What Might've Been: Bet on Your Baby (2013)

 This ain't exactly Baby Races 2.0, but betting on what your child does in a particular situation? That's the world we live in today.

Bet on Your Baby ran for 2 short seasons between 2013-4 on ABC, hosted by actress Melissa Peterman (ex-Reba). Truth be told, it actually flew under the radar, as I don't recall reading about this when it first came out.

Historically, game shows with small children don't fare very well. ABC had The Baby Game in the 60's. The Family Channel (now Freeform) was home to Baby Races 30 years ago. Each lasted a season. The revived Generation Gap, also on ABC, is in its 2nd season, and, yes, they've had kindergarteners play the game as part of family competition. I think that also applied to Family Game Night on the late, lamented Hub a decade ago.

Let's check out a network promo:

Packaged by Procter & Gamble, a rare non-soap opera from the company. You were expecting maybe Hallmark?

No rating.