ABC orders you to 'Take the Money and Run'

A reality show featuring real life cops and robber and a very real $100,000 cash prize

By Kelly Kawata

Metromix
July 15, 2011

ABC orders you to 'Take the Money and Run'

From the producers of "The Amazing Race" and "CSI" comes ABC's new competition series "Take the Money and Run," which takes ordinary people and turns them into everyday criminals.

Here's how it works: A team of two is handed a briefcase stuffed with $100,000 in cash which must be cleverly stashed before the duo is locked up and interrogated for 48 hours. If the team can outwit and outrun the investigators, the money is theirs to keep. Sounds easy enough, but you try being chased down by real life investigators and police detectives who are racing against the clock to figure out where the money's hidden...

Hey, what happened to the good ol' days of aspiring to be a contestant on a competition show like "Wheel of Fortune?"

Check out a teaser clip of ABC's "Take the Money and Run":

"Take the Money and Run" premieres Tuesday, August 2, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.

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