'American Bible Challenge': Where Jesus meets Jeff Foxworthy

‘American Bible Challenge’: Where Jesus meets Jeff Foxworthy

By Patrick Kevin Day

July 16, 2012 12 AM PT

Is America ready to get their Bible lessons from Jeff Foxworthy, king of the redneck joke? It’s about to become reality as Game Show Network has released the first look at its original game show”The American Bible Challege.”&lt;p&gt;Game shows have tackled everything from the private lives of newlyweds to deepest fears of average Americans, so offering up the Good Book as the basis for frantic competition and fabulous cash prizes seems like the next logical step. They have rock bands and coffee bars in churches now, so it’s not as outlandish as it may seem at first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Foxworthy plays host to two teams as they use their knowledge of Bible trivia to win money for a charity or ministry. As Foxworthy says in the promo, “It’s just cool seeing people come and, within the course of an hour, win money to change somebody else’s life.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although, not everything about “Bible Challenge” could be as rosy. As Canadian radio reporter Graham Elliott pointed out on Twitter, “Reminds me of losing at the verse challenges at Sunday School.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The show is produced by RelativityREAL, producers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” It premieres Aug. 23.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join Patrick Kevin Day on &lt;a href=”https://plus.google.com/u/0/117842858658369946822?rel=author”&gt;Google+&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/patrickkevinday”&gt;Twitter.&lt;/a&gt; Email: &lt;a href=”mailto:patrick.day@latimes.com”&gt;patrick.day@latimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALSO:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jennifer-lopez-steven-tyler-leave-american-idol-20120714,0,3311966.story”&gt;’American Idol’ enters crisis mode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-real-l-word-20120715,0,6911155.story”&gt;’The Real L Word’ takes on a life of its own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-breaking-bad-season-five-premiere-20120716,0,4670744.story”&gt;’Breaking Bad’ Season 5 premiere is most watched episode to date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;!-- BEGIN EDITING HERE --&gt; &lt;div class=”ent-tv-must-reads”&gt; &lt;h2&gt;PHOTOS, VIDEO AND MORE:&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;!-- First story --&gt; &lt;div class=”ent-pick”&gt; &lt;!-- Image and image link--&gt; &lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-dancing-with-the-stars-all-stars-season-15-pictures,0,5065967.photogallery”&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- Headline and headline link --&gt; &lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-dancing-with-the-stars-all-stars-season-15-pictures,0,5065967.photogallery”&gt; &lt;h3&gt;PHOTOS: ‘Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars’: Meet the cast&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- Second story --&gt; &lt;div class=”ent-pick”&gt; &lt;!-- Image and image link--&gt; &lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-critics-notebook-olympics-20120813,0,7386914.story”&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- Headline and headline link --&gt; &lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-critics-notebook-olympics-20120813,0,7386914.story”&gt; &lt;h3&gt;London Olympics: The Games, our way&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;!-- Third story --&gt; &lt;div class=”ent-pick”&gt; &lt;!-- Image and image link--&gt; &lt;a href=’https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-fall-tv-upfronts-2012-html,0,4464799.htmlstory”’&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;!-- Headline and headline link --&gt; &lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-fall-tv-upfronts-2012-html,0,4464799.htmlstory”&gt; &lt;h3&gt;VIDEO: Watch the latest fall TV trailers here&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--/.ent-tv-must-reads --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Patrick Kevin Day

Patrick Kevin Day previously wrote about television for the Los Angeles Times. As a producer on the L.A. Times website, he helped launch the Envelope, the Times’ awards-centric site, in 2006. He grew up in Indiana and attended the University of Southern California.

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