ITV bosses have confirmed the future of a popular quiz show.
The 1% Club, which has aired for three seasons so far, is returning for two more seasons after its huge success in the ratings and host Lee Mack is a little surprised by it.
The program tests 100 members of the public’s intelligence, common sense and logic with questions that ascend in order of difficulty according to the proportion of the general public can answer them: 90 percent, 80 percent, up to one percent .
The famous quiz show won a National Television Award in 2023, the same year it launched a live streaming app that topped chat rooms.
According Suna source said: “The show has truly proven its popularity with viewers, so it’s only natural to bring it back for not one, but two more rounds.”
ITV bosses have confirmed the future of popular quiz show The 1% Club, which has aired for three seasons so far and will return for two more seasons.
The programme, presented by Lee Mack (pictured), tests the intelligence, common sense and logic of 100 members of the public with questions ascending in order of difficulty according to the proportion of the general public who can answer them: 90 percent, 80 percent. , up to one percent
“This will also include two Christmas specials, which will air on ITV after the main series has aired.”
Speaking to the publication, Lee said: “Let’s be honest, the fact that I didn’t accidentally give a hundred thousand dollars to the wrong person or read the answer instead of the question is a surprise to me and everyone.” the rest. “I’m really delighted that ITV is taking a chance on me steering this ship once again.”
Last month, viewers criticized the show for its “easy” final question in the contest.
The 1% question in the most recent episode was apparently not as difficult as the show thought, as many viewers thought it was too simple.
The question was: ‘Using only two letters to fill in the blank, what is the word that appears next? P _ _ _ E _ _ I _ N’. The answer was “Possession.”
While this is a question that apparently 99% of the public can’t answer, many X users got it right.
One user wrote: ‘I don’t normally get the last question, but I saw it instantly. Easy peasy.’
Another agreed, adding: “That was easier than the previous few.”
According to The Sun, a source said: “The show has truly proven its popularity with viewers, so it’s only natural to bring it back for not one, but two more rounds.”
Last month, viewers criticized the show for its “easy” final question in the contest. The 1% question in the most recent episode was apparently not as difficult as the show thought, as many viewers thought it was too simple.
While this is a question that apparently 99% of the public can’t answer, many X users got it right.
It comes after Lee previously spoke out about cancel culture, saying that no joke on any topic should be banned, as long as it’s funny enough.
A third wrote: ‘Got it! Wow, I actually answered the 1% question!
It comes after Lee previously spoke out about cancel culture, saying that no joke on any topic should be banned, as long as it’s funny enough.
The Not Going Out star said the golden rule should be that the joke should be more funny than shocking.
But he said that while that means anything is fair game in principle, in practice some topics are so sensitive that no comedian will come up with a funny enough joke.
Mack, who still writes the BBC sitcom Not Going Out but now rarely does stand-up, also said that too often jokes have now been judged without looking at the intention behind them.
He said: ‘In principle, there is nothing you can’t make a joke about, nothing. But for me, the joke has to be more funny than shocking. So, the more impactful the topic, the better the joke should be.
And there are some topics that are so shocking that no one is good enough to come up with a joke that’s more funny than shocking.
“So in principle you can make a joke about anything, but in practice you can’t because no one is that good.”