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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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