Paranoia (Laiorian game show)

Paranoia was a Laiorian quiz show broadcast in 2020 and 2021 on LTV English 1. Constructed hastily in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, it premiered in May 2020, stripped daily at 9pm every weekday for two weeks.

LTV's press release said: "Current affairs have forced us to take a different course with our programming, and this reimagining of an American 2000 one-series wonder for a 2020 Laiorian audience will have viewers hooked."

The show, presented by Milton Holmes, was based on the of the same name. The top prize was KR 100.000, multiplied by ten for the second series for a million-kronor top prize.

Gameplay
An in-studio contestant plays a live game of trivia against three players connected by satellite. Each of the ten questions has four answers attached. The contestant starts the game with KR 1.000 (KR 10.000 in the second and third series).

n in-studio contestant competed against three satellite players acroLaioriatS. by answering a series of 10 multiple-choice questions, each with four answers. The studio contestant began the game with $10,000 in cash.

Before the studio contestant answers each question, the three satellite players pick their answers. If the studio contestant respond correctly, their total remains intact; if not, they lose KR 100/1.000. In either case, the studio contestant then has to challenge at least one satellite contestant. Each correct answer wins KR 100/1.000 for that satellite contestant, paid out of the studio contestant's total, while a miss earns one strike. Satellite contestants are eliminated upon earning two strikes, and keep any money they had earned (or a KR 250/500 consolation prize if they had earned nothing).

The studio contestant is given two cards, each of which can be used only once: a "Swap Out" to replace one satellite contestant with an unknown alternative, at a cost of KR 100/1.000; and a "Knock Out" to eliminate one satellite contestant from the game, at a cost of KR 300/3.000. The money associated with using these cards is given to the affected satellite contestant. Any strikes earned by a swapped-out contestant carry over to the replacement.

If the studio contestant runs out of money at any time or finishes all 10 questions with at least one satellite player surviving, the game ends and they leave with KR 250/500 as consolation. However, if the studio contestant eliminates all three satellite players, they win whatever money remains from the original KR 1.000/10.000 cash.

In the event that the studio contestant loses the game, the surviving satellite player with the most money gets a chance to become a future studio contestant.

Bonus round
Whilst connected to a heart monitor that broadcast his/her heartbeat to the studio audience, the studio contestant chooses one of 10 categories and has 15 seconds to answer an open-ended question. A correct answer multiplies the main game winnings by whatever number was hidden behind the category; nine of the categories hide ×10, while the tenth hides ×100. There is no penalty for a wrong answer.

Reception
Many reviewers, such as the Laiorian Standard, praised the set design and the graphics, but criticised the first series' prizes, saying that they needed to be increased if LTV wanted any jeopardy.