Calling all fans of cat and pratfall videos: America’s Funniest Home Videos wants you back on the soundstage, stat.When the 33rd season debuts Oct.
2 on ABC, the long-running show will feature a live studio audience for the first time in two seasons. The video show also plans to double the weekly prize money for the new season: first prize winners will earn $20,000, while second place victors are up to $6,000 and third place gets $4,000.First-place prize winners then move on to the next competition round where they vie for $100,000.
At the end of the season, $100,000 champs will compete for a grand prize vacation package.In its 33 seasons, AFV has given away more than $17 million in prize money and evaluated over 2 million video clips from home viewers.
Viewers can continue to submit their videos at http://www.afv.com.“We’re thrilled to welcome a live audience back to the studio after two years,” said Vin Di Bona, Executive Producer and Director of America’s Funniest Home Videos in a statement. “We’re starting with a limited audience size of 50 people, and hope to be back to full audience capacity of 200, soon.
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