The Mercury News

Steph, Ayesha Curry to co-host new TV game show

The famous Bay Area couple will headline ‘Tattletale­s’ reboot for HBO Max

- By Chuck Barney cbarney@ bayareanew­sgroup.com Contact Chuck Barney at 925-952-2685.

Basketball star Steph Curry is ready to play a very different kind of game — and wife Ayesha will be his teammate.

The streaming service HBO Max announced on Friday that it has given a series order to a reboot of “Tattletale­s,” with the Currys serving as hosts and executive producers.

Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ great who just made a big splash at

the NBA All-Star Game, will join his wife for a game-show competitio­n featuring celebrity couples as they reveal insights into their relationsh­ips through fun challenges and games.

“Ayesha and Stephen put a fresh new spin on a classic game show to really shake things up for these competing couples. Celebrity couples, they’re just like us!” said Jennifer O’Connell, executive vice president of nonfiction and live-action family programmin­g at HBO Max.

“Our families are huge fans of the original so to be able to host and produce this show together is such a joy,” said Ayesha Curry, who comes in with plenty of TV-hosting experience. “We’re both so busy with life that each episode will be an opportunit­y to hang out with some iconic power couples, have fun and let loose a bit. We can’t wait.”

Added Stephen Curry, “We are so excited to be a part of bringing this awesome game show back to life.”

As described in an HBO Max media release, “Tattletale­s” invites three celebrity couples to join Ayesha and Stephen on an exclusive date night to go head to head on uncensored relationsh­ip trivia and games, competing to see who knows their partner best. As personalit­y quirks and hidden talents are revealed, teams are pushed to their limits with physical challenges.

Questions from viewers on the interactiv­e fan question board put couples’ relationsh­ips to the test as they compete for a donation to the charity of their choice.

“Tattletale­s” aired as part of CBS’ daytime lineup 1974-78, then had a second run 1982-84.

HBO Max has not yet scheduled a premiere date for its new version of the game show.

 ?? FILE: ANDA CHU — STAFF PHOTOGRAPH­ER ?? Ayesha Curry is joined by her husband, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, as she prepares a recipe at the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival in Napa in May 2017.
FILE: ANDA CHU — STAFF PHOTOGRAPH­ER Ayesha Curry is joined by her husband, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, as she prepares a recipe at the BottleRock Napa Valley music festival in Napa in May 2017.

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