New TBS show to find the 'King of the Nerds'

The original 'Revenge of the Nerds' crew. Can you spot Lewis and Booger?

Credit: 20th Century Fox

Now that nerds seemingly run the world, TBS is determined to find their leader. The cable network has greenlit the new unscripted competition series "King of the Nerds," which will premiere in early 2013.

To host the show, TBS has recruited two of the stars of 1984's prescient "Revenge of the Nerds," Robert Carradine ("Lewis") and Curtis Armstrong ("Booger"). Ogre would not be pleased.

Eight episodes of "King of the Nerds" have been ordered. The show's executive producers feature a who's-who of reality TV vets, with Ben Silverman ("The Biggest Loser"), Jimmy Fox ("Mob Wives"), Rick Ringbakk ("The Amazing Race"), Tod Mesirow ("MythBusters") and Craig Armstrong ("Survivor") working with producers Carradine and Armstrong.

On "Nerds," competitors from all nerdy walks of life will take part in challenges testing intelligence, ingenuity and pop-culture knowledge. The competition will begin with teams, before evolving into a "last person standing" showdown. Two nerds enter, one nerd leaves.

"It's been said we're living in the 'Age of the Nerd', and if so, what better way to acknowledge that than to have a competition to crown the King of the Nerds?" said TBS' Michael Wright in a release. "'King of the Nerds' is a lot of fun as it not only celebrates nerd culture, but also illuminates it. We believe 'King of the Nerds' is an ideal fit with 'The Big Bang Theory,' and we look forward to having it on the network"

"'King of the Nerds' will be the first-ever nerd-on-nerd warfare competition series. Who better to have as our hosts than Robert and Curtis, the founding fathers of the Nerd Universe," said producer Fox. "We are incredibly excited to partner with TBS to not only celebrate the nerd in each and every one of us, but to bring an incredibly fun, smart and entertaining competition series to the TBS audience."

Dave Lewis
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Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.