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Opportunity Knocks

What’s the Story?

Reviewed by Kari Croop

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS unexpectedly in this family-friendly series that literally brings the excitement of a glitzy primetime game show to contestants' doorstep. Accompanied by several trucks full of cash and prizes, host J.D. Roth rings a random doorbell and challenges one lucky family to answer questions about each other in exchange for the chance to win $250,000, plus thousands more in brand-name merchandise. But he hasn't come alone ... he's also amassed an audience of friends, neighbors, and relatives to cheer the chosen family on in a frenetic atmosphere of high risk and intensely theatrical lighting.

Is It Any Good?

4

There are a few things working against Opportunity Knocks. For one thing, the actual "randomness" of Roth's visits seems suspect (how could you not notice a crew setting up a full-size stage in your front yard?). The show also embraces the notion that more is more. In one episode, for example, a family scores a fleet of big-screen plasma televisions: One for the living room, plus more for every bedroom in the house. Later on, it seems like a bargain for the same family to fork over $5,000 from their winnings to pay for backstage passes to a Jonas Brothers concert for their daughter and four of her friends. The point? Don't be surprised if your kids suddenly feel like the high life is in reach.

But, consumerism aside, Opportunity Knocks has good intentions -- and, frankly, it's a lot of fun to watch. To do well, a family has to work together as a team, but they also have to know a lot about each other's interests, hobbies, passions, and accomplishments. That means that close-knit families will be rewarded for the time they've spent getting to know each other. And that's time well spent indeed.

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