Beauty and the Geek
Seen it?2005 | 5 seasons | 42 min | Reality
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- 5 seasons: a few months of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 34 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
A group of "Beauties" and a group of "Geeks" are paired up to compete as couples for a shared $250,000 and other prizes. Each beauty lives together in a room with her geek during the course of the competition. There are challenges shown each episode, one testing the beauties on a primarily academic subject, and another that has the geeks competing in a more popular/social realm. The winners of the challenges select two teams to compete against each other in a pure "quiz show" type question and answer session: the team with fewer correct answers gets eliminated.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 5 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 26K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up.
- Season 12005 · 7 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 22006 · 9 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 32007 · 9 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 42007 · 13 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 52008 · 10 episodesNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
- Brian McFaydenSelf - Host
- Leticia ClineSelf - Beauty