Born Lucky is an American television series in which contestants earned mall money and prizes. It was hosted by Bob Goen

Bob Goen

Robert Kuehl "Bob" Goen is an American game show emcee and television personality, best known for his work on Entertainment Tonight between 1993 and 2004...

 and announced by Jonathan Coleman. Four contestants competed in a stunt game show taped at various shopping malls for a chance at $2,000 in mall money. The first week's shows of Born Lucky were taped at the Glendale Galleria in California

California

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The show aired on Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...

 from October 5, 1992 to April 2, 1993, and again on the same network from July 5 to December 31, 1993. For a brief period in 2000, PAX aired reruns of this series.

Format

Each player had a chance to win up to $100 (in what was referred to as "mall money") in the first round by participating in a stunt, such as trying to follow a sequence of commands, moving an item through a maze

Maze

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 using a magnet

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 held in the mouth

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 in 60 seconds, or solving a series of brain teasers. The top two highest scoring players moved onto Round 2. Winners of the stunt also earned a prize. If there was a tie (for last place, or if all tied), each person picked an envelope containing "mall money". The player(s) who picked the most cash went on to round two.

"Challenge Round"

In the second round, the two remaining players bid against each other to see who could accomplish the stunt (à la Name That Tune

Name That Tune

Name That Tune is a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife Roberta....

s Bid-a-Note round). All stunts were played in either a 30, 45, or 60-second time limit. If the person accomplished the stunt before time ran out, he or she won. Otherwise, the opponent moved on.

Bonus Round

The winning player then got a chance to win $2,000 by accomplishing a series of 5 additional stunts in 90 seconds. They could pass on only one stunt and if time permitted, they went back to that stunt and he/she must complete that remaining stunt to win the $2,000 in cash; otherwise, he/she received $100 for each stunt accomplished.