30Aug2008
BuzzerVision: “Catch 21″ Again
It happened again, but this time, a lot more skillfully. See what I mean. [flv:http://www.gameshowvideos.com/flv/C21win2.flv 320
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“Rich List” Revival Information: Going to GSN
We really need one of those "We Called It!" signs that The Colbert Report has. One of our good friends from England, David Howell, recently got back from a taping of the revival of the The Rich List. This new edition was taping on the English version set so we thank him greatly for going. A lot of really big shocking information was given about the show too. GSN's really trying some new things. First off, it's looking like it's going to be an hour long show with two full games an hour. Works just fine for me. Wondering why Fred Roggin's still been gone from GSN Live? He's the host of the new show which has been changed from The Rich List to The Money List. If you don't watch GSN Live, he also works with NBC Sports and was just
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Caroline Rhea Hosts GSN’s “Play It Back: Game Shows”
We've known about these for a while, but just for safety we'll talk about it again. GSN is planning a whole series of Play it Back: Game Shows marathons, celebrating different games from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Each Sunday night in September involves a different decade's shows followed by a special hour long documentary about the best and funniest moments. On September 7th is the 70s marathon Dating Game, Let’s Make a Deal, and Match Game from 1PM to 7PM E. September 14th has the 80s shows Card Sharks, Press Your Luck, and $25,000 Pyramid. Finally on the 21st we have the 90s featuring Wheel of Fortune, Ray Combs Family Feud, and Regis Philbin Who Wants to be a Millionaire? for the millionth time. Following each of those marathons
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“Millionaire” Menu Graphic
Sorry for no updates yesterday. I was really busy and if one of our many writers doesn't write anything beyond me, nothing shows up. I'll try to fix that. But it's been extremely slow regardless. Valleycrest Productions provided us with a pictures of Who Wants to be a Millionaire's new "Millionaire Menu", though. It's similar to a picture we posted a bit ago. Interesting new look, though. Courtesy of Valleycrest Productions
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Rossi Morreale Hosts “Let Me Entertain You”
Still no idea who the show is for, but at least for the pilot, the new competition/variety show Let Me Entertain You, Rossi Moreale is the host. If you enjoy ritualistic abuse, you may remember him as the host of the newly canceled Temptation. Maybe I'm missing something, but is there any great talent in Rossi that I'm not seeing. All I'm getting with him right now is, "Eh he's good looking. Women will watch. Let's get him." Maybe I'm
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New “Millionaire” Question Graphics
Valleycrest Productions provided us with a glimpse at the new Who Wants to be a Millionaire? question graphics, but we still have no idea about the new money chain graphics or anything else. The question screen looks extremely nice, though. Much better than any other I've seen. As always, click on the thumbnails to expand.
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“Bingo America” Changes Made Official
A press release for the second season of GSN's Bingo America came out tonight. I have to be honest, even though I do like some of the changes, portions of it leave me confused. We'll get to that in a minute. First off, reitterating what we said before, Richard Karn is the new host. I still think he'll do fine with the show and be a hell of a lot more entertaining and livelier than former host Patrick Duffy ever was. We have a new end game which is slightly better too. It's not made specifically clear, but it seems you have the same bonus board as before, as pictured to the left. Each row is hiding some "wrecking balls" behind numbers, and each row has more than the last. All totaled up, there are 20 up there. You pick a number,
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New “Deal” Season Starts Tonight
Tonight's a very important and interesting night for NBC. Basically their sole savior regular series at this point, Deal or No Deal, returns at 8:00PM ET. There are some special things coming along with it for the premiere, like an updated set, new look for the models, a "new" text at home game, but most importantly the Million Dollar Mission, which adds a million dollar case to the game every time it's not won in the previous game. The contestant is starting with four today. And I'd just be sure to watch in the next few days also, if I were you. Just a friendly warning. What makes it interesting is that NBC promoted the show a ton over the Olympics which had gigantic viewing audiences. Deal fizzled out big time during the course
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GSN’s Website Needs Work
You know, of all people to be an asshole about a website's content, I should probably be the last. If Wordpress wasn't simple, I'd be clueless. I can write and that's about it. However, GSN's website, especially the show pages, are in shambles. There's pictures of the new British version of Pyramid instead of our current version, wrong dates and times for shows, and then we get to Lingo. This one tickled me; here's the show's description from GSN's site: "Chuck and his Lady Luck Stacey keep the Lingo balls-a-bouncing as 2-person teams compete to guess a hidden word hinted at from letter clues." Confused about Stacey? She was the show's co-host about five years ago. Not even remotely current. They could really use a bit more
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Weekend Replay: New “Millionaire” Lifeline Double Dip
Continuing our Weekend Replay of a preview of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'s new lifelines which will be coming up on September 8th (check your local listings). Replacing Fifty/Fifty is "Double Dip," which is taken from ABC's revival Super Millionaire. In Double Dip, you can answer the question twice. If the first answer you give is incorrect, you get a 2nd shot. Be warned, if you confirm you want to use it, you cannot back out of the question. You must play it.
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Weekend Replay: “Super Millionaire”
We've been writing about Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and a lot of its changes the past few weeks. One thing we keep mentioning is the new set of lifelines, Double Dip and Ask the Expert from ABC's short revival called Super Millionaire. I've gotten quite a few emails and comments asking what exactly does the lifeline do, and I figured the best example is to just show you. So enjoy a weekend of Super Millionaire clips. During this weekend we'll be showing you three videos of three different questions. Here's the half million dollar question. Note: Ask the Expert is just a one player version of the lifeline you will see
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Richard Karn is New Host of “Bingo America”
I'm about to give you a lot of opinions which conflict what I've written over and over in other articles during this post. First off, let's get the facts straight. Bingo America, GSN's hit interactive game show, is coming back. People are reading way too much into its removal from the schedule. GSN still gives away money to home viewers during the reruns. No reason to continue doing this. It's why the show needs a larger episode order than 40, but I digress. We know one change for sure, and that's host Patrick Duffy is gone from the show. Replacing him is, get ready, former Family Feud host Richard Karn. And here comes the confusion. I can actually see this working. Let me get this out of the way and if Mr. Karn somehow
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Pilot for “Let Me Entertain You” Taping
England recently had a daytime variety show called Let Me Entertain You. Basically it was a modern Gong Show. A person stands on stage and tries to entertain the audience. Audience members can hit a button to kick the act off, and when at least half hits the button, the act is gone. Lasting one minute gets £100, two minutes is £200, and lasting 3 minutes wins £1,000. Winners of each daily show come back for a weekly final. It seems America's getting their own version, as a pilot is being taped on the Jimmy Kimmel Live. It's a very entertaining show and I'd love to see it come over
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Lots of Celebrities Play “Fifth Grader”
We don't write enough about Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? here. Partially because I still am not a fan of the show. Partially because nothing interesting ever happens on it. However, FOX is attempting to change that by throwing in a lot of celebrities this season. I mean a lot. We have famed game show winners, supermodels, Nobel laureate, and more. Because, you know, adding celebrities to a show usually works. Right now it looks like ten celebrities have signed on. Included in the list is supermodel Kathy Ireland, actor Dean Cain, musician Gene Simmons, boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, former fat person now out of a job personality Star Jones, actress Jennie Garth, astronaut Robert Gibson, zookeeper Jack Hanna, astrophysicist
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BBC One Picks Up “Wipeout”
Good news for all our friends from England. BBC One has picked up the rights to producer an original version of my favorite show of the year, Wipeout. It's said to debut sometime in 2009 from Endemol. Unlike in America, though, this version will be taping in Argentina where many international versions seem to be taping. We've been seeing a lot of game shows in general taping episodes or pilots in Argentina recently. Probably because of the reduced cost there. Wipeout is part of BBC One controller Jay Hunt's plan to revamp the network by taking more risks and get new ideas. I don't think it's that big of a risk, though. Wipeout is good and entertaining enough to work anywhere. Enjoy a best of video of episode
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