Forget ‘Twin Peaks,’ Ben Affleck’s Forgotten 7-Episode Mystery Was Ahead of Its Time

Ben Affleck and producer Sean Bailey co-created *Push, Nevada*, a surreal 2002 mystery series about an IRS agent investigating corruption in a remote desert town. Its unusual audience-participation contest made it an early experiment in interactive television, but the show was cancelled after seven episodes.

Each episode hid clues across the programme and related websites and mail-outs, leading to a real cash prize of $1,045,000. New Jersey’s Mark Nakamoto solved the final puzzle and won; the dense mystery and clue-hunting format struggled to attract casual viewers while the show competed with *CSI* and *Will & Grace*.