Dropout, Formerly CollegeHumor, Dives Into FYC Season With ‘Game Changer’: ‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer This is not a joke: CollegeHumor wants your Emmy vote. Actually, just over two months after the internet comedy company, which rebranded as Dropout last year, sold out a 17,000-seat live performance set for January 2025 at Madison Square Garden, that proposition might not seem as funny anymore.

For the second year in a row, Dropout is submitting its competition series “Game Changer” in the outstanding game show category, its sixth season vying for a nomination against decades-old contenders including “Family Feud,” “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune.” In a stale category that’s gotten more attention since the Television Academy moved it from the Daytime to Primetime ceremonies in 2023, and amid a time of deep upheaval for Hollywood studios and mega streamers, Dropout has a better shot at a nod than it’s ever had before. “The way that we look at this Emmys campaign is, firstly, a challenge to the Emmys that, if they’re really in the spirit of looking at creative work and innovative work, that they could not not nominate us in that category,” Dropout CEO Sam Reich says.

Simply put, Dropout’s “Game Changer” is a game show where the, yes, game changes every episode. From installments based on Simon Says and bingo to iterations inspired by “Survivor” and “The Circle,” “Game Changer” is not like the fixtures in the game show category.