the option of trying to also reach a second "money tower" within a total of 25 seconds for a $500 bonus and three additional points; if they accepted the risk but failed to reach both towers, the prize and the cash bonus were both lost. Catch-Up Round Clues proceeded as in earlier rounds, except that the couple trailing in score at that point of the game would do all the answering and the leading team would select the clues. The first clue was worth one point, the second worth two, and so on. If the trailing couple incorrectly answered at any time before their score surpassed their opponents, the round was over and the other couple won outright. If the trailing couple tied or passed the leading couple's score, the leading couple, now trailing, received only one chance for a final clue that would win the game. The winner at the end of this round would play "The $10,000 Dash," a final maze run for a prize of up to $10,000. Both couples kept their money and prizes. If both couples were tied going into the Catch-Up Round, they each ran the maze for $10,000. The $10,000 Dash In the final run, five of the towers (out of eight available) would be lit. Four of them would have zeroes on top, and the fifth would have a "1" lit. The runner had 60 seconds to activate the "1" and hit the button at the maze exit to win anything at all. To win the $10,000, the runner had to activate the push-buttons on the five lit towers, reach the exit, and push its button within 60 seconds. The couple won $1 for reaching the "1," and the winnings were multiplied by 10 for each zero reached. However, if the runner activated only zeroes or did not hit the exit button before time ran out, the couple won nothing. The buttons could be hit in any order, but only one button on each tower was active. Champions were retired upon winning the $10,000 Dash or after appearing for three days. Broadcast history ABC broadcast The Money Maze at 4:00 p.m. Eastern (3:00 Central), opposite Tattletales on CBS and Somerset on NBC; Money Maze did not perform well against either series in the ratings, and host Clooney claimed in a 1998 Cincinnati Post column that fewer than half of ABC's affiliates carried