CBS today announced that the first Drew Carey season of The Price is Right will air on October 15th at 11AM ET on CBS. Quoting the press release, “The new season will start out with some exciting wins, as several contestants make some lucky spins on the big Wheel. Others have the chance to win some of the most expensive cars ever given away on the show, as well as trips to exotic locations and more amazing prizes. In addition, the familiar set has been refreshed to give it an updated look while keeping the recognizable PRICE IS RIGHT theme and appearance.”
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MAJOR EDIT: NBC put out a press release a bit ago for it. Some classic events like Joust, Hang Tough, The Wall, and the Eliminator will survive. They will be utilizing water skis, special effects, and the latest technology to update your favorite games and some new ones. The new Gladiators will be action and stunt stars, both male and female. American Gladiators is currently casting contestants, so it’s a go. And fixed a spelling error. And a quick retraction: I thought it said “Jet skis”, but the release said “water skis”; I apologize.
A bit ago it was rumored that NBC might be looking into a revival of American Gladiators. According to Cynopsis, it seems that the rumor has come true. NBC has ordered the old 80s and 90s syndicated television series from MGM-TV and Reveille. It will still have a group of Gladiators (four men and four women) facing regular people. This time around, however, they will give contestants more of a chance to train and we will get more of a back story on them.
I think I said it before, but my only fear is the cheese-factor from the old version. If this version takes itself too seriously and loses one of the main fun parts it had. I can’t wait to see the new games that can be implemented as we are in the 21st century, though.
Hey, a great US game show is being imported again! Hot off the trails of the summer success of CBS’s Power of 10, Australian network Nine is the first channel to announce its pick up for new original episodes. The show will debut in 2008 and is set to start polling thousands of Australians on many hot button issues. No word if the top prize will stick at $10,000,000.
Kenny VS Spenny is the show that just will not die. GSN aired it when they rebranded, it basically bombed for two season, so why shouldn’t Comedy Central give it a run? No word on the time or date, but I have a feeling that there will be a good deal of tears shed on that sad day. According to GSNN”s Gordon Pepper, ‘So Comedy Central won’t invest money in Ken Jennings Vs. The World, but they will invest money in Kenny Vs. Spenny. Wha?’
As reported before Power of 10 has increased its summer episode order and will have new shows air on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting August 21st. This Tuesday’s episode will be a repeat of last Wednesday’s show, but the rest will be new. The episode order has been increased by a total of four. The season finale of Power of 10 will be on Sunday, September 23rd, at 8PM ET.
Thanks to reader Dan M. for this link. The Australian edition of Temptation, which is being syndicated in the USA starting September 10th, has been canceled in favor of a weeknight return of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. No word if it’s the good regular version or the “eh” new British edition. It will be on the shelf for at least the rest of the year, which means if daily Millionaire with returning host Eddie McGuire bombs, we might be seeing Temptation back on the air. The Millionaire season is to be 40 episodes currently. The decision to bring Millionaire back was necessary to “keep the rights to the show alive”, Nine sources said yesterday.
Source: Daily Telegraph
You can never have enough truth game shows. NBC has picked up a Mark Burnett game show called Amne$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.
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?
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.
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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