03Dec2011
BuzzerUK: Christmas Game Show Preview
December has arrived! Christmas and New Year is upon us and this means one thing. Many UK networks produce and broadcast many game show specials for the festive period. Some of the regular specials are returning with some new ones. Here is our guide to what is on in throughout the Christmas period. As the New Year listings have yet to be released, keep watching this page as we will add any extra shows once we have received them. BBC One Winter Wipeout hits our screens for the first time in the UK. The obstacle course in Argentina has been changed to reflect the time of the year. 20 Brits will attempt the new course to become the Winter Wipeout champion and receive £10,000. The new winter course will be loosely based on the original ve
Read MoreView Comments (2)30Nov2011
News Flashes for Wednesday, November 30th
We haven't done one of these in a while. Relatively slow day to close out November but there are a few smaller things that may interest you. Here are some news flashes for Wednesday, November 30th. Today's headlines include the ratings for ABC's You Deserve It and why you may not be seeing it for much more, a set report of ITV's The Exit List, and debut dates for Winter Wipeout and Shark Tank. Click here for the full story on each.
Read MoreView Comments (10)29Jun2011
Ratings Report: “101 Ways” Stays Steady in Week Two
101 Ways to Leave a Game Show had its second episode this past Tuesday. The second episode is always pretty important. It's a good indicator to see if the viewers who were around during week one enjoyed the show enough to come back for more. If this is any clear indication, the crowd that watched 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show liked what they saw. Wipeout seems to be losing a little bit of steam, though. We've also got some syndicated ratings which includes great news for Family Feud which experienced a major boom this season. Finally, we've got a link to some GSN ratings. Click here for all the numbers.
Read MoreView Comments (10)24Jun2011
Morning Buzz for June 24, 2011
Good late morning to everyone. I hope you had a great week so far...I know I have. Here are a few smaller stories to end the week. Stories include pictures of Meredith Vieira at the Daytime Emmys for Who Wants to be a Millionaire, ratings for 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show and Wipeout, updated GSN schedules, casting notices, plus a new look at NBC's upcoming Who's Still Standing?. Click here for all the stories.
Read MoreView Comments (10)17Jun2011
Format Update: “Identity Crisis” and “Wipeout”
We've got two broadcast formats to talk about today. A bit ago we discussed a new game show pilot called Identity Crisis that was casting. The celebrity based trivia show recently did run throughs in front of CBS executives. It's now officially been ordered for a pilot. The game is based on a board game from Endless Games and is produced by Courtney Cox and David Arquette. After that we've got a lot of news involving ABC's Wipeout including a renewal, new co-host, and a new video game. Click here for the story on both shows.
Read MoreView Comments (7)16May2011
Morning Buzz for May 16, 2011
I hope everyone is attempting to have a good drive to the office this Monday morning. Here are some morning updates to start your week off. In this morning's Buzz, we've got information about ABC's summer game shows such as Wipeout and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, information about being a paid audience member for Baggage, logos for Million Dollar Mind Game and The $500,000 Pyramid, an interview with the newest Deal or No Deal jackpot winner, and the location of Family Feud's new season. Click here for the full story on each.
Read MoreView Comments (21)13Apr2011
“Wipeout” Gains truTV Reruns; Loses Jill Wagner
There's been a lot of Wipeout news recently, coinciding the special Name the Stunt competition going on. Even more updates are going through the news cycle. First of all, fans of the show are getting even more chances to watch. The show is being syndicated to cable. truTV has acquired the rights to the show. Second, Wipeout will be losing a host. Popular sideline reporter/insult comic Jill Wagner will be leaving the show after this summer's season. Click here to read the full details on both stories.
Read MoreView Comments (4)12Apr2011
Name ABC’s New “Wipeout” Challenge!
ABC's hit stunt show Wipeout is continuing its Winter/Spring series and will have its regular summer season in shortly. They constantly come up with new, inventive, and crazy challenges that send people flying into the pool below. The games also have funny and unique names. Want your chance to name a new Wipeout stunt? Do you think you can come up with a name as good as "Big Balls" or "Dreadmill"? ABC is giving you that chance now. Click here to name the new Wipeout challenge!
Read MoreView Comments (9)07Jan2011
Ratings Report: “Wipeout” Sees Series High; “Million Dollar Money Drop” Doesn’t
This is a pretty good week for game shows on broadcast television. Million Dollar Money Drop on Fox, Minute to Win It on NBC, and Wipeout on ABC are all active. Some look alive and some...not so much. THURSDAY UPDATE: Million Dollar Money Drop and Wipeout both aired episodes on Thursday at 8:00PM ET. One did great and the other didn't. I'm sure you can guess which one did what. Click here to find out all the ratings.
Read MoreView Comments (34)13Oct2010
ABC Debuts “Winter Wipeout” in January
Fans of ABC's hit stunt game show Wipeout aren't going to have to wait until January for a new season. ABC will be adding an additional winter run this January, dubbed Winter Wipeout. Eight hour-long episodes will air in total. It's in addition to the 16 episodes that will air this summer, bringing the entire season up to 24 episodes and 70 episodes in total. John Anderson, John Henson, and Jill Wagner. Read on for all of the details.
Read MoreView Comments (7)09Jul2010
Ratings: “Wipeout” Still Strong, “Downfall” Dropping
Wrapping up an extremely uneventful week, it's time to look at some of this week's ratings. Starting with the ABC shows, Wipeout still continues to do very well even when adding a second episode a week this year. The usual Tuesday edition saw 8.8 million viewers tune in with a 4.8/9 rating. ABC's very good game show Downfall, from Fremantle Media, is dropping to very ugly lows, sadly. This past Tuesday's episode saw only 3.77 million viewers. It lost around 5 million viewers from Wipeout. Read on for commentary and other information.
Read MoreView Comments (3)06Jul2010
“Wipeout” and “Downfall” With Fake Prizes Tonight
So as you can tell this is quite possibly the slowest news week I've seen in quite some time. This seems as good of a time as any to remind people that ABC's game night is tonight at 8:00PM ET. First is Wipeout. It's a special couples edition where two people will be playing together on the course. Not that kind of playing together. It'll apparently be like the really fun Blind Date edition they did a few weeks back. After that is Downfall at 9:00PM ET. The show's been very fun and I'm hoping ratings can increase or stay remotely steady for a slight prospect of another summer run, but who knows. On tonight's episode both Chris Molles and Yolanda Allen play a fast paced trivia game against the clock along with host Chris Jericho, a
Read MoreView Comments (6)23Jun2010
Ratings: “Wipeout” Returns High, “Downfall” Debuts Medium
ABC debuted the new game show Downfall last night as well as the return of summer favorite Wipeout. Ratings are in for both and it's a mixed bag. Wipeout continues to entertain people (and rightfully show) during the hot summer nights. The show averaged 9.5 million viewers and peaked at 10.03 million during the final half hour. The key demographic of adults 18-49 rated a first place 3.1/10, so 10% of the people watching TV at that time were checking out Wipeout. Downfall's debut was middling at best. The show lost a little less than half of Wipeout's viewers, dropping to 5.86 million viewers. Frankly that's not that bad for summer and for how cheap this show has to be, but it obviously could be better. Comparatively, the more expensive Who Wants to be a Millionaire scored at least a million more viewers each night. The troubling thing is Downfall lost more than a million viewers through the hour, so next week should be interesting. Read on for more commentary.
Read MoreView Comments (2)22Jun2010
“Downfall” Debuts Tonight on ABC at 9:00PM ET; “Wipeout” Returns
It's always exciting when a new game show debuts, isn't it? Especially one of this magnitude. ABC's brand new quiz show Downfall finally debuts at 9:00PM ET on ABC. The specific rules aren't out there but it appears to be like this: get a group of friends, play the board game Outburst on a roof, and shove the losers off. Sounds fun already. Up to $1,000,000 in cash plus some amazing prizes can be given away to either Nicole Breed of Ferndale, WA, or Martin Mullen from Boston, MA. Of course the cash, prizes, and their bodies may be dropping off the side of a skyscraper also. Either way it looks to be a ton of fun. Chris Jericho hosts. We were supposed to have an interview with him but "there were issues", so there we go. To
Read MoreView Comments (15)01Jun2010
“Wipeout” Sneak Peek Debut Tonight at 8:00PM ET on ABC
One of the most popular summer shows in a long time returns to ABC tonight. Wipeout will debut its brand new season at 8:00PM ET. This season sees a lot of changes, namely with different themed shows and the actual courses themselves. The special episode tonight will be a "Blind Date" edition...
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