12Mar2011
UK Millionaire Returns in 2011/The Cube Goes German
As mentioned on this site back in January. It was reported the civllian show of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been dropped after low ratings with their previous series. While the live celebrity special at Christmas securing above average ratings. More evidence came from The Sun newspaper earlier this week reporting that ITV have comissioned six live specials to be shown throughout 2011, featuring war heroes and celebrities playing for charity. Rather than having the specials airing over six weeks, the major commerical network will be broadcasting them throughout the year with each show to be based on a theme. Although the six themes have yet to be fully confirmed, TV insiders have confirmed the first one will be a Mothers Day specia
Read MoreView Comments (3)13Jan2011
GSN Revives “Lingo”, Hosted By Bill Engvall
GSN's highest rated original ever is getting brought back from the grave for a third time. Lingo, the hugely popular word guessing game, is coming back to GSN for a sixth season in June 2011. 40 episodes will be filmed. Lingo will now be from Zoo Productions, who is behind shows like Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?. Lingo was originally done by The Gurin Company. The new host of Lingo will be popular actor and comedian Bill Engvall. Engvall previously hosted the ABC pilot Trust Me, I'm A Game Show Host. Engvall's co-host has not been announced yet. Click here for more information.
Read MoreView Comments (86)12Jan2011
ITV Axes Civillian Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
It has been announced today that after twelve years and four months since it's birth, ITV have decided to bring the civillian version of Who Wants to be Millionaire? to an end. Originally reported in the Daily Mirror this morning, ITV chiefs have decided to cancel the civllian version of the show due to low ratings. In March 1999 it was averaging 17-19 million viewers but in September 2010 it was averaging only 3 million viewers. Although the civillian version has been axed by the major commerical broadcaster, ITV have decided to continue with celebrity specials after their live celebrity experiment last month recorded over 6 million viewers, the biggest rating for the show for nearly five years. The show was launched in September 199
Read MoreView Comments (12)29May2010
Andy Richter is the Host of CBS’s “Pyramid”
Pyramid finally has a host! Andy Richter, the actor/comedian and Conan O'Brien sidekick, is going to host the CBS daytime pilot being produced by Embassy Row and Sony Pictures. This is the second group of pilots for the show. Last year Pyramid was considered for the daytime slot replacing Guiding Light but Let's Make A Deal was chosen instead.
Read MoreView Comments (62)20Feb2010
Breaking: F.C.C. Opens Inquiry on “Our Little Genius”
This is getting just as bad as it can get right now. The F.C.C. has opened an inquiry and is investigation the canceled FOX game show Our Little Genius under allegation of rigging the competition. The current allegation is the contestants were given questions before the show happened, which we speculated when the situation first occurred and the show was pulled a week before debut.
Read MoreView Comments (86)05Jul2009
“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Phone Lines Now Open
Want your shot at $1,000,000 on ABC's 10th anniversary revival of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Your chance has come. The phone line is now open. Call 1-800-999-7878 from July 6th to July 16th anywhere from 7:00PM ET to 3:00AM ET. When you call, you play five Fastest Finger questions. Answer them all correctly in about ten seconds and you are in the contestant poll and possibly randomly selected to sit in the Hot Seat. You can only call once a day so be prepared. Don't worry if you mess up, though. There's still tons of time. Feel free to post how you did each day. This will be brought to the top of the page every day until July 16th at 7:00PM ET. Good luck. I want to see one of you in the Hot Seat!
Read MoreView Comments (69)18Mar2009
“American Gladiators” Coming To DVD
More fun DVD news released today. The first season of American Gladiators with Mike Adamle, Joe Theismann, and Todd Christensen will be released on July 14th. The Original Series: The Battle Begins will contain all 26 episodes on 3 DVDs (which probably means this thing is on double-sided "Gemini" discs, folks). Even though you can officially view these episodes right now on YouTube, I'd still buy this so we have more of a chance of getting the rest of the series online or on DVD. So, when you're done watching Whose Line is it Anyway, go for the "Gold" that is American Gladiators.
Read MoreView Comments (1)23Feb2009
“Slumdog Millionaire” Wins Best Picture Oscar
Last night was very special for game show and movie fans alike. Slumdog Millionaire, a movie based on a young man going on the Indian game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and exceeding people's expectations, arousing the suspicions of the game show host and of law enforcement officials, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It's pretty staggering that a movie with a giant image of the most popular game show of all time won it, so an huge amount of congratulations to them. From my standpoint, it's even more staggering that the director of 28 Days Later, Danny Boyle, won a Best Director for this movie, so again, congratulations to all. I haven't had a chance to see the movie yet, sadly. I've decided to spend me theater time enjoy
Read MoreView Comments (8)03Feb2009
BREAKING NEWS: Deal is Not Done
NBC's website is now saying that Deal or No Deal is returning to primetime on Wednesday, May 6th @ 8p/7c. Fantastic.
Read MoreView Comments (20)18Dec2008
BCI Is No More
Navarre, the parent company of BCI, decided to shut down its operations yesterday. This means that the "What's My Line?" or "Tattletales" DVDs may not be made. We'll keep you posted.
Read MoreView Comments (23)16Oct2008
Jack Narz: 1922-2008
Update: GSN Tribute and Videos Below Television lost a legend today. Jack Narz, host of classic shows like Dotto, Seven Keys, Video Village, Beat the Clock, and Now You See It, has passed away at age 85. Stu Shostak of Shokus Radio said that Mr. Narz had suffered from two massive strokes and kidney failure in the last three weeks. Even though Narz's last regular game show work was announcing on The All New Beat the Clock in 1979 and 1980, Narz was very appreciative of the current generation of television and game show fans, as younger fans called in during his appearance on Shostak's online radio show last year and were eager to meet Mr. Narz during his appearances at Game Show Congresses over the last four years. GSN will be doing
Read MoreView Comments (47)29May2008
BuzzerBlog/Hollywood Junket Exclusive Syndie “Deal or No Deal”
Info comes courtesy from Hollywood Junket. We have some exclusive information on the syndicated edition of Deal or No Deal that you will only get from our two sites. First, here's the complete money chain: $0.01 $1,000 $1 $2,500 $5 $5,000 $10 $7,500 $25 $10,000 $50 $25,000 $100 $50,000 $200 $75,000 $300 $100,000 $400 $250,000 $500 $500,000 That is, in my opinion, the absolutely perfect chain you can have. It's perfectly balanced. The case selection is a tiny bit awkward, though. It's 5-5-4-2-2-1-1. Don't know why we didn't stick with England's 5-3-3-3-3-3 format, but whatever. This is a tiny gripe
Read MoreView Comments (8)17Sep2007
RIP Brett Somers; GSN Plans Special Tribute
Sad day in the game show world today. Famous Match Game panelist Brett Somers died Saturday at her home of stomach and colon cancer, her son said. She was born Audrey Johnston in New Brunswick, Canada, and grew up in Portland, Maine. She ran away from home at age 17 and headed for New York City, where she settled in Greenwich Village. She changed her first name to Brett after the lead female character in the Ernest Hemingway novel "The Sun Also Rises." Somers was her mother's maiden name. GSN is planning a special Saturday marathon celebrating Brett Somers consisting of, of course, Match Game. Various episodes featuring the best of Brett will be shown Saturday, September 22nd, from 9AM to 4PM ET. Directly after that GSN will show the
Read MoreView Comments (15)13Sep2007
New VP of Original Programming at GSN
Michael Bevan has been promoted to Vice President, Original Programming at GSN. Bevan, who has served as Executive Director of Programming since May 2005, has been behind some of GSN’s most popular shows including CAMOUFLAGE, CHAIN REACTION, and THE NATIONAL VOCABULARY CHAMPIONSHIP. “Michael has been an instrumental voice in our game show programming,” commented Jamie Roberts, GSN’s Senior Vice President of Programming. “He’s consistently delivered for us, overseeing innovative shows like CAMOUFLAGE and, more recently, THAT'S THE QUESTION, which came to fruition quite nicely under his guidance.” Bevan will continue to oversee original series and development projects for the network. His GSN credits also include EXTREME DODGEBALL,
Read MoreView Comments (1)23Aug2007
CBS Schedules “Price is Right” Debut
CBS today announced that the first Drew Carey season of The Price is Right will air on October 15th at 11AM ET on CBS. Quoting the press release, "The new season will start out with some exciting wins, as several contestants make some lucky spins on the big Wheel. Others have the chance to win some of the most expensive cars ever given away on the show, as well as trips to exotic locations and more amazing prizes. In addition, the familiar set has been refreshed to give it an updated look while keeping the recognizable PRICE IS RIGHT theme and appearance."
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