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December 30 – January 05, 2024
BY JAY BOBBIN
Game time: Rob Lowe hits ‘The Floor’
Rob Lowe doesn’t mind playing games with his career,
contestant tried to beat out the others in displaying
West Wing” for its first four seasons. He attempted
very literally.
cerebral acuity, though the top prize on that show
such other shows as “The Lyon’s Den,” “Dr. Vegas,”
The actor-producer’s Fox series “9-1-1: Lone Star”
was $100,000. The program first aired in 2019, and
“The Grinder” and took on a supporting role in the
won’t return until next season, giving him time for
its second (and ultimately final) season was delayed
sitcom hit “Parks and Recreation,” but “9-1-1: Lone
other projects. One of them is the new game show
by the COVID-19 pandemic until 2021. Lowe also
“The Floor,” which Fox premieres Tuesday, Jan. 2. Also
doubled as a producer on that series, which went
Star” would be his next major scripted series success.
one of its producers, Lowe hosts the trivia-based quiz
global as well with versions done in such countries as
in which each of 81 contestants stands in an individual
Finland and Portugal.
square on an illuminated game floor, challenging
Lowe’s involvement in such contests is indicative of the
one another in various subject areas while trying to
professional versatility on which he has prided himself
eliminate rivals for a $250,000 prize.
for many years. Ever since gaining initial fame as a
The series has an international presence, since it
young actor in such ‘80s movies as “The Outsiders”
has already been staged in several other countries,
(1983), “St. Elmo’s Fire” (1985) and “About Last
having been co-created by executive producer and
Night…” (1986), he has pursued expansions of his
unscripted-series veteran John de Mol (“The Voice,”
image and the public perception of it. He then did a
I Only Tell My Friends.” He also has been involved
“Big Brother”).
stage production of Chekhov’s “The Three Sisters,” and
in such pursuits as a skin-care product line and a
This isn’t the first time Lowe has been in the game
also appeared in the first television version of Stephen
non-profit organization dedicated to California land-
business with Fox, either. He previously hosted “Mental
King’s “The Stand.”
use planning, so variety has been prominent in his
Samurai,” which had its own technical approach
Known for his political activism, Lowe found a series
activities for some time — and as Lowe now hits “The
but also was a test of the players’ knowledge. Each
role that suited him quite well as Sam Seaborn on “The
Floor,” that’s destined to continue.
Sumter’s
As that drama approaches its fifth season, Lowe also is looking toward a second season of his Netflix comedy “Unstable,” in which his son John Owen Lowe stars with him. The two are among the creators and executive producers of that series. Also seen frequently as a commercial spokesperson for a brand of nutritional foods, Lowe has toured with a one-man show based on his memoir “Stories
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