Our Little Genius

Kevin Pollack can’t catch a break. In 1995 the comedian probably thought after he co-starred in The Usual Suspects that his star was going to rise to unseen levels but nothing really happened for him as an actor. Then in 2010 he snags the hosting gig on a Fox reality/game show being made by Survivor creator Mark Burnett that looked to be positioned as the network’s answer to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and he just had to have visions of blowing up like Regis Philbin dancing around his noggin. So what happens? The program gets yanked before ever airing one episode because the FCC starts investigating allegations that the show was fixed. According to the parents of one of the contestants, a producer from the show would give their child the answers to any questions that he either did not know or was unsure about. So facing an investigation by the FCC that could result in criminal charges being filed was too much heat for Fox and they dropped Our Little Genius like a hot potato and added yet another disappointment to the career aspirations of Kevin Pollack.