Well, it’s that time of year again. It’s the Christmas season, and we’re taking a bit of a break. All the staff of Buzzer would like to thank you for reading and we hope you have a safe and terrific week. We’ll be back sometime later this week, but we’re going to be with our families for a bit. No updates will take place unless something breaking happens, so enjoy the week.
-Buzzer Staff
VH1 takes another step in the, well, in a direction which I’m not sure of by airing the new reality game show “The White Rapper Show” on January 8th. In the show, ten contestants will be living in a crappy tenement in the South Bronx and tested on their music “credibility”, which will basically be knowledge of hip hop culture and their “ideas about progency according to VH1’s press”. The winner will receive $100,000. Watch for it on January 8th at 10:30PM ET. We’re sure taking a jump here from “World Series of Pop Culture”, aren’t we?
Thanks to Mr. Justin Lollie for this.
I have no idea how long ago this was shot, but we stumbled upon rules and pictures for another GSN pilot called “Last One Standing”. This wasn’t shot for Game Show Network, this was GSN, so it had to have been shot not too long ago. The rules are simple. Six players compete, each known by a colorful name, like Ms. Orange. A question appears and each player has 20 seconds to select as many correct answers as they can off of their touch screen monitor. Then they bet, a la poker, that they have more right than their opponents. Round one has an ante of 500 and a max bet of 1,000. In round two, there is no limit to the size of a bet, but there is a twist called the “Lucky Cards”, which are three correct answer cards laid out for all to see. There is no bluffing in the final bet. The bet is the stack of the lowest scoring player. Most money wins the game. Obviously this is a bit rough because we couldn’t get exact information, but this sounds a hell of a lot more entertaining than some of the stuff they’ve put on recently. Jeez, first “Casino” and now this. How many more decent shows are gone?
EDIT: I failed to mention this originally. This may be a pilot for 2007, we don’t know. Just a reminder to people that GSN’s Television Critics Association Winter announcements come in about three or four weeks, and who knows, this may be one. Keep reading as always and we’ll report it here first.
If you are a genius child reading this, or if your son/daughter is the smartest person you’ve seen, NBC is wanting you. The network’s hit show “1 vs. 100″ is searching for “SUPER SMART KIDS (Ages 9-17) that excel in pop culture and trivia to be on a very special episode of “1 vs. 100″. They are having an open casting call on December 29th, 2006, from 12PM to 4PM at….
Culver Studios
9336 W. Washington Blvd.
Gate #3
Culver City, CA, 90232.
All you need is a copy of your child’s most recent report card. Also, if he or she has a work permit, bring that as well. Of course all children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The show tapes on January 10th, 2007, so be sure to get in there soon. Contact the casting department for more info.
Thrilling news for all us Whosers: the British version of one of my favorite shows, “Whose Line is it Anyway”, is coming to DVD soon. A&E will be releasing the first and second season on a one disc set. You can preorder it from Amazon for $34.99. Otherwise, it looks like it’ll be $49.99. This set will be released on February 27, 2007, so be sure to pick it up if you’re a fan. The more of these we can get the better.
Well this is a pleasant surprise! Jellyvision, the creators of my personal favorite video/computer game “You Don’t Know Jack”, have created a brand new website which has the feature “Daily Dis or Dat”. Imagine Quickplay from our mama site FLASHGames² and slap on Dis or Dat instead. It’s incredibly entertaining, funny, and did I mention entertaining? Be sure to check it out as often as you can.
The “Deal or No Deal” model invasion has landed yet again. Much like they did to, well, pimp the season premiere of “Deal or No Deal”, the lovely suitcase models have made a new music video, and it’s exclusively on NBC.com and YouTube if anyone cares to see it. Remember, a special Christmas edition of “Deal or No Deal” with an extremely nice themed studio airs on Monday, December 25th, at 8PM to 10PM, with a Christmas “1 vs. 100″ to follow from 10PM to 11PM ET.
NBC’s new daily poker series, “Poker After Dark” will debut on January 2nd at 2:05AM, the network has announced. The hour long show will be hosted by former “World Poker Tour” hostess Shana Hiatt. The show, which will pan out over an entire week, will see six poker pros battle each other for $120,000. On Saturday from 1AM to 2AM, a “director’s cut” will be shown, recapping the week’s events with more inside info and strategy. NBCU president Marc Graboff stated “There’s a vibrant late night audience looking for original programming. We felt this inside look at the professional poker scene is perfect for late night television and those viewers seeking a unique and original broadcast.”
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