Seems like the shows we rumored about ages ago are coming to reality. Our good friends at Embassy Row asked us to put some notices about casting for The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, revivals of two popular classic game shows. These shows were rumored to be on Lifetime, but no official word just yet. If you want to apply for either of the shows, click here for Newlywed Game, here for Dating Game, or visit our casting page for these two in addition to other new shows like GSN’s Catch-21.
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This casting notice might be interesting. People who casted for both Show Me the Money and Don’t Forget the Lyrics! are currently looking for contestants for a new game involving both the card game Blackjack as well as trivia. Is RDF, the company that does Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, a part of Endemol? It would make sense to me right now, but I can’t find anything unless I’m missing obvious signs here.
The most famous Blackjack show was called Gambit which ran in the 70s and hosted by Wink Martindale. The most recent attempt to get it on the air was a format from Distraction Formats called Casino, which was essentially the same game. This was pitched to GSN and turned down a while ago, so who knows, it may have popped up again. If you want to be a part of this show, click here to apply.
16
Apr
New Game Show Casting
This casting notice amused me and I thought I’d post it. A casting company is looking for a family of five to participate on a new game show featuring a $1,000,000 top prize. This is a pilot for now, but they are paying you. They describe the show as a mix between Family Feud and Jeopardy!, as the teams will be tested on how well they know each other’s level of intelligence. They say they are also looking for the opposite of a Family Feud family, meaning they want teams who are argumentative and opinionated.
The part that really made me laugh about this is that they are shooting in Chile. If you want to sign up for this, you and your family of five will first fly to Sacramento, do a few run throughs, but they are actually flying you down to Chile to shoot the pilot. All expenses are paid at least, but still. Studio space that cheap in Chile? Or is this a foreign game show I haven’t heard of? It’s called Gene Pool for now. If you’d like to get involved, click here.
12
Mar
A Few Bits of News
Sorry for no updates recently, there’s barely been anything and I’ve been exhausted the past few days. It’s been a long month.
*FOX wasn’t lying about the Human Tetris Japanese show remake of Hole in the Wall, were they? We’ve got a casting notice now. It seems like, oddly enough, they are taping in Australia. For any Aussies we have reading this, is there a version of the show down there somewhere? I have no idea why we’re going down there, but oh well.
*ABC is casting heavily for season two of Duel right now. They are stressing the prize is “up to a million bucks in cash prizes”, so I’m taking a tiny guess that we’re getting some form of a money chain. And that could be a lot worse; It could be a tournament again. The rest of the budget probably went to new devices for host Mike Greenberg to wave around in his hand. How about we give him a sparkler? At least make it more exciting to watch.
The ratings will also be updated later tonight.
Scanning through Craigslist and various other places, I’ve found some new game shows coming out, some of which might be decent. Of course with that some of them are going to be really bad and potentially end in law suits! Isn’t that fun? Let’s go over some.
First off, by the way, Million Dollar Password is still casting. I can guarantee you they had people there who know how to play the game. I auditioned for it and I can tell you first hand that a ton of people are extremely good and would be fine on the show. They just haven’t found the janitors they want. I’m not lying when I say that. They specifically told us they want people like janitors, so America can cheer for them.
Next we have a new mystery show for NBC! Oooh! It’s a pop culture quizzer. Uh oh! A new NBC movie buff game show is casting contestants who want to win up to $1,000,000 playing. If that’s you, click here. Wasn’t the DVD game “Scene It” being developed for a game show? Just saying.
I have a guilty pleasure at the Winter Olympics. The only game I like beyond hockey there is, yes, curling. NBC has the option to buy a show that sees. It’s not a celebrity show at least; though I won’t put it passed FOX to come up with Celebrity Curling Challenge. The show’s casting in April.
Finally, we have a new CBS game show that combines the fun of American Gladiators with America’s newest trend, divorce. In Splitsville, contestants who are getting divorces can bypass the legal system and go on a game show to divide their stuff up. I’m not well versed in the law (maybe some of you out there are) but I can’t imagine a game show being a legally binding substitute to the standard divorce process. Divorcing and don’t feel like going to a lawyer? Click here.
Cable networks are now getting into the game show frenzy. TLC is casting for a new family game show titled as of now, fittingly, Family Game Show. They really paid their writers overtime for this one, didn’t they? It does involve some pop culture trivia apparently at least. If you’d like to apply, click here.
We received a casting notice for a new Showtime reality game show called The Hydra Executives. Essentially, imagine The Apprentice but for a $1,000,000 real estate job in Abu Dhabi. Yes, that’s the United Arab Emirates. The winner honestly gets shipped over there to work on a real estate dream job. Yeah, it’s a dream job, but you’re still getting sent to what is basically a rather unpleasant general area in a pretty rough time. That’s not taking away from the fact that Abu Dhabi is a very nice city and one of the richest in the world.
The production company needs eight Americans and eight people from England. All candidates should have a good background in marketing, real estate, architecture, sales, or engineering. You must also have a valid US/UK passport and be available for sixteen weeks in January. The casting notice is below the break if you’re interested. What do you all think about this? I really don’t know if I’d want to be shipping over to what is in general a pretty rough area for a job only worth a million dollars. There are million dollar jobs over here that don’t require you beating a lot of people in a competition. For some reason this almost sounds like Arrested Development’s main plot to me.
Paging Robert McKee: Million Dollar Password is finally ready to start casting contestants. The new edition of the show, hosted by Regis Philbin and based out of New York City for CBS, will supposedly combine some of the best of all editions of Password, plus some new twists, to make it a new hit for a new generation. Of course this is Fremantle, the company that absolutely massacred Temptation, so I’m crossing my fingers on this one. If you’re good at Password and can get to Los Angeles, there’s no reason not to get involved in this, especially for $1,000,000. People 18-59 can apply, and be ready to send off a picture of yourself. Apparently no ugly people need apply. Click here to sign up for Password.
Also, one of our favorite shows in quite some time, Power of 10, is starting to cast again and will be taping fairly soon. If you have your finger on the pulse of America and have the guts, you may be leaving Astoria, NY, with $10,000,000. The Drew Carey hosted game show will be returning soon. Click here to apply.
And that’s it for casting. If you find any new major shows looking for contestants suddenly, be sure to tell us.
Seems like Fremantle and the crew at The Price is Right are making another change for the better. According to executive producer Syd Vinnege, if you were a contestant on the show in the past you are allowed to come on again. However, there is just one restriction: you may not have played within the past ten years, which seems fair. It’ll make for some interesting conversations between contestants and Drew at least, hopefully.
They keep making changes to The Price is Right and I have yet to find a single bad one, or even a slightly negative one. With Drew in charge, the show seems fresh, new, and exciting. It’s actually making me care about the show now too, as it’s just fun to watch now. Drew’s absolutely fantastic, the set is nice, the music is great, and allowing some older contestants on what truly is a new edition of The Price is Right seems like a smart move to me.
Temptation might be on hold for a bit, but the better of the two new syndicated shows, Crosswords, will be holding auditions on the other side of the country so more people can try out. Auditions will take place at the NBC Towers in Chicago. The Crosswords crew will find 50 contestants, fly them to Los Angeles, and have them compete on national television for thousand(s?) of dollars and trips to (exotic?) places. Auditions will take place on Saturday, October 13th at 10AM. The exact address is NBC Towers, 454 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611. There are a few stipulation, of course: you must be 18, you cannot have been on a game show in the past six months, and you can’t know anyone who works for Program Partners, William Morris Agency, Merv Griffin Entertainment, or anyone on the show’s staff. Good luck to all that try out!
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