Jamie Foxx to host game show with daughter Corinne amid health battle
nypost.comhospitalized after suffering a “medical complication” while filming his new movie “Back In Action.” The Post reached out to Foxx and his daughter for comment. “We are thrilled to be developing ‘We Are Family’ with Jeff Apploff and our friends at FOX Entertainment after so much success with six seasons of ‘Beat Shazam,’” said the father-daughter duo in a statement. “We hope this show brings as much fun to audiences at home as we’ve had creating it when it premieres next year.”The game show — which is set to air on FOX in 2024 — will comprise a live studio audience and will feature 100 contestants playing through multiple rounds of clues and gameplay.
Contestants will also have the chance to win $100,000. “Jamie and Corinne are important partners to the FOX Family,” said Allison Wallach, president of unscripted programming at FOX. “Their boundless energy and charming interplay with contestants are irresistible, which make them the perfect hosts of ‘We Are Family.'” Wallach continued to say that the show will join the “fast-growing list of premium music-centric competition series” at FOX. “We Are Family” is not the first show that Foxx and his daughter have hosted together.
In 2017, the pair headlined another music-based competition series called “Beat Shazam” where two teams race against each other and the clock to “identify the greatest hits of all time.” Foxx hosted the show — which is currently in its sixth season — right up until his on-set accident in April.
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