A Few Bits of News

12 Mar

Posted by Alex Davis as ABC, CBS, Casting, Duel

Sorry for no updates recently, there’s barely been anything and I’ve been exhausted the past few days. It’s been a long month.

*FOX wasn’t lying about the Human Tetris Japanese show remake of Hole in the Wall, were they? We’ve got a casting notice now. It seems like, oddly enough, they are taping in Australia. For any Aussies we have reading this, is there a version of the show down there somewhere? I have no idea why we’re going down there, but oh well.

*ABC is casting heavily for season two of Duel right now. They are stressing the prize is “up to a million bucks in cash prizes”, so I’m taking a tiny guess that we’re getting some form of a money chain. And that could be a lot worse; It could be a tournament again. The rest of the budget probably went to new devices for host Mike Greenberg to wave around in his hand. How about we give him a sparkler? At least make it more exciting to watch.

The ratings will also be updated later tonight.

5 Responses

Chris Parsley
1
March 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

the “casting heavily” is total BS, only looking for SoCal folks is NOT CASTING HEAVILY!
Scott Meckley
2
March 12th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

I think a money chain for Duel would be a great concept. Kinda like 21 scoring maybe. All Duels best 2 out of 3 match each match won is shown below

1st Duel- $25,000 per match plus the jackpot of the chips

2nd Duel- $50,000 per match plus the jackpot of the chips

3rd Duel- $100,000 per match plus the jackpot of the chips

4th Duel - $250,000 per match plus the jackpot of the chips

5th Duel- $500,000 per match plus the jackpot of the chips

after 5 Duel then there would be two new people. Bascially the more duels you win the more money you win per match. I think that would be simplier for people to understand and could make this a lot of fun too. Also if a challenger doesn’t win a match then they leave with $2,500

I personally though can’t wait for Duel to come back but I hope that Greeny gets to show more personality but i like the waving a sparklier around.

FOX Hole In The Wall I probably shouldn’t prejudge but I sense this will stink just sounds boring to me.
Luke
3
March 12th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

So, I don’t know if anyone else noticed or how long its been going on, but I wanted to add that the newest version of I’ve Got A Secret was on GSN today after To Tell The Truth. I missed that show.
Mark
4
March 13th, 2008 at 7:54 am

“The rest of the budget probably went to new devices for host Mike Greenberg to wave around in his hand. How about we give him a sparkler? At least make it more exciting to watch.”

Hehe; that’s the funniest thing you’ve ever written, Alex. ;)
ScottNotSteve
5
March 13th, 2008 at 9:33 am

To Alex and Mark: I do not understand why so many folks denigrate Mike Greenberg. He was a good fit for the show and he did well given the crappy format. GIVE GREENY A CHANCE! If Wink says he is the Next Big Thing, that needs to be considered. I have seen plenty worse on TV recently.