Michael Strahan

OF THE $100,000 PYRAMID, GOOD MORNING AMERICA ON ABC

Note: This interview took place before the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike.

Q: With all of your other activities, including your weekday co-host role on “Good Morning America,” how much of a time commitment is hosting “The $100,000 Pyramid” for you?

A: It’s a lot of work. We shot this whole season in four or five days, and it was just as much fun as ever, but we’re doing six shows a day. The great thing is that the energy is always high, and the enthusiasm is there in each show. We have a great crew and great celebrities, so if everyone comes in with the right attitude, it flies by. You suddenly look up and say, “Oh! We’re done for the day?” Granted, that’s at 8 or 9 at night, but you just don’t realize it because everybody’s having a good time.

Q: “The $100,000 Pyramid” typically is a summer show for ABC, but has there been any discussion with you of it airing during the regular television season?

A: We still have some episodes from last year that have not aired, on top of the ones we’ve done this year, so we do have enough that we could put the show on then.

Q: Hosts of other game shows have been contestants on “The $100,000 Pyramid.” Do you have a desire to be a contestant on some other games?

A: Ooooohhhh … well, no. With something like “The Chase,” that would be over before you knew it. That would run me down in a heartbeat, but I love game shows. They’ve asked me to go on “Celebrity Family Feud” a few times, and we’ve never made that happen. I think I’m too scared, unbelievably. Those people will come on my show, but I’m too scared to go on theirs.