Repo Games is a reality series / game show that debuted April 26, 2011, on Spike TV in the United States. The show is produced by 495 Productions, the company responsible for the MTV reality hit Jersey Shore (MTV Networks owns Spike TV).Hosts Josh Lewis and Tom DeTone are repo men. Their function is to pose a series of trivia questions to actual owners of vehicles in danger of being repossessed; failing that, they repossess the vehicle.The game takes place in the driveway of the vehicle owner (or wherever the vehicle is parked). The vehicle is hooked up to a tow truck, and the owner is given a chance to win it back by answering five general-knowledge trivia questions. If the owner can answer three questions correctly, the vehicle is removed from the tow truck and the owner gets it back, with all delinquent payments and any outstanding loan balance paid off by the show.
If not, the tow truck drives away with the vehicle. The first series of episodes were filmed in Phoenix, AZ and Dallas, Texas. Some 80 vehicle owners took part in the show.[1] The second series of episodes have included Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.The show concept was created by writer and director Chris Dowling and actor Jose Pablo Cantillo from Valencia, California, and Repossession Industry expert Gregory Roberds of Mesa, Az.[2]During filming for a Las Vegas episode of Repo Games, 40 year old Carlos Barron shot at the show's film crew because the production van was parked outside of his home. He was later arrested for attempted murder.[3]
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