The original British edition of the hit game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? might be facing cancellation, according to host Chris Tarrant. The show, which launched in 1998, was stripped weekly and saw audiences as high as 13 million viewers. It is now in a regular Saturday time slot and gets [...]

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British Deal or No Deal is taking our 100th episode and making it their 500th. The 500th episode of Deal or No Deal, which will air on June 29th, will feature an audience of all former contestants, including Laura Pearce, the first £250,000 winner; Nick Bairn, the first 1p winner; and one of our [...]

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A bit ago, it was announced that British channel Sky One purchased Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, now titled Are You Smarter Than a 10-Year-Old for them, for a daytime and primetime run. It has now been confirmed that Deal or No Deal host Noel Edmonds will take the lead of this [...]

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It’s not the US version, but trust me, the UK version is close enough. The amazing WeDigTV has launched an absolutely amazing broadband version of The Price is Right based off the newest UK edition with host Joe Pasquale. Come on down to contestants row and bid on various small prices. Be [...]

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Yet another case of England getting all the good shows. England’s version of GSN, Challenge, has announced they plan on creating their own series of the 2waytraffic format That’s The Question which graced our television screens not too long ago before being dumped. The winner will walk away with £1,500 in this version. [...]

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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.

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Dynamo Games is developing a version of “The Crystal Maze” for cell phones in Britain for release in late 2007.  It will feature the Aztec, Industrial, Medieval, and Futuristic Zones.  No further details are known.

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We made a slight mistake earlier based on assumptions.  It has already been announced that Win My Wage will replace UK Deal or No Deal this summer.  We assumed this was a title change for the US/UK pilot Paycheck.  We were incorrect.  According to a source on the production staff, the two shows are completely [...]

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Remember the show Paycheck we discussed a while ago?  Apparently the UK run is coming true.  The show will replace Deal or No Deal on Channel4 when the season is over in the summer.  Win My Wage is a 45-minute show which gives a contestant the opportunity to win the salary of one of eight [...]

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Yet another US import to England: Sky One has picked up Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.  The show will be given 70 episodes: 50 daytime and 20 primetime.  Reveille International will do this version which will be filmed in HD.  Richard Woolfe, director or programming at Sky One, said: “What’s not to love [...]

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