The most notable being the Prohibited Practices in Contests of Knowledge, Skill, or Chance law, which bars television or radio stations from rigging game shows.

[11] The second episode, which aired on May 17, talks about the history of "Big Money" game shows going back to the 1950s.

[12] The episode begins with the original NBC version of The Price Is Right before moving on to the 1972 revival of the series with a look at the scandal of Ted Slauson who was able to make a perfect bid on the Showcase Round thanks to his research of the show and its infrequent use of new prizes and the similar scandal with Michael Larson who was able to win the largest ever single-day amount of money on the show Press Your Luck.

It looks briefly at game shows from the network Nickelodeon such as Double Dare which put children into physical gameplay challenges.

[15] Afterwards it digs into reality contest shows of the 1990s including Big Brother, Survivor, The Amazing Race.