31Mar2008
Bingo America
Tonight GSN debuts their new show Bingo America in just a bit minutes, and this might be interesting. Their site seems to not be working right now, so either there's major issues on their end or a lot more people are downloading cards than they expected. But hey, you get to play along with the questions at the very least so that's a plus. It's a pretty decent show for the first 27 minutes before it drags to a halt in the end game, so just be warned. I'd love to hear your thoughts, as would GSN. Be sure to leave a comment, and also give your star rating (0 to 5) in the POST INFO box when you click on the story's headline. Hope you like it. (more...)
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Starting Today in Daytime and Tomorrow in Primetime….
The drop zone is back. Russian Roulette returns to GSN today at 6:00PM ET and starting tomorrow in primetime at 10:00PM ET.
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Jon Kelley Named Host of “The Mole”
ABC has announced that former weekend Extra (an entertainment news tabloid show) Jon Kelley has been named the host of the revived fifth season of The Mole. Kelley has more than 15 years of experience in news, sports, and entertainment broadcasting. He was also the anchor of FSN's The National Sports Report. Click here to read his Extra profile. Variety is reporting The Mole will kick off its new season on May 26th at 10:00PM ET, but nothing is set in stone yet.
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New Rating System!
Exciting new updates for BuzzerBlog today, at least for us and potentially you. The one thing I prize this site on is its interactivity. Honestly, without you guys commenting, I wouldn't be doing this. There are sites that do the whole new thing equally as well and/or better. One thing I've long struggled with is how to do show reviews easier, and we finally have a way. Before shows debut we'll set up specific posts and pages for the show. In the POST INFO box will be a star system. You can highlight as many stars as you want and click to cast your vote. It'll average all the votes from everyone and come up with a final score. Just as a warning you only get to vote once per IP. This is really a way so you can communicate easier with fans of your favorite shows, look at what's popular and not, look for some recommendat
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“Friend or Foe” Returns Tomorrow
Hey, remember that Friend or Foe? returns to GSN tomorrow afternoon. It wasn't the best of shows but it's sure a hell of a lot better than a lot of what GSN's pumped out since the rebranding. Fun host, great music package, nice set, and it actually had some questions (tricky ones at that). I'm in the minority that enjoyed the Trust Box, but regardless, it'll be interesting to see what some newer viewers of the show think of it. Here's a video of the opening of the show featuring our friend and Lingo god Robert McKee and a bit of the awesome soundtrack.
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Today’s “Bingo America” Video
Forgot yesterday's video; I've been busy as always. Here's today.
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“Duel” Season Two Rules Preview
Thanks to an email from reader Bob Hagh, we have the rules for season two of ABC's Duel which is somehow magically coming back next Friday, April 4th, at 9:00PM ET. It seems like they've taken a portion of both end games of the British version. The game's basically staying the same. After each game, you get to answer the "Max Moment Question" just to throw a bit more shameless product promotion in there. If you're right you double the money you've earned. You have the chance to leave with your money after each duel, or you can risk it all and play another opponent that you select. If you win five duels, you win $500,000. What remains to be seen is if you can double that $500,000 to $1,000,000. That might be a bit of a contradiction right now since the casting notices constantly tout a $1,000,000 top prize but other releases
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Today’s “Bingo America” Video
So I'm typing this at 4PM and hopefully it'll be up at 11:00PM thanks to automatic posting, but if not, whoops. Here's today's Bingo America video.
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REVIEW: Ludia’s “The Price is Right”
Do you remember when we talked about a "Price" PC game in development? Well, after a long wait, it has been released to the public. I must say, it's pretty good. Graphics are good-looking, There's only a couple of minor issues. First, the prizes are video clips from actual aired shows, so there's a very small chance that somebody playing may have that episode on tape, and can then guess the ARP exactly. Second, it would be nice to have keyboard support for typing in bids. Clicking on "hidden arrows" up and down gets the job done, but it's not the way the average user would expect to enter numbers on a PC game. The complete list of pricing games: 3 Strikes Bonkers Check-Out Cliffhangers Flip Flop Freeze Frame Hole in One (or Two) It's in the Bag Master Key Money Game Plinko Punch-A-Bunch Pus
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New “Bingo America” Video
OK, we promise Bingo America is a hell of a lot better than How Much is Enough? which I still feel bad about for my horrendous review based on just one episode. We have a lot more faith that most of you should enjoy Bingo America in some shape or form that we'll be posting some videos and pictures each day leading up to the debut on Monday, March 31st, at 7:00PM ET on GSN. Here's today's video.
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“Family Feud” Heads to Primetime NBC
Is this the year of Family Feud or what? Let's look at all the things in its favor. *It's the only syndicated show to actually gain viewers from year to year. *GSN picked up the rerun rights to the current John O'Hurley edition of the show. *ION picked up the rerun rights as well. And now, NBC has picked up the primetime rights to air some celebrity editions of the show. According to Variety, both Fremantle and CBS are preparing the show for as soon as summer but keeping details about it very tight under wraps. The good news is that the game has an established format and can't be screwed up that terribly much! This is a huge opportunity for Feud here. It's evident that the general public likes John O'Hurley a lot or else the ratings wouldn't continually go up. Honestly, if they can advertise and raise more awarene
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ION Television ALSO Picks Up O’Hurley’s “Family Feud”
Does the title seem familiar to you? Yeah it does to me as well. On Monday, we announced GSN's acquisition of John O'Hurley's first two seasons of Family Feud. Well it was announced on Tuesday that ION Television, a network that used to be known as PAX has also picked up the show. It begins on April 7th which is actually a month before it premieres on GSN. The show will air at 7pm & 7:30pm. That's right, two airings. Check your local listings for times in your area though. ION Television (PAX) back in the day used to air shows such as Supermarket Sweep and Shop Til' You Drop every night until they changed formats and have recently become your TV Land of channels airing such classics as Mama's Family, Baywatch, Who's The Boss?, and the awesome Drew Carey Show. Yeah, Family Feud really doesn't fit into ION's schedule really
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“Bingo America” Videos and More
We're going on a Bingo America frenzy for the next few days. We were recently provided with some video clips (which are also on YouTube) as well as videos and a Facebook group all about GSN's new original interactive show debuting Monday, March 31st, at 7:00PM ET. We'll be putting up a new video and photos each day for the next few days until the debut, so be on the lookout. Click here to become a fan of the show on Facebook as well.
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GSN Picks Up John O’Hurley “Family Feud”
This just in: GSN has picked up the rights to the incredible John O'Hurley run of Family Feud. The newest seasons of the Feud featuring a FAR superior host compared to Richard Karn will start airing May 5th, Tuesdays through Saturdays, at 9:30PM ET, replacing the dreadful Karn edition. Hopefully this can get more awareness for the current version of the Feud out there. It's been better than it has been in ages and, again, he's exponentially better than Richard Karn. There are very few people who have disagreed to that. O'Hurley Feud has also recently been renewed for yet another season, the third under the new edition bringing the classic and modern feel of the show together. Fantastic modern pickup. One more GSN scheduling note: a Mother's Day marathon of Whammy! will air from 9:00AM ET to 4:00PM ET on Sunday, May 11
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CBS Orders More Primetime “Price is Right”
CBS tried putting Drew Carey's Power of 10 on Wednesdays at 8:00PM ET and it failed rather spectacularly. Drew's getting a second chance as four new $1,000,000 episodes of The Price is Right have been ordered to start airing April 30th at 8:00PM ET. The show has been very consistent in winning its time slot Fridays at 8:00PM ET, albeit it has had literally no competition. Facing Deal or No Deal and Moment of Truth is a tiny bit different than the soon-to-be-glue (and rightfully so) racehorse named Amne$ia. This is actually going to set up a really interesting game show division. You'll have Deal or No Deal with its big-money-flashy game crowd. You'll have Moment of Truth with the slightly cynical and human emotion crowd. And finally you'll have The Price is Right with the older skewing safety game crowd. I don't think i
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