02Aug2011
“The $100,000 Pyramid” Gets Facebook Game This Summer
Game show fans already had enough problems concentrating on work due to Facebook. We've already got Family Feud, The Price is Right, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Deal or No Deal, 1 VS 100, and Fifth Grader among others I'm sure I'm forgetting. You've got another reason to focus on the website. The popular long running game show The $100,000 Pyramid will be getting a game this summer on the social networking platform. Click here to learn more about the game.
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Morning Buzz for May 19, 2011
British Deal or No Deal could have another big winner, a new Facebook app coming soon, and Good Morning America stops by on the set of Wipeout. Click here to read more.
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Afternoon Morning Buzz for May 18, 2011
OK, it was a very busy morning and we had other things to write about, so the window of the Morning Buzz closed. So it's the Afternoon Morning Buzz. Make sense? Not really. Onward! Morning Afternoon updates include the first preview for ABC's 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, syndicated game show ratings, a pretty funny take on Pyramid from a Pacman perspective, a blooper from The Newlywed Game, and today's game show schedule. Click here for all the stories.
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Format Update: “Pyramid” for TBS, “The Frame” for The CW
In lieu of our usual Morning Buzz update for now, I think today's format update deserves its own stand-alone article. It's very strange. I didn't expect either of these to happen. Pyramid will just not die, and that's a good thing. That $500,000 Pyramid logo we got is coming in handy. TBS has added Pyramid, hosted by actor, comedian, and Conan sidekick Andy Richter, to its development slate. Also, The CW is adding a unique reality show to its lineup. The show is called The Frame, and the concept is that couples cannot leave the frame of a camera inside their house. Click here to learn more about both shows.
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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.
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News Flashes: “Pyramid” Revival Alive, “Only Connect” Back, “Wheel” on Facebook
We've got a lot of relatively small stories, or things I can't elaborate on, so here are news flashes and commentary pieces for today. I'm sure the first one is the one most of you are interested in. First off, sources are telling us that Pyramid is eyeing a TV comeback after being passed on twice by CBS. Last I heard, it's just about confirmed to be coming back. Next, Cult favorite Only Connect, which we've been parading and proudly promoting since it first went on the air, comes back next week on BBC 4. And finally, Yet another game show received the Facebook treatment. Out recently is a new Wheel of Fortune game, powered by GSN. Read on for full details and commentary on each piece.
Read MoreView Comments (26)26Aug2010
Ludia Developing “Pyramid” Video Game
CBS may have not picked up Pyramid for a daytime run, but you can play the game in your own home soon. Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Ludia today announced that they are coming out with a Pyramid home game for Mac, PC, iPhone, and iPad. Ludia has also developed video game versions of The Price is Right, Press Your Luck, Family Feud, Hollywood Squares, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Read on for release date and more information.
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“Pyramid” Revival for CBS Dead
We could have seen this from a mile away and I'm sure many of you could also. According to Deadline, which is really never wrong with this stuff, CBS has chosen the View-like talk show hosted by Sarah Gilbert of The Big Bang Theory and with other panelists like Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini, and the wife of the person who ends up making all these decisions Julie Chen. This means Pyramid is all but dead unless some unbelievable twist of fate occurs and Les Moonves wants a divorce. And to be honest, not to be rude, if you expected Pyramid to get picked up you were delusional. When it's against only game shows then yeah, it's looking good. Put it against a talk show in the format of a very popular one on ABC and it'
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“Pyramid” Pilot as Good as You Can Hope For
UPDATED: NEW RULES ADDED. READ ON FOR MORE. The rules for the new pilot for Pyramid are out and, really, it's as good as you can hope for. Info is, as always, from HollywoodJunket.com. It's essentially the classic Pyramid format. Two contestants play a game of word identification against each other. It's played in the same three rounds as the classic, where people guess up to seven words in 30 seconds. In the second round you can win a prize by correctly getting all seven. The winner plays the end game for $10,000. The contestant has sixty seconds to get as many items from the final Pyramid as possible. Another game with two other contestants is played for $10,000. The two winners will then face off against each other for one final game where the winner will play for $25,000.
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“Pyramid” and “Late Night Liars” Updates
Two updates for you right now. First for Pyramid. We're waiting for all the details of the Pyramid pilot which taped today to get in, but we're getting pieces. I'll update this post as stuff gets in. To start: Mo Rocca and Betty White were apparently celebrities for the taping. Probably two of the better ones they could have chosen. More information should be in soon. Late Night Liars will be getting an additional airing this week, Friday at 10:00PM ET on GSN. Also we have an interview with Meredith Vieira about how emotionally connected she gets to contestants on Millionaire.
Read MoreView Comments (12)15Jun2010
“Pyramid” And Fall 2010 Shows Need Audiences
The Fall 2010 television season isn't too far away and some of your favorite game shows, including new comers, need an audience. These are mostly all Los Angeles based so if you're in that area you're in luck. The news most people are waiting for (and quite a few apparently on verge of a nervous break down to hear about given the comments everywhere) is Pyramid. The audience notice is out now, and you can get tickets here. As we reported a few days ago by us the taping will be for an hour-long show. I just want to make sure to warn those foaming at the mouth...the show hasn't been picked up yet. It's just a pilot. Don't jump to giant conclusions. I heard from multiple people a big reason the last pilot didn't sell was the tone was incredibly different from The Price is Right and they wanted something that was more of a companion show. I don't know what they are specifically looking for this time.
Read MoreView Comments (3)11Jun2010
CBS “Pyramid” Pilot NOW CASTING
This one is going to make many of you excited. CBS is now casting for another pilot of a revival of the classic game show Pyramid. This one will be hosted by Andy Richter. Pyramid is up for the CBS daytime slot, replacing As The World Turns. The open casting call for this is unbelievably soon so if you live in the Los Angeles area and you want in you need to apply and/or call them quite literally right now. Please call 310-244-6033 or 310-244-6225 to set up an audition. The pilot tapes on the 23rd. We really love the crew at Embassy Row and want to see this show come to life, and I'd love to see a few of the readers here make it happen. We were emailed the casting notice. Please apply if you live near Los Angeles, and good luck!
Read MoreView Comments (22)29May2010
Andy Richter is the Host of CBS’s “Pyramid”
Pyramid finally has a host! Andy Richter, the actor/comedian and Conan O'Brien sidekick, is going to host the CBS daytime pilot being produced by Embassy Row and Sony Pictures. This is the second group of pilots for the show. Last year Pyramid was considered for the daytime slot replacing Guiding Light but Let's Make A Deal was chosen instead.
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From Los Angeles, Is It “The $1,000,000 Pyramid”?
UPDATE: We've got it on good authority that Pyramid will be Los Angeles based, unlike the New York City pilot. The CBS Daytime situation is starting to get interesting again. As we reported months ago, and as Hollywood Reporter just confirmed for us, Pyramid is getting another pilot and is the front runner to return. Pyramid, produced by Embassy Row, was originally looking to come back in daytime last year, but that slot was taken by Let's Make A Deal instead. The chance of getting Pyramid back solely rested on the success of Deal. It's been as much of a success as could be asked for, so we're getting another pilot. So cross your fingers that we'll finally see Pyramid done properly back on television this September. There were a
Read MoreView Comments (175)15Feb2010
Rumor: “Pyramid” and Hasbro’s “Catch Phrase” Favorites for CBS Daytime
Starting off the day with a pretty interesting and great rumor today. Our sources are telling us that the search for a new show to replace the canceled CBS soap opera As The World Turns is on, and many game shows are being looked at. In fact, looking at the number of games that are up for it it's looking pretty good that we'll get a third daytime game show, coming off of last year's debut of Let's Make A Deal. Before I list the shows, I just want everyone to clearly know that this obviously isn't confirmed by anyone and is from our incredibly trustworthy sources. The situation, I'm told, is very fluid and things can change easy. This is just what it's looking like in the game show department as of right now and what CBS has been presented.
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