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10 Seconds was a television game show that aired on TNN (now called Spike TV) from March 29, 1993 - March 25, 1994. The show was hosted by Dan Miller (whom previously hosted Top Card).

Contents 1 The main game 1.1 Round one 1.2 Round two 1.3 The catch-up round 2 Bonus round 3 Notes

Two contestants competed in this game of identifying country music songs. The game was played in two rounds, in each round there are nine categories, each one was a clue to a song, and each one hid a point value. The player in control chooses a category with the points revealed. The host would read out the year, the style of the singer and where the song took it up to on the music charts. Then his/her opponent selected how much time from one to ten seconds the first player can hear the song before taking a guess, then the first can chose to either name that song or challenge his/her opponent. A player can only give each number of seconds once during the round (e.g., if a player chooses to give six seconds, he or she cannot choose six seconds again in that round). Whomever got control of the song gets to listen to the song for the amount of time set. A correct guess won the hidden amount of points, while an incorrect guess or failure to respond gives the points to the opponent. Note that the points revealed also determines the difficulty level. So the smallest amount of points would be easy and the highest points would be the most difficult.

In round one the hidden point values are worth anywhere from 10 - 50 points.

In round two nine new categories were used, and the hidden point values range from 20 - 100 points, with the last category on the board worth double (meaning that the last category could have a value of up to 200 points).

In this final round of the main game, the player behind was given a chance to catch-up by playing a ten second medley in which he/she must identify three music artists at 100 points an artist for a possible total of 300 points. If a player went 3-for-3, then it was a total of 400 points. Then the other player got a chance to win the game by playing his/her own ten second medley. The player with the most points at the end of this round wins the game.

In the bonus round, the winning player was given 60 seconds to name nine songs by virtue of short clips of songs. He/she can pass on a song but can come back to it if there's time left. If they miss, they would go on to the next song and would come back to the missed song if there is time remaining. Each correct answer won increasingly valuable prizes, but if the winning player indentifies all nine songs, he/she wins a cash jackpot which starts at $1,000 and grows by $500 for each day it's not won. Contestants stayed on until they won the jackpot or until defeated.

This show replaced another TNN game show Top Card which replaced Fandango.