Poker Royale enters GSN’s record books as the third series to reach 3 seasons, and GSN begins Poker Royale: Celebrites VS Poker Pros on Friday, May 6th at 9PM EST. Taking place at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in California, top poker players, including Poker Royale 2’s champion Kathy Liebert, as well as many celebrities battle it out for the cash. The players so far are as follows…..
Celebrities-
Mimi Rogers (Austin Powers)
Lance Bass (N’Sync)
Morris Chestnut (Ladder 49)
Patrick Warburton (The Venture Brothers)
Jennifer Tilly (Seed of Chucky)
Traci Bingham (Baywatch)
Pros-
Scott Fischman
Kathy Liebert
Cyndy Violette
Roxanne Rhodes
Paul Darden
Kenna James
To the glee of most of the viewers for the Battle of the Sexes, the hosts this season will be play-by-play Mighty Ducks hockey announcer John Ahlers and Best Damn Sports Show Period’s Lisa Dergan. This tournament will be a 7 week event. Exact money possible to win is not known.
Source: GSN
GSN, The Network for Games has picked up the entire Super Millionaire run as well as 100 more episodes of regular Millionaire. Super Millionaire will appear Sundays at 8. There’s not much I can really say about this, but isn’t the allure of Millionaire lost by the fact that most of us who would care already know the answers?
GSN Renews and Expands Millionaire
Hmmm… how’d I miss this? Papa Merv is getting honored on May 26 by the Museum of Television and Radio. Merv Griffin, probably the first Jack of All Media Trades, was known as a performer, singer, and television star. Moreso, he created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, among other television and game shows. You can learn more at the Museum of Television and Radio’s website. Or, you can click the linkie below.
ABC News: Game Show Creator Griffin to Be Honored
America knows what’s up. Bob Barker and the Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular had a 4.6/10 rating on Saturday Night to help kick NBC’s Law’d and Order’d ass and lead CBS to win the “all-coveted” Saturday Ratings war. It’s kind of like the Cola Wars, except nobody cares. Other willing participants in the NBC lynching were CSI and 60 Minutes.
Come on Down, America [Zap2it]
ThisIsLondon is reporting that Apprentice UK host Sir Alan Sugar isn’t quite keeping up with the Donald’s tradition of firing his would-be apprentices. He is believed to have kept at least four of the people who he has fired, and they have been working in his company for six months. From the article,
‘I have given the contestants strategic places across my business,’ he told a Sunday newspaper. ‘It has been very useful in assessing their character and ability.’
I’m sure Omarosa’s getting her ticket to the UK ready if the odds of getting hired are this good.
You’re Not Quite Fired
Ken Jennings, the big Jeopardy! king, apparently lost his car after passing a million dollars.
Some people are book smart, others…
So apparently, Hilary Swank is keeping busy. She’s shot a pilot for a new game show, Celebrity Charades, to be shown on AMC. As the title would imply, it’s celebrities. Playing charades. The issue is, haven’t we seen this before? As, oh, say, Win, Lose, or Draw? Anyhoo.
Apparently, her husband, Chad Lowe (Rob Lowe’s brother) will be hosting with actor/director Bob Balaban. AMC says that they are “pleased” and “very excited” to have them on board. The show will premiere on June 20th.
I don’t know about you, but I think I’ll have to pass on this one. Charades is only interesting when you’re playing it. So as a direct result, I’m not giving this one long.
Read the article and judge for yourself.
I couldn’t even begin to figure this one out, but here we go. A woman has sued famed Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek in connection with the disappearance of a $100,000 race horse that was to be delivered to his central California breeding farm. The article goes on to say that the horse was allegedly euthanized, but no one remembers killing the darn thing. A spokesman for Trebek’s breeding farm could not be reached for comment at the time of the article’s publishing. This is creepy. “What is, Alex’s fascination with the equine?” That is correct. You can read the article by clicking below.
Article from Reuters
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