The series features practical jokes in the vein of earlier shows like Just for Laughs Gags, Punk'd or Candid Camera – the supposed twist being that the cameras are in the open, not hidden as in the other series.

[1] The show premiered on NBC and Global TV on January 9, 2009.

[2] Mandel also served as an executive producer of the series, along with Scott Hallock and Kevin Healy of Spy TV, and Morgan Elliot and Michael Rotenberg.

Tickets to the tapings were given out to new members of Harrah's Total Rewards program at the casino.

The head of NBC's unscripted department, Craig Plestis, said that NBC's choice to share the costs of the series with Global was part of "trying to figure out new ways to do business as shows become more expensive."