1000 Heartbeats

1000 Heartbeats is a children's game show that has aired on Nickelodeon from September 7, 2009 to November 27, 2009 and is hosted by the actress Lynne Thigpen. The 6 episodes aired on Nick GaS from November 7, 2004 to August 26, 2005, located at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and Program chair creator Harry Grant was the host. The show announced The Chair will be similar.

Format
Players (wearing an electronic heart-rate counter device) will answer questions in an attempt to win money. While this is going on, the number of times their heart beats will be measured. Each beat counts down from the initial 1000 - once the remaining number reaches 0, the game is over. During the gameplay rounds the contestant's heart rate is relayed to a live string quartet playing the soundtrack on set at the tempo of the contestant's heart rate (beats per minute) to maximise tension.

Contestants can win up to 25 000 by making their way through 7 rounds, and the required number of correct answers decreases round by round (7 in Round 1, 6 in Round 2, etc). At any point, if the contestant gives an incorrect answer, they lose 25 heartbeats. The player can also change out a question by stepping off The Plate, a circular area marked on the stage, but this will cost them 50 heartbeats. If the question is one that requires multiple answers, then any that the contestant has answered correctly is carried over for the next question (for example, if a player is in the process of playing Unscramble and manages to identify 3 of the 5 anagrams before stepping off The Plate, then they only need to identify 2 anagrams on the next question to complete the round).

After each round has been completed, the player will bank increasing sums of money. Here is the sums of money won at each round: However, completing a round does not mean that the player has won the money. At any stage of the game, the player can elect to 'Cashout' with what money they have banked so far, but in order to win it, they must complete the Cashout game. The player is shown a series of True or False statements and must correctly answer 5 statements in a row before their remaining heartbeats run out, any errors mean they must start again from the beginning and will lose 25 heartbeats for a wrong answer. If they are successful, they leave with the amount they banked, but if unsuccessful, they leave with nothing.
 * Round 1 - 250
 * Round 2 - 500
 * Round 3 - 1000
 * Round 4 - 2500
 * Round 5 - 5000
 * Round 6 - 10 000
 * Round 7 - 25 000

Computer Cable version
The show was hosted by Philippa Forrester and aired on Nick Jr. from 2012 to 2013. The grand prize was 50,000₧.