie/Lisa/Jessica/Robert/Michael/Greg)
 * January 9, 2002 (Barbara/Todd/Malia/Marshall/Yvonne/Joe)


 * March 2002 (Margaret/Mike/Lisa/Franklyn/Poj/Terri {alternate copy of Margaret's brain freezes})
 * [Reason for the date: First head-to-head question references the 2002 Winter Olympics, which was in February.]


 * March 4, 2002 (Zach/Ray/Lucy/Robin/Jim/Amanda, with George doing an impression of Anne and a rare Double Round feat that apparently never happened on the NBC series {alternate copy of George's impression and Double Round moment})
 * March 11, 2002 (Erin/Cherice/Lee/Doug/Mike/Ari {alternate copy, begins during Round 1 with 0:37 remaining})


 * May 14, 2002 (Kyle/Jim/Tiffany/Darlene/Rikki/Chris; closed-captioned on the TV, not using YouTube's caption decoder {alternate copy... thing, same source})
 * May 21, 2002 (Jeff/Susan/Chris/Eric/Karen/Arlis)

Season 2 (2002-03)
Upped the top prize to $100,000, with the target now $25,000 and the Double Round kicked out. This also resulted in a tweak to the "Strongest Link voted out" rule: if the Strongest Link was voted out after Round 4, the second-Strongest Link would decide who would go first in the Head-to-Head Round.


 * September 23, 2002 (Season Premiere: Michelle/Andre/Heather/Tina/Josh/Gary)


 * Late 2002 (Heather/John/Alison/George/Lydia/Chad; has commercials)
 * [Promo at 7:15 is for a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Radio Week. Another at 23:57 is for Sunday's ABC schedule of all-new episodes of Alias and The Practice; the latter show moved to Mondays at the start of 2003.]
 * Taped 2002 (Marci/Ingrid/Sam/Nap?/Adrian/Nicole)