11May2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Wins Rose d’Or Award
Congratulations are due to Channel 4's popular live quiz show The Million Pound Drop. The Davina McCall-fronted quizzer won the award for best game show at this year's Rose d’Or Festival. It managed to beat ITV's The Cube and the Israeli format Still Standing which seems to do moderately well in every country except America. I wonder why. Congratulations to Endemol and Drop. It's still a fun, exciting quiz and we're glad to see it do so well. The show is looking for contestants for its newest series so if you want to take on the Drop and try to win a million pounds, click here.
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“Jeopardy!” Announces Dates for Power Players Week
Starting Monday, May 14th, some of the biggest and most influential newsmakers, politicians, authors, and more are coming to Washington, D.C., for a special "Power Players Week" of Jeopardy!. Each day three different major players in the news and media will compete against each other for a minimum $50,000 for charity. Each person is guaranteed $10,000 no matter what. We know the celebrities playing, but Jeopardy! has announced the broadcast dates of each group. Click here to see the lineup and make your predictions for the winners.
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2012 Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced
Game shows were represented pretty well in the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Award nominations. There were a few very, very glaring omissions but some shockers in here as well. The usual suspects like Cash Cab and Millionaire were nominated. However, some shockers from cable and network daytime were thrown in as well. There's one very, very large omission, though. Click here to read all the results and let us know what you think.
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“The Cube” Released for PS3, Wii, and 3DS on October 5th
Do you want to take on The Cube in your own home? You're going to get that chance on October 5th. ITV's critically acclaimed game show is making the transition to home consoles on October 5th, 2012. The Cube will be released for Playstation 3 with Playstation Move (motion control) capabilities, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo 3DS. People in Europe can get it for anything, obviously. If you're American and want to play, like I'm sure some of you are, you may need to look at the PS3 version. Wii and 3DS are PAL, while PS3 looks to be open region. You may want to look to eBay or Amazon for that. Click here to read what to expect in the game, and to hear from the people behind it.
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“Double Dare” Coming Back as Live Show in Orlando
The classic kids game show Double Dare is coming back as a live stage show in Orlando. People staying in the Nickelodeon Suites Resort in Orlando, Florida, will get the chance to watch and play an all new version of the Marc Summers-hosted show starting in May. The fun and mess of the original version will be mixed with state-of-the-art technology and today's pop culture. Click here to read all about the new stage show and let us know what you think.
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“The Price is Right” and “Let’s Make A Deal” Celebrate Mother’s Day on May 11th
CBS's two popular daytime game shows will be celebrating Mother's Day this week. Both The Price is Right and Let's Make A Deal will commemorate the holiday on Friday, May 11th, with special episodes. First, The Price is Right is planning a special team episode, with mother/child teams competing for cash, cars, and trips. Plus, America's favorite television mother will be appearing. Let's Make A Deal will start the Mother's Day celebrating by giving away roses to the audience, plus some lucky moms are given flower deliveries for the entire year. Other prizes include a special "Girls' Night" package. Click here to read the full details on all the day's festivities.
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Quickplay: Aussie “Deal or No Deal” for $100,000
It's Australian Day here, apparently. Are you following us on Facebook? If not, you should and click here. Every day we play a special "Quickplay". We'll give you a question or situation from the previous day's game of some show from some country. We'll ask you how you'd play, and we'll reveal the answer later. Today we played Deal or No Deal. We are focusing on this afternoon's Australian episode. The contestant is facing a $29,000 offer with $100,000 left in play and a few smaller amounts. Will she make the right call. Better yet, did you make the right call on Quickplay? Check it out and let us know what you think. Click here to see if you won today's Quickplay.
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Australia Brings Back “The Price is Right” to Tepid Reviews
Australia's network Seven brought back The Price is Right after a seven year break. The show, in part, was meant to boost the severely sagging ratings of Deal or No Deal. From our perspective, it's going to have to a little better to get people more interested in Deal. Price has an interesting format pattern. Each country seems to have their own tweaks, twists, and turns to the classic format created by the late Bob Stewart. France, for instance, has an interesting take on the show. It's very glitsy, big, over the top, and fun. It's one of the best international versions out there. Australia tried to mimic it, but (and I hate to say it) for the most part they sadly failed. Click here to see some of the debut episode and tell us your opinion.
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New Shows Coming to Challenge in May, Plus a Simon Mayo Interview
Challenge, the United Kingdom's network devoted to games, has some great new shows and schedule changes coming to you through the month of May. Upcoming shows and schedule changes include Blockbusters, Family Fortunes, Shooting Stars, Stars in Their Eyes, and Bullseye. Click here to read about all the updates, plus to see the interview with Simon on the set of Blockbusters.
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Report: “Pyramid” and “The Price is Right” Creator Bob Stewart Passes Away at 91
We'll add more to this growing story as time goes on and as more people inform us of the situation, but popular game show announcer Randy West has announced that the monumentally influential producer Bob Stewart has passed away at the age of 91. If you like game shows, then you like Mr. Stewart's work. He created immensely successful shows such as The Price is Right, To Tell The Truth, Password, Pyramid, and countless others. We'll be updating this story as the day progresses so stay tuned. Click here to discuss and keep up to date with the latest.
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Emily Eichelberger Wins $100,000 on “Wheel of Fortune”
This happened a little earlier this week, so my apologies for not getting to it sooner. Wheel of Fortune is on a hot streak right now. The show, after not having a $100,000 winner all season, has given away two of their second biggest prize in three days. On Monday, April 30th, Emily Eichelberger from Albany, OR took the six figure prize leaving with a grand total of $111,200. She won the money solving the bonus puzzle "BIRD FOOD" with only the B, R, and D showing. Interestingly she had the million dollar wedge earlier in the game and lost it. Click here to see a clip of the big win and let us know what you thought about her play. I've got a few questions.
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Report: Channel 4 Considers a Daytime Comeback for “The Bank Job”
The Channel 4 live quiz show The Bank Job may not be dead after all. After relatively lackluster average ratings for the two series, BroadcastNow is reporting that the George Lamb hosted quiz show could come back as a daytime program. Channel 4 is currently deciding whether the series deserves that shot. The Bank Job sees four contestants answer questions and take money from inside a bank's safe deposit box. You need to be out of the vault with the most cash before the clock hits 0 to win. A series of format changes would be expected with a daytime version. Click here to learn more about the possible new version.
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“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Launches New York City Auditions for Season Eleven on May 21st
Your chance to stand at the million dollar table on the most popular quiz show of all time has come. Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Meredith Vieira will begin auditioning for its eleventh season starting Monday, May 21st. These auditions will take place in the show's home of New York City. You must pre-register for a test on the show's website by clicking here. The auditions consist of a timed multiple choice test and, for those that pass, an audition with a show producer. Basic eligibility requirements include being over 18 and having never sat in the Hot Seat on the network or syndicated version before, but for the specific information you can visit the show's website here. Click here for more information and for hints and tips from those who have auditioned in the past or appeared on the show.
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OWN, TruTV, and ABC Announce New Games
Three different networks announced three very, very different game shows over the past few days, ranging from the typical quiz show to a Big Brother-like reality show. OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, has finally announced the debut of their new studio based quiz show Are You Normal, America?. Next, TruTV announced the newest in a series of ever-present Cash Cab ripoffs. This one is called Turbulence from Howie Mandel's production company. The show is a quiz show set in the sky. And finally, ABC has ordered a new Big Brother-like reality show called The Glass House. The network has been casting for The Glass House for the past few months. Any of those series sound interesting to you? Click here to discuss the formats and let us know.
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Peter Flihan Walks Away with $63,600 on “Millionaire” and “American Pride Week”
Who Wants to be a Millionaire's "American Pride Week" kicked off with a bang on Monday. Volunteer firefighter Peter Flihan of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department walked away with a massive $63,600 on Monday's show. All week long the audience will be made up of firefighters, U.S. military, and teachers. Contestants will be pulled from the audience to play the game. That's what happened to Peter on yesterday's episode. Click here to learn about Peter's game and see his $100,000 question.
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