Take the Money & Run is an American reality competition television series created by Matthew Worthy and Kieran Doherty and developed by Bertram van Munster, Elise Doganieri and Philip Morrow which involves contestants trying to hide a briefcase filled with $100,000 from professional detectives and other investigators.
The series aired in the USA on ABC from 2 August to 6 September, 2011. There are six hour-long episodes in one season.
Take the Money & Run originally aired in South Africa on M-Net and DStv's M-Net HD channel from 13 July to 17 August, 2012, on Fridays at 19h30. It later aired on DStv's Vuzu channel. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
The series premiered on Vuzu on Sunday 16 September 2012, at 22h00. New episodes broadcast weekly.
Synopsis
From the producers of The Amazing Race and the CSI franchise comes an entirely new heart-stopping competition show entitled Take the Money & Run.
Combining all the elements of an edge-of-your-seat spy thriller with the excitement of rooting for real people in various locales outwitting high-level investigators, this is an exhilarating competition series that will take reality television to a whole new level.
The cat and mouse format will pit investigative professionals vs. everyday people trying to win a weekly $100,000 prize.
In each episode, two players as a team are given one hour to hide a briefcase containing $100,000. Once that time is up, they're taken into custody by local police detectives and brought to investigative headquarters.
Over the next 48 hours, the detectives will work with professional interrogators – Detective Paul Bishop and Deputy District Attorney/best-selling author Mary Hanlon Stone – to combine efforts and determine the location of the briefcase.
All they'll have to go on are cell phone records, any receipts and the GPS coordinates from the players' car. The rest will be learned from two days and nights of grueling interrogations and extensive field work.
If the two detectives are able to locate the briefcase within the 48 hours, they'll get to keep the money. If not, the two players will keep the $100,000.
Detective/best-selling author Paul Bishop is a high ranking detective specialising in Sex Crimes for a major metropolitan police department on the west coast, where he has twice been honoured as Detective of the Year. He has written numerous novels, as well as scripts for feature film and episodic television.
Deputy District Attorney and best-selling author Mary Hanlon Stone attended the University of Michigan Law School, then moved to California to join the District Attorney's Office, where she specialized in domestic violence and sexual assault prosecutions. Her novel, Invisible Girl, was inspired by the courage of the young girls she has met through her work.
Take the Money & Run is produced by Profiles Television LLC and Jerry Bruckheimer Television, and distributed in the U.S. by Horizon Alternative Television.
Executive producers are Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri and Philip Morrow. KristieAnne Reed and Mark Dziak are co-executive producers.
Seasons
There are six hour-long episodes in one season
Season 1
Channel: M-Net | Premiere: 13 Jul 2012 | Finale: 17 Aug 2012 | Fridays, 19h30
Channel: M-Net HD | Premiere: 13 Jul 2012 | Finale: 17 Aug 2012 | Fridays, 19h30
Channel: Vuzu | Premiere: 16 Sep 2012 | Finale: 21 Oct 2012 | Sundays, 22h00