Beauty and the Geek (American TV series)

Beauty and the Geek
Starring	Brian McFayden Mike Richards
Opening theme	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" by Pet Shop Boys
Composers	Jeff Lippencott Mark T. Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	48
Production
Executive producers	Ashton Kutcher Nick Santora J. D. Roth Jason Goldberg Todd A. Nelson John Foy
Producers	Heather Carrington Dana C. Arnett Allison Kaz Paul Hogan Danny Kon Steve Youel Matt Assmus Matt Westmore Ian Golding Julie Singer Lisa Michelle Singer Adam Paul Steve Pilot Mike Richards Sean Paulsen Siegfried Hildebrand Jessley Ranek Jamie Sykes Tee-a Hof
Cinematography	Darrin Webb Steve Russell Adam Sampson Mark S. Jacobs Tim Baker
Editors	D. J. Nurre Colin Dixon Jamie Sykes Stephen Baumhauer J.R. Arinaga Josh Lennox Debra Light Paul Makkos Joe Weiss Scott Zabielski Michael Degl'Innoenti Anne-Marie Hess Marina Catala Kurt Jones Ryan Main William Drucker Scott Bagley Katherine Griffin Mike Barry Pierre Dwyer Karl Kimbrough Teresa O'Mara Paul Sadowski Bradford L. Dean Chris McKnerney Tori Rodman Shawn Chou Greg Berg Dan Golding David Dooyun Kim Robert Marshall Kathy Messer Daniel Paek Joe Shugart Roger Bourdeau Daniel Korb Barry Murphy
Running time	46 minutes
Production companies	Katalyst Films 3 Ball Productions Fox 21
Original release
Network	The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2007–2008) Fox Reality (reruns)
Release	June 1, 2005 (2005-06-01) – May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)
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Beauty and the Geek is an American reality television series that premiered on The WB on June 1, 2005. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and J. D. Roth. The show's title is a parody of Beauty and the Beast. This was the first show produced by the Fox Television Studios sub-division Fox 21.^{[citation needed]}

The show follows groups of "Beauties" (people — almost always women — who rely on their attractiveness and outgoing personalities but typically lack intellect) and "Geeks" (people — almost always men — who rely on their intellect, but typically lack social ability) who must pair up to compete in challenges to avoid elimination. The final pair remaining is declared as being "More than just a Beauty and a Geek" and wins the grand prize of $250,000.

While a competition, the show is also billed as a social experiment, in which each contestant typically learns from his or her teammate. During the competition, the contestants live in a mansion and compete in a series of challenges, with the beauties competing in challenges of intellect, and the geeks competing in challenges involving social ability.