25Nov2011
Why It’s Not a Bad Idea to Walk Away With Four Lives on “Million Dollar Mind Game”
I hope you all are having a great Thanksgiving. I'm still away so we're on auto-post more the next few days. I figured while we're on auto pilot mode that we should show you some of our favorite shows. The one we're most thankful for this year is without a shadow of a doubt the best game show to come from anywhere this year (or the past few, frankly), Million Dollar Mind Game. It airs 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT Sundays on ABC. This past weekend saw a group of University of Texas alums sitting at the table playing. They went very, very far without missing a question or using a help. With four lives and three helps left, playing the perfect game, they play for $210,000. You have to see what happens to believe it. Click here to watch it.
Read MoreView Comments (8)23Nov2011
Ratings Report: “Family Feud” Hits High; “You Deserve It” Underwhelms in Debut
We haven't had ratings for a network game show in a while. Obviously we were all interested to see how ABC's charity quiz show You Deserved It fared with viewers. If the first episode's figures are an indicator of initial interest it's got an uphill battle ahead of it. The series debuted to 8.5 million viewers and a 1.7/5 rating in the all important 18-49 demographic. That's third place in the demo, but game shows never skew young so that's not awful. In addition, Family Feud continued its meteoric rise to the top and managed to hit a new season high. Only one show managed to go down for the week ending November 15th. Click here to read about all the ratings and what they mean.
Read MoreView Comments (9)22Nov2011
GSN Acquires “Dancing With the Stars” Reruns for January 2012
Today GSN announced it has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to ABC's popular dancing game show Dancing With the Stars. GSN will be the only network to air the reruns of the celebrity dancing game hosted by Tom Bergeron which last night alone saw over 20 million viewers, many in GSN's core demographic. The network has picked up the rights to series four through 13, the current season which concludes tonight. They also have the rights to the upcoming 14th series. Season four includes former GSN host Shandi Finnessey. Former GSN's 1 VS 100 host Carrie Ann Inaba is a judge on the series. Click here to learn more about GSN's big ticket pickup.
Read MoreView Comments (63)21Nov2011
Review: No Amount of Charity Can Save “You Deserve It”
ABC's been on a roll with game shows recently. We've had 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, Take The Money and Run, and Million Dollar Mind Game which have all ranged from not bad to incredibly good (in that order). They can't all be winners. ABC is debuting their new charity based game show You Deserve It tonight at 9:00PM. The thought behind the show is OK. The actual game should be good. Even the host Chris Harrison is good. However, it just comes off as another lazy quiz show straight from the recent Deal or No Deal playbook. Click here to read more.
Read MoreView Comments (33)18Nov2011
An Interview With “Million Dollar Mind Game” Producers Alex Reznik and Jonathan Barry
ABC's fantastic game show Million Dollar Mind Game, airing Sundays at 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT, has two weeks weeks left before the season finale on November 27th. It's had an uphill battle from the start. The show has its fans, though, and it's gaining a following. We're big fans and want to see it continue any way we can. It's why you see us talking about it so much and why we're posting logic puzzles resembling the show on our Facebook page. Someone may as well promote it. We don't see shows like this often. I recently got the chance to talk to producers Alex Reznik and Jonathan Barry. We talked about the process of getting the show to work in America, the infamous $600,000 loss from the video gamers, and the reaction to the scheduling. It's a very interesting read. Click here to check it out and let us know what you think. It's a long one, but it's good.
Read MoreView Comments (24)15Nov2011
Team Air Force Wins $210,000 on “Million Dollar Mind Game”
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EPISODE. ABC's incredibly good Million Dollar Mind Game may be tough for one individual person, but get a group of six smart and determined people and you can reason out the tricky logic puzzles to win huge money. It happened again this past weekend as a team of six Air Force members circled the table to $210,000 to share between them. So far they are the highest winners on the series and have the second best record of right answers. Click here to read the question that won the team $210,000 and to see the episode if you missed it.
Read MoreView Comments (6)07Nov2011
Video Gamers Lose Record $600,000 on ABC’s “Million Dollar Mind Game”
You can watch the full third episode of ABC's incredible Million Dollar Mind Game in this post, but first, something very exciting happened yesterday. ABC may have made it hard to find the criminally underrated and attention-deserving Million Dollar Mind Game (Sundays at 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT), but even if they have a short life they've made American game show history. On yesterday, the third episode, a team of video gamers lost the most money ever lost by a group in American game show history. Click here to watch the full episode and the record breaking moment you won't be forgetting for a long, long time.
Read MoreView Comments (45)07Nov2011
Gervais, Hasselhoff, and Mark Cuban Among Celebrity Guests on ABC’s “Trust Us With Your Life”
ABC has finished taping their upcoming improv comedy series Trust Us With Your Life, which we previously broke news of here. The show, made by the producers behind Whose Line is it Anyway?, invites celebrity guests discussing big or important moments in their lives while the improv performers play games and act out scenes from the information given. It's classic Whose Line is it Anyway? with the classic cast and crew, but with a new twist. The taping has been going on and the list of celebrity guests has been announced. Click here to learn when to expect to see the show and who will be appearing on it, in addition to people like Ricky Gervais and David Hasselhoff.
Read MoreView Comments (2)02Nov2011
More Ratings for “Million Dollar Mind Game”; Watch the Latest Episode
More ratings for ABC's Million Dollar Mind Game are coming in. The first batch, frankly and sadly, did just about what we expected though there were a few decent surprises in the mix. The figures for the October 30th episode are in and it stayed just about level compared to the previous week. The nice thing with all of this is that you're probably going to find that the people watching are probably actual fans since you won't be finding many passers-by at this hour. If they like it, they'll be looking for it. I'd be looking for it on Sunday at 4:00PM ET on ABC for sure. The team is going for $600,000 and could win the million. You won't want to miss it. Click here to read the ratings and see the latest episode of the show.
Read MoreView Comments (14)01Nov2011
ABC Premieres “You Deserve It” on November 21st
Just a day after NBC announced the debut of their new quiz show Who's Still Standing?, ABC has announced the premiere date of their newest quizzer You Deserve It. The charity-based game will debut Monday, November 21st, at 9:01PM ET, following Dancing With the Stars. The show is a twist on the traditional game show format, because contestants will not be playing for themselves. Each contestant plays for someone else they know who deserves the cash. Chris Harrison of The Bachelor and Brooke Burns of Dog Eat Dog host. Click here to read about how the show works.
Read MoreView Comments (8)31Oct2011
Ratings for ABC’s “Million Dollar Mind Game”
We've extensively gone over the massive, almost unheard of, uphill battle ABC's Million Dollar Mind Game has. It's airing Sundays at 4:00PM ET, opposite NFL games, and it's gotten practically no promotion or attention except online so it's just not looking good. However, that's not stopping us from enjoying the show. We've got a lot of features on it the next few weeks so stay tuned. We've been provided the ratings for the series debut, and to be honest it's just what we expected. Click here to see a list of ratings for October 23rd and what it means for the show.
Read MoreView Comments (13)30Oct2011
“Million Dollar Mind Game” Episode Two Today on ABC
ABC is debuting the second episode of their special series Million Dollar Mind Game today at 4:00PM ET. The show has gotten good reviews for its uniqueness and difficulty, but the realistic odds of it getting any more episodes given its opposite-NFL weekend afternoon slot are slim to none. So, if you are a fan, I'd encourage you to watch it this afternoon and enjoy it. Who knows, maybe enough viewers can convince another network to give it a shot. We've seen stranger shows come back from the dead. Today, a team of video game geeks take to the circle and to see if they can answer ten brainteasers for a shot at $1,000,000. Check it out and, as always, let us know what you think. Click here to give us your feedback on the show.
Read MoreView Comments (13)21Oct2011
Photo Gallery and Sample Questions for ABC’s “Million Dollar Mind Game”
ABC is debuting its long delayed quiz show Million Dollar Mind Game this weekend, Sunday, October 23, at 4:00PM ET. The Vernon Kay-hosted Russian import quizzes a team of six in various brainteasers for up to $1,000,000. It's sadly being regulated to Sunday afternoons, opposite football, so I wouldn't be expecting a long, healthy life. However, for those of you that don't like football this is a nice alternative. For others like me, it'll make great DVR-playback material later that night. ABC provided a few pictures of the set and host Vernon Kay. Not only that but ABC gave us five sample questions. Can you answer these and beat the game? Click here to see the questions and the pictures. How well do you do?
Read MoreView Comments (39)18Oct2011
Morning Buzz for October 18, 2011
Good morning, everyone. Here are your morning updates for Tuesday, October 18th, 2011. Stories include the debut date of SPEED's new game show Pumped, casting for a new Discovery show which should interest fans of the old show Junkyard Wars, an HBO dark comedy project centered in the genre, a funny moment from The Chase, some exclusive information we've found out about ABC and ITV's new quiz show The Exit List, and information about a new internet game show. Click here to read about all the stories.
Read MoreView Comments (2)05Oct2011
ABC Schedules “Million Dollar Mind Game” For Sunday Afternoons Starting October 23rd
This is incredibly bizarre, but enjoy it while you can. ABC is effectively burning off the long-delayed Million Dollar Mind Game on Sunday afternoons starting October 23rd. Yes, you read that correctly: Sunday afternoons. According to Sitcoms Online it airs at 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT. Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that a commenter connected to the show leaked this to us yesterday. I pulled the comment until I could get verification. It's apparently true. No idea what they are expecting to do at 4:00PM ET, but it's a treat for us game show fans. Click here to learn more about the show and what to expect.
Read MoreView Comments (36)