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Ultimate Tag

By Melissa Camacho, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 8+

Simple, high-energy game show is lots of silly fun.

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What's the Story?

Co-hosted by NFL star siblings J.J. Watt, T.J. Watt, and Derek Watt, ULTIMATE TAG is a high-energy game show based on the classic playground chasing game. Each episode features two teams of players, divided by sex, making their way through three dimensional obstacle courses. The catch? They must avoid the "taggers," a gang of elite athletes with big personalities whose sole goal is to grab the flag attached to each contestant as soon as possible. The longer each player is able to avoid getting tagged during each round of the game, the more points they earn. The member of each team who scores the most points at the end of the game wins $10K.

Is It Any Good?

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This lively series features physically fit men and women getting chased by other physically fit men and women for a chance to win some cash. To add excitement to the show's straightforward formula, each round of the game ups the ante by featuring bigger and more difficult obstacle courses. Meanwhile, the taggers, who boast superhero-like names like "Atomic Ant" and "Rocket" (and on occasion some WWE-style tough talk), chase the players with impressive speed and agility. It's not the most creative of contests, but Ultimate Tag, much like the playground game, still manages to be fun.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the the way Ultimate Tag takes a basic kids' game and reinterprets it for TV entertainment. How does it make the simple game seem larger and more complicated than what it is?

  • If you played this game on TV, would you want to compete for the money, or be a tagger? Which would be more fun?

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