15May2012
Brad Rutter and Mark Labbett are Chasers for Fox’s “The Chase”; Pilot Details Revealed
We've had to bite our tongues for a long, long time but we can finally reveal some information about Fox's pilot of ITV's hit quiz show The Chase. We already knew that host Bradley Walsh would be sticking around from the British version. He's not the only one, though. Two pilots were taped, one with an American Chaser and one with a British Chaser. Click here to read about the two Chasers and to learn more about the small tweaks to the American format.
Read MoreView Comments (20)18Apr2012
George Lopez to Host Fox’s Take Me Out
Comedian, actor, and talk show host George Lopez has landed the role of host of Fox's upcoming dating game show Take Me Out. The Fox show invites 30 single ladies, the Flirty 30, to fight over a single guy through various rounds. The UK version, on ITV, is hosted by Paddy McGuinness. We'll update the story with more information later further through the evening. Click here to tell us what you think of the host choice.
Read MoreView Comments (14)14Apr2012
“The Chase” USA Pilot Now Casting
A bit ago BuzzerBlog exclusively announced that The Chase, ITV's hit daytime quiz show, was making a jump to America for a Fox pilot. The ITV Studios USA show is already into the casting phase for the pilot. Anyone near Los Angeles who is a trivia buff and wants a free trip to London may want to take part. I stress the free trip to London part. You'll also get $1,000. Just be 21 or over, have a passport, and able to be in Europe between May 11th and May 16th. Incidentally, this is the same time that the newest celebrity episodes of The Chase tape, so UK residents be on the lookout for audience information at LostInTV. Click here if you want to be a part of the pilot. The Chase is arguably the best quiz show around anywhere right now, and I'd love some of our trivia buff BuzzerBlog readers to help bring it to America.
Read MoreView Comments (16)06Apr2012
“The Chase” Being Piloted for Fox in America
We've teased it on Facebook and Twitter over the past few hours. For American fans of the ITV game show The Chase, we've got some very good news. Our sources are telling us that an American version of the popular quiz format is going into production. This is just a pilot and not going to series yet, but it's a step in the right direction. The same sources are telling us that this is going to Fox. Our sources have never been wrong yet and there's no reason to doubt them on this one. No information on host, Chaser(s), or format have been made public yet but we're hunting it down. It's expected to have some changes for an American production, though. Click here to learn more about the show.
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Fox Debuts Hit Dating Show “Take Me Out” June 7th
The internationally successful dating game show Take Me Out is on its way to America very soon. The show was picked up by Fox in late February, and they have announced a debut date. The first season of Take Me Out will start airing Thursday, February 7th, at 8:00PM ET. It will be an hour long show. A Thursday opening slot? They've got a lot of confidence in this one. If you haven't seen the show, I think you'll enjoy it. Thirty single women, the "Flirty Thirty", will meet bachelors. Through various rounds they can turn the light on their podium off if they aren't interested. Click here to learn more about the new series, to see a recent funny clip, and where to apply to be a contestant.
Read MoreView Comments (5)21Feb2012
Fox Picks Up “Take Me Out” from ITV
Fox is getting back into the game show world with a new one, and it's pretty good. The network famous for American Idol and Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader has picked up ITV's hit dating show Take Me Out. Sources are saying that Fox is looking at a summer launch. Take Me Out was previously piloted by ABC before Fox took it over. Take Me Out is a unique show that mixes The Dating Game with 1 VS 100. Thirty single ladies appear each show. One man tries to win the women over through a series of rounds. If a lady is not interested she can hit a button on her podium to knock herself out. One lady may ultimately be left to go on a date with the man, or the man may go home alone. It's a unique, funny, and entertaining show hosted by Paddy McGuiness who does as well as you could possibly hope for. It will be a challenge to replace him for an American audience, if they do. Click here to learn more about the show, read our opinion of it, and to check out some clips from it.
Read MoreView Comments (26)19Oct2011
“Millionaire”, “Feud”, “Hole in the Wall” and “Price” Get Updated Video Games from Ludia
Ludia, the company which has been making video games based on popular Fremantle Media game show titles the past few years, is coming out with four brand new, updated games. It's a variety of different areas of game shows so whether you're a trivia, physical, or luck game fan there should be something for you. We've got information on the new Millionaire video game which is the first console game to feature the Super Mix format, Hole in the Wall: Deluxe Edition for Kinect for Xbox 360, Family Feud 2012, and The Price is Right: Decades which should be a massive treat for game show fans. Click here for detailed information on all the games and when and where to order them.
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UK Weekend Replay: Million Pound Drop Drama
Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop Live will wrap up their fifth series tonight. Over the course of the last six weekends, it has produced many high scoring payouts with couples winning £200,000 and more. Endemol and Channel 4 have given away more than £1 million throughout this series. More money than the last four series and Christmas specials added together. Today we have two clips from this series. The first clip was taken from 24th September and features comedian Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall. Unlike other game shows, celebrity games are always slotted between regular games. The generation pair have reached question eight with a record £300,000. Watch the clip below to see them tackle the final 50/50 question. [st
Read MoreView Comments (20)17Aug2011
Morning Buzz for August 17, 2011
Good morning. Slow Wednesday so far, but there are a few smaller notes of interest. Updates this morning include a sudden injury for Drew Carey, a possible tape date and casting information for the pilot of the revived former Fox game show The Moment of Truth, casting information for Speed's upcoming stunt game show Whipped, a surprise scheduling change on GSN for fans of game shows from the 70's, 80's, and 90's; and GSN's plans for upcoming interactive daytime programming. Click here for the full story on each item and let us know what you think.
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“Million Dollar Money Drop” Gets Facebook Adaptation
The timing of this is pretty funny. Fox's long cancelled quiz show Million Dollar Money Drop will be getting its own Facebook adaptation. It's in the programming phase right now so no word of impeding release. The company behind it is iWin, who did the good adaptations of Deal or No Deal, 1 VS 100, the upcoming $100,000 Pyramid, and the massively popular Family Feud. Click here for more information and to see what you can expect.
Read MoreView Comments (7)24Jun2011
“The Moment of Truth” Produces the Most Awkward Jackpot Win Ever
News of the impending and rumored syndicated revival of Fox's infamous game show, The Moment of Truth, have us looking at clips of the show on YouTube. The show taped a full third season but because ratings started to slide a little and there were no time slots available, the show just drifted away without anyone seeing anything from the third season. Until now. If you watched the show, you know how personal and uncomfortable the game can get quickly. Want to know what the final question, the 21st question, looks like? It happened during the third season, and you'll finally get to see it. Click here to see the unbelievable moment.
Read MoreView Comments (22)22Jun2011
“The Moment of Truth” Returns to Television
Another former primetime game show will be coming back to television soon. The love-to-hate former Fox game show The Moment of Truth will be returning to television at an undisclosed time for an undisclosed network. The show is currently casting with notices appearing from Pitman Casting. The game show, originally airing on Fox in 2008 and hosted by Mark Walberg., asked contestants a series of very personal, potentially embarrassing, and potentially devastating questions to win up to $500,000. The show reached some level of television infamy when a contestant, Laura Cleri, admitted an affair on national television and proceeded to win nothing. Click here for more information on the revival.
Read MoreView Comments (29)15Mar2011
News Flashes: “Millionaire”, “Million Dollar Drop”, and “Lingo”
A few quick things to start you off this morning. First, Who Wants to be a Millionaire will be getting its own Facebook app soon. The game will debut Monday, March 21st, on Millionaire's Facebook page. Next, the American version of Million Dollar Money Drop is still in limbo, but our way of doing the game is making its way around the world now. Australia is the first country to jump on the bandwagon. The now-titled The Million Dollar Drop will retain everything from the American version, including the rules, set, and presentation. And finally, Lingo is still casting for contestants. They are especially looking for fans of the show who know how to play the game, which should include a large number of you. Click here to get the full update on all these stories.
Read MoreView Comments (7)21Feb2011
Rumor Control: “Million Dollar Money Drop” Returns This Summer; Gets Board Game
Given the ratings and the overall reception the show got, as it got past its initial week-long event and sped the game up, this may not be a total surprise. An Endemol insider is telling readers, through Bother's Bar, that the Fox game show Million Dollar Money Drop will return this summer for a new series of episodes.
The show averaged around five and a half million viewers generally during its first run, nearly identical to what Minute to Win It got during its initial run this time last year (and still gets). And as we say constantly, Money Drop is cheap in broadcast network terms, it's good time filler, and it did well enough to deserve another season. Click here to read more, and for some facts backing this up.
02Feb2011
Ratings Report: “Money Drop” Finishes Where it Started
Million Dollar Money Drop had its season finale last night and it doesn't seem to be able to gain or lose viewers. It finished pretty close to where it's been the entire time: a 3.3/5 rating. I've got no idea if it's coming back or not. It needed to get closer to a 4.0 rating last night to seem likely to me, but it's in the in-between world right now. I've said it repeatedly, though, Minute to Win It gets hailed as some sort of phenomenon and it doesn't do any better than Money Drop, so I won't be shocked to see it come back. Syndication didn't have the best week on record, either. Click here to read all the ratings.
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