According to Craigslist, some company is searching for “Macho Men”, who somehow search game shows, but know beer, sports, women, pop culture, and that kind of stuff. We have no idea what channel, what company, what host, the gameplay, or anything. I know you want to find out, so if you’re around LA, click the link at the bottom to try out. The one show I’d be good to go on and I dn’t live near LA.
Archive for January, 2006
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Jan
New Trivia Game Pilot
Sources have told us, as well as major British entertainment websites, Family Fortunes will return to the UK. However, they will be doing five celebrity versions instead. They will begin taping in March. As reported earlier, Vernon Kay will be the host of the UK version of the Family Feud, which will air on ITV1.
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Jan
New US DVD Board Games
We covered the UK DVD games, so let’s move to the USA. Endless Games, with the apparent success of “The Price is Right” on DVD, is bringing three classic game shows to your television. The shows are The Newlywed Game, Password, and Match Game. All sound pretty fun at a party. Keep looking to see if we ever get dates for their releases.
About 10 years ago we posted about the new Price is Right game “Balance Game” which will not be anything like the old version. We finally have a debut date. According to people who have been to the show, it is February 6th. Apparently, from reports, it’s very impressive.
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Jan
More UK Games On DVD
Since the “Family Fortunes” and “Catch Phrase” DVDs were successful, UKGameshows reported that more games from across the ocean are on their way to DVD. Some of which are Blankety Blanks, Blockbusters, Play Your Cards Right, and The Price is Right. These are expected to be out in autumn.
Source: UKGameshows
After years of being off the air except for the Game Show Marathon, the digital channel Challenge has announced they are reviving the classic game show Bullseye. This isn’t the crappy US one. It’s a version that literally uses a dart board. Challenge is also basically the UK equivalent of GSN. A host has not been picked, but comedian Peter Kay has been rumored to do it. Here are the rules.
Source: UKGameshows
Yahoo! News pointed us out to this article. According to the blog “All Day Permanent Red”, “Anything To Win” was a bit disrespectful to politics, mainly in Arnold Schwarzenegger. They state that it’s a bit farfetched for GSN to ask why it’s so unreal that Arnold swear to uphold the Constitution. They also make a reference to Johnnie Cochran’s famous OJ Simpson trial line. How do you feel about “Anything To Win” topics like Arnold? Please email or comment to us, we’d love to hear. Do you think Arnold or the show is unreal? Here’s the blog source.
It was hard for a casual poker viewer to find it unless you watched NBC 24/7, but apparently the “Heads-Up Poker Challenge” was good enough for renewal. This is the first modern poker game on one of the six major broadcast networks, with CBS deciding not to air their poker in December. Caesars Palace new poker room in Las Vegas will host the 2nd tournament in March, with a decade absense of poker from the casino. According to the article, the show got huge ratings for NBC, as poker junkies saw Phil Hellmuth defeat Chris “Jesus” Ferguson for the top prize.
The show’s high production values have also helped gather the best poker players on the planet. Hellmuth and Ferguson have confirmed they are returning. Joining him will be stars like Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, and Daniel Negreanu. The tournament will feature a 64 player single-elimination style format similar as in the NCAA, with 63 pros and one randomly selected amateur who qualified online.
Source: OPN
The hit British and international show “Deal or No Deal” has been commissioned to make 6 primetime episodes for Channel 4, according to Bother’s Bar. The primetime version is expected to be exactly the same, but later on Saturdays in the Spring.
“Who Wants To Be a Millionaire”, hosted by Meredith Vieira, is going to start February out with a bang by doing the ever-low scoring Walk in and Win Week. During this week, a player will be randomly selected from the audience without any audition prior to the show. The week of shows was taped in January, 2005, in Walt Disney World using the “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire — PLAY IT!”. A list of contestants is on the link provided.
Millionaire is also teaming with Netflix on a movie themed week, while Millionaire does a home competition to win a home entertainment system through the “Netflix Movie Week Sweepstakes”.
Source: Yahoo! News
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