LeVar Burton previews all-new season of “Trivial Pursuit” on CW18

HAVE COME TO SHOW OFF THEIR TRIVIA SKILLS. LOCATED IN FLORIDA. WHAT NASA HUB WAS RENAMED IN PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S HONOR BEFORE REVERTING TO ITS ORIGINAL NAME IN 1973. HEATHER CAPE CANAVERAL. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU CALL CITRA FLORIDA HOME, THAT QUESTION MAY HAVE SEEMED EASY TO YOU. $20,000, OR AT LEAST HOUSEHOLD BRAGGING RIGHTS, COULD BE WELL WITHIN YOUR REACH, BECAUSE FAMILY GAME NIGHT IS BACK HERE ON CW 18, AND YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO BREAK OUT THE BOARD GAME. NO, TRIVIAL PURSUIT IS RETURNING FOR SEASON TWO. AWARD WINNER AND GENERATIONAL STORYTELLER LEVAR BURTON WILL RETURN AS THE SHOW’S HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. HE JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM LOS ANGELES. LEVAR, SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TODAY. GOOD MORNING Y’ALL. CAPE CANAVERAL WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER I LOVE IT I LOVE IT. SO LAVAR WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS SEASON. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE SHOW RIGHT NOW FOR VIEWERS THAT WILL BE TUNING IN THIS TIME AROUND? WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS SEASON I LOVE THAT WE HAVE CRAIG FERGUSON LEADING IN WITH SCRABBLE AND AND HE’S FUN. HE’S A HE’S HE’S HE’S A VERY, VERY FUNNY MAN AND AND A LOVELY HUMAN BEING. YOU KNOW, THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OF THE CONTESTANTS COMING IN IS, IS REALLY A HIGHLIGHT FOR ME. $20,000 IS IS WELL WITHIN YOUR GRASP. SHOULD YOU GET TO THE THIRD ROUND AND WIN. SO AND IT’S ALSO IT’S GREAT TO ENCOUNTER THEM. MOST OF THEM ARE FAMILIAR WITH ME, HAVE GROWN UP WITH ME AND AND IT’S JUST IT’S IT’S IT’S A LOVELY TO INTERACT WITH THE CONTESTANTS. THEY’RE THEY’RE PRETTY PRETTY COOL FOLK. WELL AND THAT’S PART OF IT. YOU KEEP THE COMPETITION FUN, BUT YOU’RE ALSO MAINTAINING THE INTENSITY THAT TRIVIAL PURSUIT BRINGS. AND IT’S SO COMPELLING TO WATCH. HOW DO YOU BALANCE ALL THAT? WELL, I SAY THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SHOW. I SAY AT THE END OF EVERY EPISODE. THIS IS WHERE KNOWING STUFF IS CELEBRATED. AND THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AMERICA THESE DAYS WHO AREN’T SO FOND OF OF BOOKS AND LEARNING AND, AND KNOWLEDGE. SO TO BE ABLE TO HOST A SHOW THAT REALLY CELEBRATES THOSE THINGS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. YEAH. LAVAR, WHAT ABOUT THIS SEASON? ANY TWISTS AND TURNS YOU CAN SHARE WITH US OR SOMETHING THAT EVEN SURPRISED YOU AS THE HOST. YOU JUST YOU GOT TO TURN IN. BECAUSE HERE’S THE THING. YOU’RE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO KNOW SOME ANSWERS AND YOU ARE GOING TO KNOW SOME ANSWERS AND YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING DURING THE COURSE OF THE EPISODE. SO TUNE IN AND TUNE IN WITH YOUR FAMILY. IT’S IT’S FAMILY GAME NIGHT. AND TRIVIAL PURSUIT IS A REAL STAPLE IN THE PANTHEON OF AMERICAN GAMING. SO COME JOIN US ON TV. YEAH, AND YOU MENTIONED TRIVIAL PURSUIT IS PART OF A BIG GAME NIGHT LINEUP HERE ON CW 18. YOU’RE PAIRING IT WITH SCRABBLE, AND YOU MENTIONED CRAIG FERGUSON. I MEAN, THE GUY IS VERY FUNNY. WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES THIS PAIRING SUCH A FUN DESTINATION FOR US AT HOME TO WATCH AND PLAY ALONG? I THINK, YOU KNOW,RAIG CRAIG’S ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I’VE EVER KNOWN, AND I’M NOT SO I THINK THAT JUXTAPOSITION SAYS SAYS ALL WE NEED TO SAY. LAVAR, I’M CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED THAT JUST YOU KNOW, THE CONTESTANTS, SOME OF US GREW UP WITH YOU. WE GREW UP WITH YOU READING RAINBOW. SO SO TELL US WHEN THOSE CONTESTANTS MEET YOU. I’M SURE THAT’S REALLY SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. WHAT’S THAT LIKE FOR YOU? YOU KNOW, IT IS REMARKABLE. SOMETIMES THERE ARE TEARS. HUGS. AND AND I SAY IN THE THIRD ROUND AT THE TOP OF THE THIRD ROUND, I REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANT THE CONTESTANTS TO WIN THIS MONEY. I AM ROOTING FOR THEM. SO IT’S HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT’S IT’S A VERY SPECIAL THING TO, TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CONNECTION WITH SO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE IT REALLY WHO GETS TO DO THAT, WHO GETS TO BE A PART OF PEOPLE’S LIVES FOR THEIR LIVES. AND IN A PRETTY POSITIVE WAY. I’M I’M A VERY LUCKY MAN. WELL, WE’RE LUCKY THAT WE GET TO ENJOY MORE WITH LEVAR BURTON ON TRIVIAL PURSUIT. WE APPRECIATE YOU, OUR HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF TRIVIAL PURSUIT, LEVAR BURTON. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THANKS, Y’ALL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YES. THANK YOU. WE’LL BE TUNING IN FOR SURE NOW. FAMILY GAME NIGHT IS BACK AND $20,000 UP FOR GRABS STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT. THE SEASON TWO PREMIERE OF TRIVIAL PURSUIT, HOSTED BY THE MULTITALENTED LEVAR BURTON, AIRS AT 9:00. YEAH, THAT’S FOLLOWED BY SEASON TWO OF SCRABBLE, THE BIG PREMIERES COMING UP, THEN WIND DOWN THAT EVENING WITH GAME PLAY OF THE DAY’S TOP STORIES AS WESH TWO NEWS BRINGS YOU LOCAL LIV LATE BREAKING HEADLINES AND THE DAY’S FIRST WARNING WEATHER AT TEN. HOW GREAT TO GET TO INTERVIEW HIM, RIGHT? SUCH A GREAT GUY. I GREW UP ON READING RAINBOW AND WATCHED HIM ON STAR TREK. FOLLOWED THE WHOLE WHOLE WAY. THAT’S RIGHT. YEAH, HE WAS ONLY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS LEADER THERE TOO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S SO NEAT? YOU KNOW, JUST LISTENING TO HIS TONE. THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO LOVES TO TEACH. AND IT CAME THROUGH EVEN AS GEORDI LA FORGE, RIGHT? I MEAN, HE WAS HE WAS HE WAS TRYING TO TEACH. BUT BUT YOU TAKE IT OVER TO READING RAINBOW. I MEAN, I GREW UP WATCHING, AND I’VE GOTTEN MY KIDS INTO WATCHING REA