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World Series of Pop Culture

What’s the Story?

Reviewed by Kari Croop

Hosted by NY1 News anchor Pat Kiernan and Inside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero, the WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE pits three-member teams of trivia hounds against one another in an NCAA tournament-style bracket, testing their knowledge on everything from cryptic movie taglines to old-school rap, anything from the '70s to the present.

Is It Any Good?

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World Series is the ultimate show for junkies who gorge themselves on obscure entertainment tidbits, and it will likely find an audience -- just probably not with kids who don't know (or care about) the answers. Although the show borrows its overly theatrical music and lighting from Millionaire, it keeps things light by letting teams pick out their own descriptive names and matching outfits (which are often pretty ridiculous). But as host, the buttoned-up Kiernan manages to flatten a bit of the fun, looking more like an Ivy League banker instead of someone who might watch Scooby Doo.

Some of the contestants aren't the best sports when they lose, and others are irritatingly overconfident. But if you're a trivia addict and can look past the bum-bum-bumm music and the contestants' generally lame attempts to crack wise, you'll have fun testing your knowledge of the obscure.

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