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We're not moving, per se, but we are getting a shorter address! From now on, you can visit us at http://www.buzzerblog.com/. It's fancy and high-tech! ...not really, but...

Buzzer Podcast: July 11

Episode 3 is out and about! It's longer than the last two, but Alex was unable to join us this time. We talk about the news of the week with Mike Stanton, and I interview Chico Alexander from the Game Show News Net. As promised, here's the music cues from this week: [Bowling for Soup - 1985] [Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl] [Dry Cell - Body Crumbles] [The Special Goodness - Life Goes By] [Muzzle - Come On Down] [Breaking Benjamin - Simple Design] Download now!

GSN Schedule Update

From GSN sources and Zap2it..... On July 18th, The Weakest Link will be in the 4PM ET/PT slot. Family Feud will be at the 5PM ET/PT slot then. This will move Millionaire, GSN's highest rated game show, to 6PM ET/PT. Greed is still at 7PM ET/PT until Lingo begins.

Personal Email Address….

We've gotten several emails from a "Steve Beverly" recently, and it wasn't him. I talked to him today about it. Whoever it is doing it, stop now, because we have your IP and we will take action. I've talked to Steve several times and I read his website every day. What you are doing is wrong and not needed. Knock it off or actions will be taken. I'm sure Mr. Beverly does not appreciate having his email hacked also.

NBC PICKS UP DEAL OR NO DEAL

As we reported before, NBC has picked up several episodes of Deal or No Deal. ABC decided to not pick the show the 6 episodes taped after Super Millionaire came back, but NBC has committed to this project. NBC Reality Chief Craig Plestis stated.... "It's a simple idea. You just watch it and you're hooked," Plestis said."There are no physical stunts or trivia questions to answer," he added. "In order to claim a fortune, the winner will essentially have to know when to say 'when.' " The amount of money has not been decided, but it is known throughout the world that the minimum is around 5 cents. The top in Australia is $2,000,000. This contributer will believe that the show will keep the $2,000,000 and expect no change in format. Here

London Terrorist Attacks

On behalf of the entire Buzzer! staff, I would like to send our thoughts and prayers to the people in London who are affected by the terrorist actions that occurred today. It's a tragedy whenever this happens to any group, no matter how far away, and we here in the USA would like to wish everyone in Europe the best. Our prayers are with you.

GSN Plans Vandross Tribute

With the recent death of music legend Luther Vandross, GSN will be airing a special primetime tribute to him. Vandross sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, had 10 platinum ones, and won four Grammy awards. GSN will be doing an hour marathon of Family Feud. The two episodes shown will be from the "Grammy Singer Superstars" special. Teams of "Musical Misters" with team members Bobby McFerrin, Little Richard, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, and, of course, Luther Vandross. They will play against the "Swingin' Sisters" of Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick, Vanessa Williams, Janis Stegal, and Cheryl Bentyne. The two episodes, hosted by Ray Combs fro 1989, will air on Saturday, July 9th at 9/9:30PM ET/PT on GSN.

AA & Harrah’s Offer To Play For $1,000,000

The popular stage show "The Price is Right Live!" which performs in Harrah's and Showboat Atlantic City on occasions is inviting people to play Plinko to quality for the $1,000,000 Showcase Showdown. People ages 21 and over may go on Sunday, July 10th from 1-5PM at Broadway mall to play the famous Plinko board. Different prizes will be Las Vegas trips, TPiR merchandice, Harrah's/Showboat prizes, TPiR Live! tickets, and, the big prize, a chance at the Million Dollar Showcase. Contestants will be chosen randomly after registration, so you don't have to be present to win either. More information will be given when more is received. Source; CBS New York

ProJo: Not A Female Runner

ProJo Poker (convienently located at ProJoPoker.com) has signed a deal with CBS Sports to show 8 of the 20 ProJo Poker Tournaments starting on Christmas Day. No professionals will enter the mix until the semi-finals where 4 pros will play with 4 amatures for a total pot of $40 million. ProJo Poker is, according to their site, the largest Free Play cardroom online. But, technically, every poker site calls itself that. Man, Buzzer could be the largest Free Play game show news site. Yeah, that we are. ANYWAY, before I go off on a tangent, the buy-ins for the ProJo tournaments are only $500, so if you want to get in and break into the professional poker world, now's a good time to start. Yahoo! News and Gossip

We have the day off. :-D

Ingram in trouble in yet another popular British event

The British game show cheat Charles Ingram, known for lying his way through Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, is now in trouble again for selling Centre Court tickets to Wimbledon on eBay. He was asking for 300 pounds for the tennis passes. According to the All England Club's rules, the tickets are non-transferable, and Ingram has been ordered to return them or face legal action. Ingram claims that the tickets were his mother's, and that she did not want them anymore. He also claims that he was not told they were non-transferable, and he is accusing the All England Club of sneaky tactics in catching him. I don't know exactly how sneaky it is to simply log on to ebay.co.uk and hit a search for Wimbledon. http://www.shropshirestar.com/sh

Rumor Has It: Deal or No Deal

According to our good friends at Game Show NewsNet have reported that NBC is looking for contestants for a new show that involves no trivia questions and no physical challenges. It asks for contestants with a lot of energy to win $1,000,000. Now the email address has a "deal" in the beginning, and with no trivia questions or physical challenges involved, it sounds like the Australian hit game show and ABC jettisoned game show Deal or No Deal. This show involved people picking one of 26 suitcases which had values between $0.05 and $2,000,000 in them. Then they pick other suitcases which 25 eliminated players hold hoping to find lesser values. Now it's not confirmed that this will be Deal or No Deal, but it is certainly sounded like it. More

Buzzer Podcast: July 1

Episode 2: Attack of the Clones (or something quite similar to that) is now available! Download it here. Last week it was just me talking about game shows and how hot Vanna White was in Full House. Now we've got Alex talking about Ballbusters, Mike talking about Big Brother, and me making rather off-color comments about Dancing with the Stars. I'm proud of this one, you're proud of this one, we're all proud of this one. If you want to add this feed to iTunes or other podcasting feeds, the feed address is http://feeds.feedburner.com/buzzerblog, so you can copy and paste that address in your podcasting program to download our podcasts as soon as they come out. Thanks for listening!

Battle of the Bars + Ballbreakers Season 2

GSN will be doing a BallBreakers national promotion with the "Battle of the Bars". The show will be traveling to different bars across America looking for new players for season 2 of Ballbreakers. So, in theory, GSN is putting their money where their balls are with the announcement of winners can get entry into season 2. Here is the tour list. Mariette, Georgia- Mazzy's Sports Bar and Grill (July 8th) St. Louis, Missouri- Pink Galleon Billiars and Games (July 9th) Parma, Ohio- Fox & Hound English Pub & Grille (July 15th) Royal Oak, Michigan (Near Detroit)- Fifth Avenue (July 16th) Washington DC- Buffalo Billiars (July 22nd) Philadephia, PA- Buffalo Billiards (July 23rd) Boston, MA- Boston at the Rack (July 29th) New York, NY- St

On The Cover returns to i

With PAX becoming i as of today, one of PAX's final attempts at an original game show returns to the air. On The Cover, with Russian Roulette and Antiques Roadshow host Mark L. Walberg, returns to the air Monday, July 4th at 6:30PM ET/PT. This means it will replace one airing of the love to hate show Shop Till You Drop. Balderdash is not set to return yet.