Faux Pause was a television program that was aired from 1997-1998 on Game Show Network

Game Show Network

The Game Show Network is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994. Its current slogan is "The World Needs More Winners"...

. Co-hosted by Sean Donnellan

Sean Donnellan

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 and Mary Gallagher

Mary Gallagher

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, it poked fun at certain episodes of game show

Game show

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s, in a similar fashion to Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

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. Some programs which were featured included Hot Potato

Hot Potato (game show)

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, Chain Reaction

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, Double Talk

Double Talk

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, Bullseye

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and Camouflage

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Reception towards the show was poor, with Time Magazine's Joel Stein calling the show "stunningly bad," as well as the rest of GSN's original programming at the time.

External links

• Faux Pause at the Internet Movie Database
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