
The show originally aired on weekends at 6:30 p.m.

Legends of the Hidden Temple began airing on Nickelodeon on September 11, 1993.

In 1995, Legends of the Hidden Temple won a CableACE award for Best Game Show Special or Series. Legends of the Hidden Temple was produced by Stone Stanley Productions in association with Nickelodeon and was taped at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The majority of the contestants were picked from the surrounding Orlando, Florida, area. Contestants trying out had to compete in several physical tasks, including rope climbing and running, as well as a written test.

Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program features a fictitious temple, "filled with lost treasures protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards." Kirk Fogg is the show's host, while Dee Baker is both announcer and voice of a stone head named Olmec who "knows the secrets behind each of the treasures in his temple." Six teams (Red Jaguars, Blue Barracudas, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots, Silver Snakes) of two children (one boy and one girl) compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. Legends of the Hidden Temple is an American action-adventure TV game show that broadcast from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon.
