10Jun2011
Photo Gallery and Video Preview of ABC’s “101 Ways to Leave a Game Show”
I joke around with our recurring popular segment "The British are Better Than Us." I think we've got one on them. I had a love/hate relationship with the the original BBC version of ABC's upcoming 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show. I hated it because it was probably the slowest thing I've ever seen (up until that point; nothing is slower than Million Dollar Money Drop). The only thing I really enjoyed were the various exits. However, they all basically boiled down to, "We'll throw you in a pool."
ABC's upcoming version, debuting June 21st at 9:00PM ET, has released some pictures and videos and I have to be honest: I'm back in. I'm really looking forward to it. Click here to see some video and pictures of ABC's new series.
16May2011
Morning Buzz for May 16, 2011
I hope everyone is attempting to have a good drive to the office this Monday morning. Here are some morning updates to start your week off. In this morning's Buzz, we've got information about ABC's summer game shows such as Wipeout and 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, information about being a paid audience member for Baggage, logos for Million Dollar Mind Game and The $500,000 Pyramid, an interview with the newest Deal or No Deal jackpot winner, and the location of Family Feud's new season. Click here for the full story on each.
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Morning Buzz for May 11, 2011
Update: Added information for NBC's It's Worth What?. We've got a a few small stories this Wednesday morning. Family Feud is making yet another move. Last season it went from its Los Angeles base to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. This season it's moving up the country. Next, we posted about the new version of GSN's Lingo. We've got a clarification of our opinions plus a pretty interesting picture of the show from a reader. Learn about the "Trivia Championships of North America." Plus check out our new daily schedule to see what game shows will be on tonight. Click here to learn more about each story.
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Morning Buzz for May 6, 2011
Hopefully you've having a good Friday so far. Here are some stories to help you recover from your Cinco de Mayo hangover. Updates include a video game adaptation of The Hub's popular game show Family Game Night, a big win on Family Game Night, a preview of the new Lingo set, and Channel 5's new game show Impossible. Click here to read more.
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Morning Buzz for May 4, 2011
In our continuing attempt to give you constant content, we're hoping to start a new feature where we'll give you a run down of the recent goings-on in the unscripted TV world. Let's start out the morning with some stories to kick off your Wednesday with our first Morning Buzz. Your updates this morning include a must-read article on the state of the modern television host from Greg Scott, casting for It's Worth What and Family Game Night, Who Wants to be a Millionaire's new "Ask Meredith" segment, Let's Make A Deal's new Facebook game, Lingo, and The Cube. Click here to learn about everything going on.
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BBC Previews “Don’t Scare the Hare”
When BBC first announced their new game show Don't Scare the Hare, we were skeptical at best. The idea of a family game show involving a large mechanical hare was bizarre enough. We got reports about how the pilot went from Bother's Bar, and it continued to make us question what BBC saw in it. Much time has passed since the pilot and they've retooled the show. It's ready for debut this Saturday, April 23rd, at 5:25PM on BBC One. BBC has provided some pictures and videos of the new show. I hate to admit it: it doesn't look that bad. It looks incredibly overproduced, but it doesn't look as terrible as the description sounded. Click here to see previews of BBC's new game show.
Read MoreView Comments (5)20Jan2011
Charlie Sheen Visits “Drew Carey’s Improv-A-Ganza”
You may have heard by now that Charlie Sheen has been having some personal problems, specifically involving Las Vegas, recently. It hasn't stopped him from returning recently to cruise the town. And for this, we may get some incredibly funny moments on GSN's Improv-A-Ganza soon. Charlie appeared with Drew Carey and the rest of the crew. He got involved in the show and while we don't know the exact date of his appearance we may need to do a contest to see how many hooker jokes we'll get. Here's a few images with Charlie, but more importantly here's a picture of the entire cast on the stage. It's great to see the old group together again. Can't wait to see the show. It debuts March 28th on GSN. Click here to see the pictures of the show.
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The Hub Launches Today; “Family Game Night” Tonight, “Pictureka” Tomorrow
We've got some good friends who just launched a new network so I'd be wrong not to mention it. If you've got a family and want to see some new programming for the kids, The Hub launches today and for game show fans there may be a few things that interest you. For starters, the Todd Newton hosted game show Family Game Night officially debuts at 7:00PM ET tonight. Then weekdays at 4:00PM ET you can see Pictureka, based on the board game of the same name. We've got a few images from each show after the break.
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Fall 2010 Preview: “Let’s Make A Deal”
We're continuing our look at the new Fall 2010 game show season. This time we're shifting gears to another CBS show: Let's Make A Deal. Wayne Brady returns as host along with announcer Jonathan Mangum and model Tiffany Coyne. It's nice to see the first daytime game show in a very long time do relatively well enough to come back, and hopefully it continues. If they keep up the great chemistry between the three onscreen cast members, that shouldn't be a huge problem. Read on for a picture gallery of the new season. Are you looking forward to season two?
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“The Price is Right” Season 39 Photo Gallery
The new game show season is starting next week, and we'll be featuring all the returning shows for the next few days. The Price is Right begins its new season on Monday, September 20th. A few new features are being thrown in to its 39th season to make it more exciting than ever. A few of the changes are just cosmetic, with some of the old, decaying games thankfully getting redone. Another is a new game, Pay the Rent, which is played for up to $100,000. They've come a long way since the dreaded grandfather clocks. CBS provided us with a few snapshots of the new season of The Price is Right take a look. Here are some nice studio shots of the new skinny Drew Carey also. Included is a look at J.D. Roberto at the announcer podium.
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Photo Gallery for ABC’s “Downfall”
Less than a week until ABC debuts the newest million dollar quiz show Downfall. You can see it Tuesday, June 22nd, at 9:00PM ET. The show can't be more simple. Answer trivia questions against a clock to save prizes (and yourself) from literally falling off the edge of a skyscraper. It looks fun, terrifying, tense, entertaining, and hysterical. In other words it looks like anything you could really ask for a game show. ABC loaded up their press site with some pictures from the show so you can see what you're in for. One thing is the money chain. The money will progress $5,000 to $10,000 to $25,000 to $50,000 to $100,000 to $250,000 and then the top prize of $1,000,000. You can also check out what appears to be a category board. T
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“Minute to Win It” Picture Gallery
We're getting pretty close to the debut of the newest primetime game show. NBC's Minute to Win It will be starting March 14th from 7:00PM ET to 9:00PM ET. It's been promoted pretty well during the Olympics, so I can see it getting a pretty decent turnout on the first episode at least. NBC released pictures of game play and the set today. The gallery is below. How do you make an audience seem larger? Get a giant video monitor at the top of the set, behind the audience, and put a picture of the audience section up there. At least it's better than The Moment of Truth using blow up dolls for audience members sometimes.
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Picture and Small Audience Comment from Set of “Minute to Win It”
Here's a quick Twitter picture Guy Fieri took on the set of his new NBC primetime game show Minute to Win It. I've got some early audience reports in my inbox and from what I'm reading thus far the "household chore" element has been completely removed and it is a total copy of the great British game The Cube. Be on the lookout for audience reports coming in shortly. Here's a picture.
Read MoreView Comments (17)24Dec2009
Complimenting Fox’s “Our Little Genius”
So as readers know I have a fun habit of, well, talking crap on shows that look awful to no end. And they usually end up being awful, but some don't. Unfortunately most of these shows tend to be on Fox which for some reason doesn't have the best out-reach program unlike every other network, so I wasn't exactly shocked to find out I wasn't invited to the Our Little Genius teleconference recently held. And in the holiday spirit I want to reach out and say, "Hey, you may not suck that bad," by listing some positive things I've noticed from the show. We've also got some set pictures which you can find throughout the article. 1: I do like the idea that the family member has control of the game, not the player. Now I know this was probabl
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“Jeopardy!” Debuts New Set on September 14th
It seems that every syndicated game show this season is getting some big change. A good deal of these have to deal with game play changes. But with Jeopardy!, there's no need to change the game. The only thing being changed this season is the set. If you watched the Tournament of Champions in season 25, you saw a preview of the brand new set. It comes to full-time use starting Monday, September 14th, in its season debut. The set is much more open than before and specifically designed for HD, while the previous one basically had to adapt however they could for HD. The Jeopardy! board is outfitted with flat screen monitors, as well as a new one to the side of host Alex Trebek to signal the Final Jeopardy category. The contestants also
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