Some critics believed that the show's name and timing were appropriate given the tumultuous preceding presidential election and its premiere date coming the day before the inauguration of Donald Trump.

For each question, the team has 60 seconds to unanimously agree on an answer (excluding the final round), the available money decreases the longer it takes.

[1] Each contestant must enter the same response on their respective panel and then everyone must simultaneously lock in an answer and stop the clock.

If there is no unanimous agreement, then the contestants are given a 15-second grace period (10 seconds in season one) before their bank begins to drain.

[5] Mike Richards, executive producer of The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal[6] and former host of GSN's The Pyramid,[7] was chosen to host the show,[1][8] and the series officially premiered January 19, 2017, an hour before the season four premiere of GSN's Idiotest.

Ultimately we agreed it was a good time to show that although people have many disagreements, it is to everyone's benefit to unite.

[11] On March 30, 2017, a special edition of the show aired with three contestants instead of the usual four, resembling the format on the original British series.

After a hiatus midway through Season 2, on April 3, 2018, new episodes of the show were moved to a 3:30 AM EST death slot.

"[9] The New York Times's Neil Genzlinger agreed, contending, "It's tempting to see the show, which seems to bring out the obstinance and belligerence of its contestants, as being born of the fractious period the United States has just been through... it certainly fits perfectly in the current landscape.

[16] The actual series premiere saw a sizeable rise in the ratings, with the 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. EST episodes performing relatively well by GSN's standards, earning 421,000 and 451,000 viewers respectively.