Beauty and the Geek
Genre	Reality television
Written by	Rob Cohen Trace Slobotkin David Wollock
Directed by	Brian Smith Lisa Singer Haese Matt Jackson Hal Grant
Starring	Brian McFayden Mike Richards
Opening theme	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" byPet Shop Boys
Composers	Jeff Lippencott Mark T. Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	48
Production
Executive producers	Ashton Kutcher Nick Santora J. D. Roth Jason Goldberg Todd A. Nelson John Foy
Producers	Heather Carrington Dana C. Arnett Allison Kaz Paul Hogan Danny Kon Steve Youel Matt Assmus Matt Westmore Ian Golding Julie Singer Lisa Michelle Singer Adam Paul Steve Pilot Mike Richards Sean Paulsen Siegfried Hildebrand Jessley Ranek Jamie Sykes Tee-a Hof
Cinematography	Darrin Webb Steve Russell Adam Sampson Mark S. Jacobs Tim Baker
Editors	D. J. Nurre Colin Dixon Jamie Sykes Stephen Baumhauer J.R. Arinaga Josh Lennox Debra Light Paul Makkos Joe Weiss Scott Zabielski Michael Degl'Innoenti Anne-Marie Hess Marina Catala Kurt Jones Ryan Main William Drucker Scott Bagley Katherine Griffin Mike Barry Pierre Dwyer Karl Kimbrough Teresa O'Mara Paul Sadowski Bradford L. Dean Chris McKnerney Tori Rodman Shawn Chou Greg Berg Dan Golding David Dooyun Kim Robert Marshall Kathy Messer Daniel Paek Joe Shugart Roger Bourdeau Daniel Korb Barry Murphy
Running time	46 minutes
Production companies	Katalyst Films 3 Ball Productions Fox 21
Original release
Network	The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2007–2008)
Release	June 1, 2005 (2005-06-01) – May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
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Beauty and the Geek

Beauty and the Geek is an Americanreality television series that premiered onThe WB on June 1, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced byAshton Kutcher,Jason Goldberg andJ. D. Roth. The show's title is a parody ofBeauty and the Beast. This was the first show produced by theFox Television Studios sub-division Fox 21.^{[citation needed]}

The show follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination. The final pair remaining is declared as being "More than just a Beauty and a Geek" and wins the grand prize of $250,000.

While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from their teammate. During the competition, the contestants live in a mansion and compete in a series of challenges, with the beauties competing in challenges of intellect, and the geeks competing in challenges involving social ability.

The theme song, "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by thePet Shop Boys (originally released in 1985), is used also on the British, Danish and Belgian-Dutch versions. Commercialpromos for the show featured a different theme song, "The Geeks Get the Girls" byAmerican Hi-Fi.

Following the second season, the American version moved toThe CW, the new network formed when bothThe WB andUPN ceased operations in September 2006. The two-hour season premiere for the third season aired Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.EST on The CW. The fourth season premiered on September 18, makingBATG the first series to premiere for the CW for the 2007-08 television season.Beauty and the Geek was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on March 12, 2008.

After the fifth season, the show was put on indefinite hiatus in order to stoke renewed interest in the show, and perhaps the addition of innovative twists to the format.^[1] In October 2008, casting began for a sixth season,^[2] scheduled to air on MTV, with minor celebrities as the beauties.^[3] However, a sixth season never materialized.

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Season 5 premiered on March 11, 2008, taking over the timeslot ofReaper.^[16] For the first three episodes, the beauties competed as a group against the team of geeks. The remaining beauties and geeks then paired off to compete against the other pairs, as in previous seasons.

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