20Aug2007
Aussie “Temptation” Axed for Daily “Millionaire”
Thanks to reader Dan M. for this link. The Australian edition of Temptation, which is being syndicated in the USA starting September 10th, has been canceled in favor of a weeknight return of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. No word if it's the good regular version or the "eh" new British edition. It will be on the shelf for at least the rest of the year, which means if daily Millionaire with returning host Eddie McGuire bombs, we might be seeing Temptation back on the air. The Millionaire season is to be 40 episodes currently. The decision to bring Millionaire back was necessary to "keep the rights to the show alive", Nine sources said yesterday. Source: Daily Telegraph
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NBC Picks Up “Amne$ia” From Mark Burnett
You can never have enough truth game shows. NBC has picked up a Mark Burnett game show called Amne$ia. In it, contestants are quizzed about key events from their past. Questions will be researched from those people closely connected to the contestant. Look for it as early as midseason 2008.
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for August 19th
I'm very sorry, everyone. I went to a roller derby game and went to see Clockwork Orange tonight so I completely spaced out about Grand Slam today saw games Brad Rutter VS Ogi Ogas and Leszek Pawlowicz VS David Legler. This is where I'm stumped. I can call that Pawlowicz beats Legler, but I have no idea with Rutter VS Ogas. Both are very smart. The only advantage I could call on Rutter is that he has the speed thing down, but apparently Ogas does as well. I don't know why, but I have a slight hunch Mr. Ogi Ogas wins it. What did you think of the episode?
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The New “Price is Right” Doors
If you've been looking around at basically any game show forum, you may be one of the senders of the many many many emails regarding the new The Price is Right doors and logo. All in all it looks incredibly nice looking; better than I've seen in my time. Take a look at the picture below, courtesy of someone from Facebook.
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“Power of 10″ Schedules New Tapings
The best new game show of 2007, Power of 10, has been successful enough to warrant a few new taping dates this month, but act quickly. New episodes will tape on Tuesday, August 21st, and Wednesday, August 22nd, in New York City. If you'd like to see someone potentially win $10,000,000, please click here. As always, you can visit the contestant and audience page, located at the top of the site, to see who needs contestants and where you can see your favorite show tape.
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“Deal or No Deal” Set Changes for New Season
With a new season of NBC's Deal or No Deal comes a few set changes, as with most shows on television. Interestingly, this season isn't that much. We mainly have a few lighting changes, including some white light on the model's stairs, new colors for their stairs, and new neon lighting below the Banker's booth. The biggest change seems to be an all new Banker booth. The images we are providing come from the Donald Trump season premiere game on September 17th.
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Merv Griffin’s Crosswords preview on NBC on Sat. 9/8
TheFutonCritic.com reports that NBC will preview Merv Griffin's Crosswords at 8:30 PM Eastern/7:30 PM Central on Saturday, September 8, following the network's fall preview special. This makes the second primetime game show preview of that week, following Temptation's back-to-back episode preview on MyNetworkTV on Wednesday, September 5. I've heard at least one market has no affiliates showing either show. At least that market and possibly others have a chance to see the new offerings.
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Ratings Update for August 16th, 2007
We have many new numbers on the ratings page today. cracked the top 10, tying with the weekend edition of while the other syndicated game shows also saw an increase. tied the ratings it got last week, showing a strong, consistent fan base on what is a relatively crappy night (CBS Wednesdays). also stayed right in the same area as always.
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“Grand Slam” Schedule Changes
Thankfully GSN has some sense and moved the Grand Slam schedule around a tiny bit. According to GSN and contestant Ed Toutant, GSN will be placing all episodes now on Saturdays at 7PM ET. There will not be a new episode on Sunday nights. There will be encores of the Saturday episodes the same day at 10PM ET, Wednesdays at 8PM ET, and Thursdays at 10PM ET. There will be a marathon on Saturday, September 8th, from noon to 7PM ET leading up to the championship game on September 8th at 7PM ET.
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“Deal or No Deal” Begs for a Millionaire for Season Debut
Power of 10 has been a fantastic reminder that game shows don't need to give away hundreds of thousands of dollars every night to be exciting, engaging, and entertaining. That being said, be expecting a millionaire soon on NBC's next season of Deal or No Deal. The new season will kick off on Monday, September 17th with Donald Trump guest starring with an additional episode on Wednesday, September 19th before settling into its new time slots of Wednesdays and Fridays starting September 26th (poor 1 VS 100). What are the catches you ask? You know Endemol too well. On the debut episode, Nashville contestant DiBiase will play, but the Banker is still on Summer vacation. For the first time, a guest Banker will be present and that will be
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Syndicated “Millionaire” Adds TV Week
<>It's about time we found some information about the sixth season of the syndicated edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, isn't it? Not much has changed, but we do have a new themed week: TV week. According to a source who tried out, the test quizzed you on subjects all across the board; with shows like Lost, The Office, Beverly Hills 90210, Wonder Years, and more. A good deal of it apparently was recent television trivia, though. I'd be willing to bet once we get to the third tier some more of the obscure television trivia will be thrown in. Dennis Miller would probably fit in perfectly (as long as it would keep him away from Grand Slam). You can audition for the TV week on August 28th at 29th. Not only that, we have some r
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FOX Buys Polygraph Game Show
Is it even a shock when FOX buys some absolutely stupid premise for a game show? We haven't had one of these in a while: it's time for a BuzzerBlog flashback. If you were one of our two readers back in our Blogger days, you might remember when NBC was shooting a pilot for a lie detector game show called Nothing But the Truth. In the show, contestants are asked 21 personal questions, and each one answered correctly adds more money to their bank. Contestants can walk with their money after hearing a category, like "Infidelity". Sounds like a classy show, doesn't it? That's why NBC passed on it and FOX picked it up. FOX is looking at a potential Fall release. And I still do really miss The Chair. So let's see, FOX passes on Withou
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“Crosswords” Rules and Information
Big Edit: Someone from an early taping recently commented, and there are a few differences in the rules for them. Did they switch rules after a few weeks? You be the judge; click here. A source who wished to remain anonymous supplied us with the rules for Merv Griffin's Crosswords, which debuts Monday, September 10th, across the country. It's looking pretty good; here they are: Two contestants start with a full puzzle on the board. They get a clue to one of the words given. The player that buzzes in and answers correctly gets $100. At some points there will be a "Crossword Getaway", where a right answer adds a trip to your total. Also included is a "Crossword Extra", where the person who answers correctly can bet as much of their w
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GSN Sets Date for Merv Griffin Tribute
GSN will be paying tribute to the game show legend, Merv Griffin (who recently passed away), with a special tribute on the weekend of August 18th in two five-hour blocks from 10AM to 3PM ET. On Saturday, August 18th, GSN will be featuring Wheel of Fortune with episodes such as an early appearance with Chuck Woolery as host, Vanna White's first episode, and the show's first road trip to New York City. On Sunday, August 19th, Jeopardy! will be featured. Episodes will include the $1,000,000 masters tournament. Also on Sunday at 3AM to 4AM ET will be two black and white episodes of shows Mr. Griffin hosted: Play Your Hunch and an episode of To Tell The Truth.
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British “Millionaire” Gets a Face Lift
We'll have a full report later this week from British correspondent David Howell, but the original version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, nearing its tenth year, will be getting some new rules. Shockingly, the format is being cut to twelve questions with the new money chain going 500, 1000 * 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000 * 75000, 150000, 250000, 500000, 1M. It just looks and feels incredibly awkward, especially with the 2/5/5 format. Also, the show is supposedly getting updated music and graphics. Why you would rather drastically change arguably the most popular game show on earth is beyond me. At least I know Michael Davies has enough sense to fight the change if it's even thought of for the US syndicated edition.
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