After 15 months on the air, Bert’s Family Feud is cancelled. Bert Newton himself only just got word yesterday. The show was meant to be competition to Deal or No Deal, and sadly, did not fare well. It had only 580,000 viewers, compared to Deal’s 917,000.
The final show of Bert’s Family Feud will air June 1st.
Some interesting occurances this week on “Deal or No Deal” around the world. Both of these clips have something in common. In order, these clips are from Thursday’s British Deal, and Tuesday’s Australian Deal.
Thanks to dond.co.uk for the British clip.
As you may know, Australia’s version of “Deal or No Deal” underwent a few changes to be more like the American version. Our newest BuzzerVision clip features most of those changes.
Continue reading ‘BUZZERVISION: Australian Deal or No Deal Premiere Week’
Taping was recently completed for the English Canadian version of “Deal or No Deal”, and good friend of Buzzer, Chris, has given us the low-down on changes for their edition:
*More lights on stage. We’re hearing it’s psedu-”1 VS 100″ lighting.
*The main stage is in the shape of a maple leaf. That’s rather amusing if you ask me.
* The backdrop is obviously Canadian instead of US, complete with a “view” of the CN Tower. English Canadian “Deal or No Deal” debuts next Sunday right after the Super Bowl on Global.
Also, Australia has a minor change this season. The question portion is gone. The producers will pick someone from a randomly selected block like previous times. 25 members will still be on the player’s bench.
This is rather amusing. A bit ago, the host of the long running Australian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Eddie McGuire, quit so he could be the chief for Nine Network. Now comes news that he is coming back to host…..
1 VS 100
What makes me laugh even more is that it might be in Millionaire’s former time slot: Mondays at 8:30PM. It’s looking like they are following the US format, with a top prize of $1,000,000. However, they may change stuff up. Giving the mob a LITTLE advantage would be nice.
If you watch the Australian daytime edition of “Deal or No Deal”, be on the lookout for some changes occuring relatively soon. According to people who have been part of auditions, they have dropped the quiz portion and will be selected as in the NBC version of the show. Also, quite interestingly, on the DVD game, they use pictures of the NBC logo and set, and they also use the NBC logo on the Aussie website as well. In the beginning of the fall episodes of the show, it was said that the show was getting a new logo and updated set, which really did not happen at all. Could we be seeing one of the few, if not the only, surviving original “Deal or No Deal” games being changed?
This is somewhat of a surprise. The Rich List, based on the UK rules, is now headed to Australia. Andrew O’Keefe, the host of Aussie Deal or No Deal, is slated to host. Taping starts the week of December 11th in South Melbourne.
No word yet on other specifics.
Nine Network in Australia announced today that they will air the shows “1vs100″ and “Show Me the Money” in 2007. Right now, it is sounding like each of the shows will follow the US format, which I can’t determine if it’s a good thing or a really bad thing, but we’ll have to see. If you live in Australia and read, you can be a contestant on either one of these by calling 1300 73 94 84. Good luck.
Coming after basically everyone has had theirs, Australia is finally going to get a chance to beat the Banker from their own living room in the new “Deal or No Deal” DVD game. Nothing really will change from the US DVD game. Shockingly enough, the graphics used on the box front is from the US set. So either someone got lazy or there is a set overhaul coming. I’m guessing that someone got lazy, but you be the judge.
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