15Sep2008
“My Family’s Got Guts” Tonight
So yeah, there's been like nothing remotely newsworthy going on. All that's a tiny bit interesting is that Chuck Woolery is going to be a backup singer on Don't Forget the Lyrics! this season, and that Jeopardy! is being made for the Playstation 3. Beyond that, really nothing is going on. But we do have a few notes. *My Family's Got GUTS starts tonight at 8:00PM ET on Nick. Check if out if you get the chance; it looks to be interesting. It doesn't seem like they screwed it up too badly which is a miracle for revivals today. *Later this week we'll be having a post about some new strategies that future contestants on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? this season might want to check out. *Our Grand Slam feature is still happening ne
Read MoreView Comments (20)10Sep2007
Grand Slam Final Thoughts
Probably the event of many of our summers, GSN's Grand Slam, has sadly come to a close. A champion has been crowned and his name is Ken Jennings. It was a very close game except for the third round, though. If you didn't see the first round you need to look for it anywhere you can. I think I nearly vomited by the end I was so excited. A 0:00:14 second win was unreal. All of Embassy Row, the contestants, and GSN should be commended for this show. We haven't seen a show this fast and smart in ages. It was a welcome change from shows like Set For Life. I'm going to start with the few negatives I had so we can get it out of the way. First, I did not agree with the way players were seeded. I thought some sort of short minute quiz, o
Read MoreView Comments (5)08Sep2007
Ogas VS Jennings: Who Wins “Grand Slam”?
Edit: I'll have my final thoughts, some ideas for a new season, and, for lack of a better term, "good will messages", on Monday. We won't devote a separate article on the championship until then, as to not spoil people. If you'd like to be spoiled, feel free to go to the comments. GSN's popular summer series Grand Slam comes to a close with the championship game today, Saturday, September 8th at 7PM ET. The first contender: Jeopardy! super-champion with a 74-game winning streak and over $3,000,000 in total prize winnings to date. He was only one win away from being the most winning contestant in worldwide game show history. That man is Ken Jennings. The last finalist: the brain science graduate student who was almost the first $1,000,
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“Grand Slam” Champ’s Finest Moments
Tomorrow's the big day. On GSN at 7PM ET, the winner of the first Grand Slam will be crowned and it will either be Ken Jennings or Ogi Ogas. Before we get into predictions and more, let's look at their finest moments. Here are two videos, each of the contestant's big wins.
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for September 1st
Tonight's the big semifinal match. Whoever wins the two games tonight will move to the finals and be one step away from $100,000. We will see Ogi Ogas take on David Legler and Ken Jennings against Michelle Kitt. Interestingly we seem to have Ogi, Ken, and Michelle around here, so we might be able to get some fun commentary after the show. Keep checking in our comment boxes, as we have other contestants like Phyllis Harris around as well. Now for my crazy predictions. The first game will see Ogi Ogas against David Legler. David's been a lot stronger than I expected. Twenty-One wasn't exactly that hard of a show to win an assload of money in and the material wasn't nearly up to Millionaire's standards. However, he's just blown me a
Read MoreView Comments (28)30Aug2007
GSN Launches Grand Slam Online Game
Hooray, GSN has a Grand Slam game online. Basically, if you answer 5 questions right in 60 seconds, you move to the next round. The first time I played it, I didn't get past the General Knowledge round. But the second time, I got 5th place on the leaderboard! :-D Go check it out here.
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for August 25th
Is it just me, or is it getting very difficult to call the Grand Slam games recently? It seems most of my calls have been on such petty items that it seems more like a guess than anything else. Anyway, on today's Grand Slam on GSN at 7PM ET, we see Ken Jennings face off against Phyllis Harris and Michelle Kitt versus John Carpenter. Let's take a look at Jennings/Harris. This one is tricky because of how they both stand. Jennings is obviously a trivia giant and used to the speed of a game because of Jeopardy!. Phyllis Harris has been on roughly two million game shows and has experience across the board; on shows that require and don't require speed. I'm going to actually go with Phyllis Harris to win. As I saw in Ken Jenning's init
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for August 19th
I'm very sorry, everyone. I went to a roller derby game and went to see Clockwork Orange tonight so I completely spaced out about Grand Slam today saw games Brad Rutter VS Ogi Ogas and Leszek Pawlowicz VS David Legler. This is where I'm stumped. I can call that Pawlowicz beats Legler, but I have no idea with Rutter VS Ogas. Both are very smart. The only advantage I could call on Rutter is that he has the speed thing down, but apparently Ogas does as well. I don't know why, but I have a slight hunch Mr. Ogi Ogas wins it. What did you think of the episode?
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for 8/12
<>We had major computer errors, but we're back up and we'll post what was supposed to be posted before this evening's episode of Grand Slam on GSN. In the first game, we see David Legler of Twenty-One versus mega-Jeopardy! champion Frank Spangenberg. My prediction for this game is Mr. Spangenberg. I don't mean to downplay Mr. Legler's huge win on Twenty-One or his relatively impressive winning streak, but the speed is horribly important in Grand Slam. Frank Spangenberg faced tougher material, tougher competition, and tougher clock scrutiny on Jeopardy!. David Legler may have won seven+ games of Twenty-One, but it doesn't come close to the huge accomplishments that Frank Spangenberg had on Jeopardy!. We come to the final pre
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“Grand Slam” Commentary for 8/11
Going on right now is yet another edition of GSN and Embassy Row's Grand Slam. Today's matches should be very interesting. We have Twenty-One champ Rahim Oberholtzer against someone who has played more game shows than you can dream of (and won a lot as well), Phyllis Harris. My pick: Phyllis Harris. Mr. Oberholtzer may have won over a million on Twenty-One but that is nothing overly difficult to do. It just took winning four games. Phyllis has been a champion of many many game shows, has more of an experience, because of this, with different material, and may be more used to the pressure of the experience. In another game, we see the first champion of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, John Carpenter, against Tic Tac Dough master Thom
Read MoreView Comments (12)05Aug2007
“Grand Slam”: Readers Live Blog Tonight! (August 5th)
I just feel like clearing this up: In the last post, I never said I didn't like Grand Slam. I think it could get boring if there's a very uneven match. But beyond that, this is GSN's best show in a while. To save from people not wanting to know results, please post all commentary for the August 5th episode of Grand Slam here. Tonight's matches include Brad Rutter VS Amy Kelly (Lucky Super Lingo winner) and Ed Toutant VS Leszek Pawlowicz. I think we all know that Brad Rutter is going to kick Amy Kelly's ass so hard that it'll take her a few days to find it (No offense, Amy). However, Toutant VS Pawlowicz is going to be very interesting. I see we have Mr. Pawlowicz commenting recently, and we'd love to hear his thoughts about this ep
Read MoreView Comments (32)05Jun2007
More Information on “Grand Slam”
Today, GSN issued an official press release for Grand Slam. As previously stated, Dennis Miller will serve as host and the competition will be played for $100,000. Mr. Miller's co-host will be Amanda Byram from Paradise Hotel and The Swan. The show will debut on August 7th at 8PM ET. Competitors will be from such shows as Jeopardy!, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Wheel of Fortune, Tic Tac Dough, Lingo, and The Weakest Link. Known competitors as of now include Brad Rutter (Jeopardy! Ultimate Champion), Ken Jennings (Jeopardy! 74 game winner), Kevin Olmstead ($2.18 million Who Wants to be a Millionaire? winner), and John Carpenter (First winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?). The program will consist of a tournament-style single el
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“Grand Slam” Audience Needed + Host
Today, OCA posted audience searches for the taping of GSN's Grand Slam. Grand Slam will see 16 of the greatest game show champions going head to head in games of trivia, logic, and math as they race against the clock. The winner of the entire tournament will win $100,000. Contestants from Jeopardy!, Millionaire, and more will be there, so this may be an event not to miss. If you live in New York City and want to see the taping of this historic game show event, click here. Tapings are on June 6th, 7th, and 8th. Grand Slam is being hosted by comedian and talk show host Dennis Miller. We're also being told that Power of 10 tapes in late July, but we are not positive.
Read MoreView Comments (24)13Apr2007
More Info on GSN’s “Grand Slam”
Monkey Business's Grand Slam has officially been picked up by GSN for eight 60 minute episodes. No idea on the host yet, but the UK version was hosted by Countdown hostess Carol Vorderman. The show will pit 16 of the best game show contestants against each other for something I'm sure. The show, with producer Michael Davies and Embassy Row, will debut in June. Thanks to reader Mickey Stevens for pointing me to the info.
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