In competition with “Bert’s Family Feud”, the Australian version of the hit game show “Deal or No Deal” got a new set, new logo, and end game, and all kinds of new stuff. The Australian Game Show Page has a video of this. Please go here and enjoy.
Archive for January, 2006
We just recently found out that CBS.com has announced the cast of the next edition of “The Amazing Race”. Don’t worry, it’s not a family edition. We’re back to teams of two facing off for a cool million. Instead of us listing it, here’s the CBS website with all the cast. The next edition of “The Amazing Race” will debut on Tuesday, February 28th at 9PM ET on CBS. As always, catch the reruns of previous seasons on GSN Wednesday through Sunday at 9PM ET/PT.
Mark Burnett and AOL: Together it may sound like a match made in hell, but we’ll see how it turns out. The Los Angeles Times announced that Burnett is creating a new reality/game/competition/whateveryouwanttocallit show titled “Gold Rush”, in which internet geeks look at something beyond porn and try to get clues which leads them to gold hidden somewhere in the USA. There are 13 sites with it and up to $1.6 million available. What’s interesting is that Yahoo! has announced they are doing “Treasure Hunt”, a show we previously reported on. AOL’s pulling a FOX here and basically ripping off an idea started already. The LA Times reported that Burnett tried to get into “Treasure Hunt”, but Yahoo! rejected him. Burnett stated the advantages of doing a show online than in traditional primetime. “Years ago it was a sin to make a personal phone call at the office,” Burnett said. “Now people are online all day long at the workplace. More people are hooked up electronically to receive images on that little box from 9 to 5 than will ever tune in to TV at night.”
Ignore that site we gave you last time. “Bert’s Family Feud” has an official website from Australia’s Channel 9. Here’s the link. Official websites are fun, aren’t they?
GSN recently sent Buzzer the Johnnie Cochran and Pennsylvania Lottery Fix episodes of Anything To Win, their new documentary series. We’ll look at the Lottery episode next week. This week, let’s focus on Johnnie Cochran.
If you are one of the chronic complainers (AKA one of the hundreds of people that email me every week) saying “Where are the game shows?”, first off you’re blind and second off, you need to watch this show. If it wasn’t for Russian Roulette (which we also still get weekly emails of when it’s coming back), Anything To Win would easily be the best show The Network For Games has ever put on. The Johnnie Cochran edition of Anything To Win excells in the speed of the episode and the content delivered. More than a biography of his entire life, it goes into his history of being one of the most famous lawyers in history. One area they go especially indepth with is his fight to free Geronimo Pratt.
I wish we could show you some of the compelling funeral footage given, but we can’t. The raw emotion of the episode is enough to watch it. Even if you aren’t a fan of the O.J. Simpson verdict, you can’t help but feel compelled by how much effort Cochran put into his work. The episode features exclusive interviews with Geronimo Pratt and goes indepth with how Cochran set Pratt free after being in prision decades for a wrongful conviction. Some TV critics have panned the show, saying that people like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnnie Cochran doing anything to win is a bit of a stretch. However, they pushed THEMSELVES to win, and Chcoran’s episode shows this in graphic detail. Anything To Win: Johnnie Cochran will appear on January 31, 2005, at 9PM ET/PT.
Edit: I’m a moron and mistyped his first name. It’s fixed.
The international hit game show “Deal or No Deal” might go to another US television station: Telemundo. Endemol USA, who produces the show, is in talks with the Spanish-speaking US TV network, is discussing their possibilities, and NBC “Deal or No Deal” executive producer Scott St. John stated he will not be involved. All that is known at this time is that it won’t be for as much money as the NBC version and won’t have as high as production values (what a shock). Stay tuned if more news comes in.
Source; B&C
The Australian version of “Wheel of Fortune” went back on the air recently with a set that’s honestly a cheaper version of the US set. I could tell you all about it, but why not take a look for yourself? Click this link and go to the video clips in the upper left hand corner to get to a Wheel of Fortune video!
The new Australian game show “Bert’s Family Feud” has a crappy (hopefully temporary) website up right now if anyone cares to view it. Here’s the link. “Bert’s Family Feud” will debut in February 13, 2006, on Channel 9 in Australia.
Deal or No Deal is going to be doing a little more open casting in cities around the USA. So if you’re too lazy to send a video just to win a million, here’s a few locations courtesy of NBC.com.
Saturday, February 4, 2006
BOSTON, MA
12:00pm-5:00pm
The Rack
24 Clinton St.
Boston, MA 02109
CHICAGO, IL
TBA
Saturday, February 11, 2006
NEW YORK CITY, NY
TBA
Click the link at the top of our page to fill in the TBA dates when they arrive. Good luck.
The Ute Casino in Colorado crowned it’s final champion to gain entry into the 2006 World Series of Blackjack. Charles Montoya of Farmington, New Mexico, won the seat and $3,150 in the process. GSN will tape the new tournament in the end of February/Beginning of March and air it sometime in June. It only cost $100 for Montoya to enter the game and he has a shot at winning over a half a million dollars now.
Source: The Rolling Good Times Online
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