The show premiered on NBC on March 14, 2010, airing the first two episodes back-to-back at 7:00 pm Eastern and Pacific. On October 6, 2010, Minute to Win It was awarded the C21/Frapa Award for Best studio based game show format at the MIPCOM Television Festival in France.A card game, board game, and video game versions for the Wii, Kinect and Nintendo DS have been made for this show. The U.S. season two finale aired on September 7, 2011. On May 13, 2012, NBC announced that the English version of the show would not be renewed for a third season.
Minute to Win It aired new episodes on GSN Tuesday nights at 8/7c with reruns of the NBC version at various time on the network. The first season of GSN shows began in June 2013 and ended in October 2013; despite rumors of cancellation, the second season premiered in February 2014.