The only performer consistently present across the first three Joe Schmo seasons was voice actor Ralph Garman, who served as the "emcee" for all three editions (playing a smarmier caricature of himself in the first, a pompous British man in the second, and a bounty hunter in the third).

[4] On May 17, 2023, TBS announced that it would revive The Joe Schmo Show for a new fourth season with Cat Deeley as host, with the premiere initially planned for 2024.

In this latest incarnation, the real and fake contestants participate in an elaborate competition known as The GOAT, a supposed Americanized adaptation of a popular (and fictitious) South Korean series.

When Earl was "voted" off the show, Gould began to weep and question his possible monetary gain at the cost of competing against his new friends.

While the original premise had been to make situations funny at Gould's expense, it became clear that the audience would sympathize too strongly with his earnestness; later games and contests were rigged to ensure he would win.

The next day, when Wiig returned to the show, still in character, Gould gave her the all-expense-paid spa vacation he had won earlier.

Some cast members have gone on to bigger success, including Kristen Wiig, who landed a regular spot on Saturday Night Live in 2005, and also went on to co-write and star in the 2011 film Bridesmaids; Lance Krall, creator, writer and lead of VH1's Free Radio; Ralph Garman, a voice actor on Family Guy and co-host of Hollywood Babble-On; and David Hornsby, who is a writer, supervising producer, and performer on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Ralph Garman returned to host the second season as Derek Newcastle, dying his hair blond and wearing a fake beard, glasses, blue contact lenses, and false teeth plus spoke with a British accent so he would not be recognized by the new contestants.

Things reached a head when the character of "Cammy", who was supposed to be telling Ingrid a secret, paused her story in order to allow the cameraman to change batteries.

It was finally decided that the producers would reveal to Wiese that she had correctly deduced that the entire thing was a hoax during an activity where Walsh was not present.

In her place as the female "schmo", Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania native Amanda Naughton was added to the cast.

As with the first season, the cast members portrayed characters based on archetypes common to many dating game and reality shows.

After revealing the hoax to her and inviting her to join the other actors, producers also gave Wiese storylines of her own, including one in which her character was accused of faking a death of a grandfather (a reference to a notorious incident on the then-recent Survivor: Pearl Islands) in a bid to win Austin's affections.

All three "Schmos" (Walsh, Naughton, and Wiese) received the same amount ($100,000) that Gould earned in season one, plus vacation packages they won playing contests during the show.

He had become an owner of a bar, which he later sold, then began overseeing operations at a bar, Town Hall, in Washington D.C.[12] In January 2012, Spike TV announced it had picked up a new ten-episode series titled Full Bounty, described as "a reality competition series featuring 12 aspiring bounty hunters who risk life and limb to chase down actual fugitives".

The previous series host, Ralph Garman, returned this time in disguise as Jake Montrose, a seasoned bounty hunter who judged the contestant's performances.

Included among them for the first time is a recognizable celebrity: Lorenzo Lamas, star of 1990s bounty hunter series Renegade, playing a parody of himself.

An early preview for the show's return digitally blurred the new "Schmo's" face and altered his voice, so as not to reveal his identity.

[14] The name of the Schmo was later revealed to be Chase Rogan, a 28-year-old native of Pennsylvania, who is a married sports fanatic and business owner.