Education Station
Encyclopedia
Education Station is an upcoming 2010
American television
game show
to be aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network
. It was taped in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
, but a specific air date has yet to be set. The show is similar to Fox
's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
, but geared toward Christian educational entertainment. Produced by Greg Robbins, CEO of Uplifting Entertainment
, Education Station is one of 11 television series created by the company since its 1999 foundation.
, Math
, Science
, History
and the Bible
. Teams of two faced off and any time a team lost a round, it was "gooped," which means a bucket of slime was dumped on team members' heads, or the team members received a pie in the face
. Other aspects of the show include rolling the "dice of doom," "spill the beans" or "silly noodle."
2010 in television
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American television
Television in the United States
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game show
Game show
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to be aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
. It was taped in Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Carnegie is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 7,972 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Carnegie is located at . It is approximately southwest of Pittsburgh...
, but a specific air date has yet to be set. The show is similar to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. game show)
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is an American quiz game show on Fox. It is produced by Mark Burnett and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show premiered as a three-day special which began on February 27, 2007 with the first two shows each a half-hour in length...
, but geared toward Christian educational entertainment. Produced by Greg Robbins, CEO of Uplifting Entertainment
Uplifting Entertainment
Uplifting Entertainment is a Christian production company based in Pennsylvania. It was conceived by Greg Robbins in 1999, who portrays Pastor Greg, with the purpose of "informing with delight." It was formally founded in Oregon in 2003 as a limited partnership between Robbins, director Calvin...
, Education Station is one of 11 television series created by the company since its 1999 foundation.
Format
The show features four rounds of multiple choice questions from categories including EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Math
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
. Teams of two faced off and any time a team lost a round, it was "gooped," which means a bucket of slime was dumped on team members' heads, or the team members received a pie in the face
Pieing
Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at a person or persons. This can be a political action when the target is an authority figure, politician, or celebrity and can be used as a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against perceived arrogance or vanity. Perpetrators...
. Other aspects of the show include rolling the "dice of doom," "spill the beans" or "silly noodle."