Travis Kelce just landed his first TV job. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end is set to host a spin-off of the Fox game show 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' for Amazon's Prime Video. The new show hosted by Kelce is titled 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' It will see adult contestants answer elementary curriculum questions with the help of a classroom full of famous faces.
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00:00 Travis Kelsey just landed his first TV job.
00:02 The Kansas City Chiefs' tight end is set to host a spin-off of the Fox game show "Are You Smarter
00:08 Than a Fifth Grader" for Amazon's Prime Video. The new show, hosted by Kelsey, is titled "Are You
00:13 Smarter Than a Celebrity?" It will see adult contestants answer elementary curriculum questions
00:18 with the help of a classroom full of famous faces. Amazon has ordered 20 episodes of the show.
00:23 The Super Bowl champ said, "I grew up loving game shows and I'm excited to be following in
00:28 the footsteps of so many TV icons by hosting my very first one with Are You Smarter Than a
00:32 Celebrity?" He continued, "The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format
00:37 with everyone's favorite celebrities to the screen will definitely be entertaining. I'm just happy to
00:42 be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up."
00:47 The original U.S. version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader was hosted by comedian Jeff
00:51 Foxworthy. It premiered in 2007 to 27 million viewers and has remained the most-watched game
00:57 show premiere in broadcast television history. Kelsey and the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super
01:02 Bowl in February, defeating the San Francisco 49ers. His other endeavors include co-hosting
01:07 the sports podcast New Heights with his brother Jason Kelsey and putting on the music festival
01:12 Kelsey Jam. For more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News,
01:17 I'm Tiffany Taylor.