13Sep2005
Dates for Celebrity Lingo
OK, we gave you pictures from "Celebrity" Lingo. We gave you the teams. Now here are the times. Monday, September 26th- Trista Sutter & Rachel Hunter VS George Wallace & George Wendt Tuesday, September 27th- Extreme Dodgeball Lingo Wednesday, September 28th- Poker Royale Lingo Thursday, September 29th- BallBreakers Lingo (Hooray!) Friday, September 30th- Kenny VS Spenny Lingo These will be in the 7:00PM ET/PT time slot. Payout will stay at $10,000 tops.
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NBA and WNBA stars to Spin for Katrina
15 NBA and WNBA stars will be playing Wheel of Fortune with fans from their cities to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Among the players are Carmelo Anthony of Denver, Ray Allen of Seattle, and Becky Harmon of the WNBA's New York Liberty. The episodes will be taped on Thursday, September 15th to air from October 31st to November 4th. At least $100,000 of the stars' winnings will be sent to Katrina relief efforts. The fan who wins the most money will go to the 2006 NBA All-Star game. (source: ESPN)
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Celebrity Poker Showdown FINALLY ups the stakes!
As we reported around 50,000 years ago, Celebrity Poker Showdown was renewed for a two new seasons before, as we found out from Phil Gordon. However, our friends at Game Show NewsNet have some more info for us. Season 7 is being known as the "Million Dollar Jackpot". Hmmm, wonder how much money is going to be there? Season 7 will starts Thursday, October 13th at 9PM ET.
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We Were Right All Along: Too Much Reality TV
Call us your haven from most reality TV sans the Amazing Race. We pride ourselves in not reporting a lot about reality shows. And, according to a fresh TV Guide post, most of you agree with me. This TV Guide poll conducted with the Associated Press states that 80 percent of Americans think there's too much reality TV on television. Plus, you all think that reality TV isn't all that real. A total of 82 percent said the shows are either "totally made up" or "mostly distorted." We could've told you that one. Give us a good game show any day. Breitbart.com - TV Viewers Speak Out Against Reality Shows
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New Seasons Begin Today in Syndication
Just a quick reminder for the fans: Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Millionaire, and Family Feud will debut today in your local markets at various times. We will set up a page with brief recaps of each show. Be on the lookout for more updates also. No real game show news recently.
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Updated Family Feud Set
With a new season, here comes a new Family Feud set, sadly. They are suffering from the Lingo syndrome (And understand that Lingo has consiterably grown on me this season. It's either my favorite season or close to favorite), with changing things that don't need changed and not changing others. According to sources, A lot more lights will be added, like some classic style white lights. It's been described as sort of like Louie Anderson Feud. New color "gels" are being added, like yellow and purple. There are layers of lights behind the families and probably more. If we could get you a picture, we would. Just check it out Friday. How does a show like Family Feud get renewed and a quality show like Russian Roulette get canned?
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ABC moves out of town
"My Kind of Town," ABC's town remodeling show, has been nixed after four episodes. And with ratings hitting an average of 5.13 million viewers, hitting a low of just over three and a quarter mill, who can blame them? (source article: Futon Critic) (thanks to GSNN)
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Richard Hatch indicted on tax evasion
In the biggest Survivor-related scandal yet, Richard Hatch, winner of Survivor: Borneo, has been indicted by a grand jury on ten counts, ranging from tax evasion, filing a false tax return, and wire, bank, and mail fraud. Hatch allegedly failed to report his million-dollar prize for winning on his tax return after learning that he would spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. He had another accountant create a return without the prize, which called for a $4,500 refund to Hatch. However, this doesn't really go far, considering that Survivor was so damn popular, and the IRS is so damn big, that somewhere along the line, someone's going to put two and two together and say, "hey, wait a minute, there's a seven digit figure missing somewhere
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CBS airs rerun of TPiR offering a NOLA trip with a speedboat
The Price is Right, CBS' longrunning daytime game show, aired a rerun today of an episode originally aired in December that some are calling insensitive to those involved with Hurricane Katrina. One of the showcases included the prizes of a trip to New Orleans and a speedboat, ironic considering that New Orleans is mostly flooded at present. CBS pulled the episode for an alternate show for the West Coast Airing and apologized. (image courtesy Wikipedia)
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Update on Tanja
Tanja, the preggers Dutch Big Brother contestant, will not be allowed to give live birth on the show, but she will be allowed to show her baby briefly once a day for eight days, but otherwise cannot be filmed. Source article
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GSN Airs Live Feed of Katrina Relief
This Friday, GSN will take part in airing "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast". This show will preempt Millionaire, which isn't a bad thing. This will include Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Jennifer Anniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Jack Nicholson, and Chris Rock. Please join in helping the poor people on the Gulf Coast.
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A 3-Hour Tour
In memory of the late Bob Denver, who passed away on Friday at the age of 70, GSN will be running episodes of Beat the Clock and Password featuring the star of "Gilligan's Island," who, if you haven't been keeping up with the last sentence, is the late Bob Denver. The shows will be shown on Friday, September 9 with “Beat the Clock” at 3 AM ET/PT and “Password” at 3:30 AM ET/PT. Denver is best known for playing the title role in the 1960’s television show “Giligan’s Island” and for his earlier work in television playing Maynard G. Krebs in “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” In addition to starring in the popular television series, Denver also appeared in several movies.
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Only 1/3 of Fall Shows to Stick
This bit of information came from Mediaweek. It may not directly involve game shows, but it will in midseason. According to experts and executives, only 1/3 of the programming will survive. Shari Anne Brill, who is the Carat vice president and director of programming, stated that only 7 of the big 31 shows are projected to be renewed. Eight are expected to be cancelled quickly. Again, these are projected figures, not exact. Now, what does this mean for game show fans? Super Millionaire and Deal or No Deal might be around in January or February if the shows go poorly.
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H2 Schedule
Yes, as we first reported, GSN has the rights to the final two seasons of Hollywood Squares, entitled H2 by the game show community and, I suppose, the show. They are airing season 5 right now. Season six will air in late summer '06 into 2007. So GSN will be airing Hollywood Squares for a long time to come, good news for the show's fans.
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I’m doing something.
Finally! Cory makes a post! GSN will be offering Video On Demand (you know, Digital Cable stuff and all that) of special Word slam stuff. The VOD products feature each of the 11 winners individually and offer bonus material not included in the documentary such as in-depth winner interviews, game highlights, local advertising sponsors, operator and government official comments and a summary of the event. The featurettes began running Sept. 1 on respective Comcast and Time Warner systems. So, uh, yeah. This is a good start for GSN on Demand.
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