Archive for the 'Family Feud' Category

08
Apr

Al Roker to Host NBC’s “Family Feud”

In the category of news that basically everyone knows by now but I was really busy yesterday, Al Roker has been announced as the host of NBC’s primetime celebrity run of the hit syndicated game show Family Feud.  The announcement was made on Monday’s Today show to make for some nice cross promotion there.  John O’Hurley will still host the syndicated run.

The basics of the game appear to be the same.  However, thankfully, they won’t stretch one game to an hour.  Three games will apparently be played.  The winner of game one will face off against the winner of game two in a final match for money.  Celebrity teams will consist of a celebrity and his or her family, or perhaps a TV family.  However, these celebrities have not been announced yet.

Al’s recently guest hosted Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, that of which he didn’t do badly at, but I always felt he would be more suited for something like this.  Of course this does mean we don’t get who I truly feel is the Feud’s best host since Richard Dawson, John O’Hurley.  He seems to be very busy though.  I can see Roker doing very well though.  More specifics of the show will hopefully be announced soon.

26
Mar

“Family Feud” Heads to Primetime NBC

Is this the year of Family Feud or what?  Let’s look at all the things in its favor.

*It’s the only syndicated show to actually gain viewers from year to year.
*GSN picked up the rerun rights to the current John O’Hurley edition of the show.
*ION picked up the rerun rights as well.

And now, NBC has picked up the primetime rights to air some celebrity editions of the show.  According to Variety, both Fremantle and CBS are preparing the show for as soon as summer but keeping details about it very tight under wraps.  The good news is that the game has an established format and can’t be screwed up that terribly much!

This is a huge opportunity for Feud here.  It’s evident that the general public likes John O’Hurley a lot or else the ratings wouldn’t continually go up.  Honestly, if they can advertise and raise more awareness of the syndicated version with all of this, it won’t be hard to actually pass Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in the ratings.  It’s just nice seeing the show get the attention it finally deserves.

26
Mar

ION Television ALSO Picks Up O’Hurley’s “Family Feud”

Does the title seem familiar to you? Yeah it does to me as well. On Monday, we announced GSN’s acquisition of John O’Hurley’s first two seasons of Family Feud. Well it was announced on Tuesday that ION Television, a network that used to be known as PAX has also picked up the show. It begins on April 7th which is actually a month before it premieres on GSN. The show will air at 7pm & 7:30pm. That’s right, two airings. Check your local listings for times in your area though.

ION Television (PAX) back in the day used to air shows such as Supermarket Sweep and Shop Til’ You Drop every night until they changed formats and have recently become your TV Land of channels airing such classics as Mama’s Family, Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, and the awesome Drew Carey Show. Yeah, Family Feud really doesn’t fit into ION’s schedule really well, but hey, I’m not complaining.

24
Mar

GSN Picks Up John O’Hurley “Family Feud”

This just in: GSN has picked up the rights to the incredible John O’Hurley run of Family Feud.  The newest seasons of the Feud featuring a FAR superior host compared to Richard Karn will start airing May 5th, Tuesdays through Saturdays, at 9:30PM ET, replacing the dreadful Karn edition.

Hopefully this can get more awareness for the current version of the Feud out there.  It’s been better than it has been in ages and, again, he’s exponentially better than Richard Karn.  There are very few people who have disagreed to that.  O’Hurley Feud has also recently been renewed for yet another season, the third under the new edition bringing the classic and modern feel of the show together.  Fantastic modern pickup.

One more GSN scheduling note: a Mother’s Day marathon of Whammy! will air from 9:00AM ET to 4:00PM ET  on Sunday, May 11th.

19
Sep

New Feud DVD Game Again

No joke here: the Family Feud Movie Edition DVD Game is definitely for sale. Why they’re still using the Karn/Anderson logo on this thing, I have no idea. But in any event, this one’s actually starting out at $19.99 for a change. I’m not really that much of a movie buff, so I probably wouldn’t try this out myself.  I’m betting anything it’s the Third Edition with a color change and movie questions.

Order now from Amazon.com

10
Sep

New Show Opinions

Instead of creating a different post for each show, let’s just do it all in one.

In case you aren’t aware, every game show under the sun starts a new season today.  Wheel of Fortune begins its 25th year celebration, Jeopardy! starts a new one, Family Feud gets a new, nice logo with the same fantastic host of John O’Hurley, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? begins its sixth season on its way to its thousanth show, and finally we have the debut of Crosswords (which is quite good) and Temptation (which isn’t quite good to me).  Don’t forget tomorrow GSN will start a brand new US season of That’s The Question with a nice set and actual writers!  That makes it exponentially better off the bat.  What did you think about all the new shows, changes, and such?  Mainly, what did you think of Crosswords

Photo courtesy of Valleycrest Productions.

31
Jul

“Price is Right” Tapes August 16th + Feud Moves Studios

Our friends at Golden-Road.net have helped us get through a very slow news period: The Price is Right will resume taping on August 15th with new host Drew Carey and the updated set/music as Mike Klauss previously stated. When ticket information is released, we will publish the information. Speaking of which, Drew Carey has stated that they are trying to get the show to travel next season, with New York as a likely destination. I’m at least hoping this one comes true. Making the show more accesable for those who’d rather not spend nights on concrete and spend an assload of money to get to LA can’t hurt at all.

Also, according to the same source, Family Feud will officially be moving to Studio 33, the same studio as The Price is Right, very soon. The WWE shows will start taping on August 9th and will tape every Thursday from there on, so it works in Price’s schedule.  We’ll try to get official confirmation ASAP.   Not only that, Real Time with Bill Maher, one of my favorite shows, resumes going live from Studio 33 starting August 24th as well. Looks like there’s a full schedule for that studio coming up. And hey, at least John O’Hurley gets to host what he’s good at on that stage.

08
Jul

“Family Feud” Episode DVDs Coming Soon!

BCI is releasing not one, but two volumes of Family Feud on DVD, both with Richard Dawson episodes only. The first, being released sometime in November, is the All-Star version, consisting of celebrities playing for charity. The second, coming out early next year, is a “Best of” edition, which will include the pilot and Richard’s last episode.

30
Jun

New “Family Feud” Logo For 2007-2008 Season

The new logo for Family Feud’s 2007-2008 season was released, and I have to say, it’s really awesome. Much better than whatever the hell they had last season. This retro-looking logo looks back to the wonderful Richard Dawson days which practically everything on the show does currently. Not only that, but this season we’re hearing the furniture in the family portrait area has a new 70s look to it. Also, apparently John O’Hurley is doing even better. I don’t see how he could get that much better since he was incredible last season (except for the damn jumping at the buzzer, which thankfully ended). O’Hurley just might be the best host since Richard Dawson if he keeps this up. I’ve never been a big fan of Ray Combs, so that gap between Combs/O’Hurley is quickly narrowing. I don’t think we’ve ever talked about this; what were your thoughts on last season? While we’re at it, what do you think of this new logo?

19
Jun

DVD Game Releases and Updates Galore

Five new DVD game updates for you. First, we have received word that the Press Your Luck DVD game can now be found at local s Blockbuster stores. A quick check reveals that it’s also available at Amazon for $19.95, a savings of four cents off the original price. Whoopee.

While peeking around at Amazon, we also found information on these next four games:

A big surprise on this one: the Family Feud 3rd Edition DVD is OUT!!! It’s available at Amazon for $19.99, and, surprisingly, the ONLY change on the box art from the previous two editions is that O’Hurley’s on there now. Whoop-dee-doo.

Two other DVD games coming out in July include Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, selling for $49.99 and $23.99, respectively. Both are set to be released in early July, according to Amazon.

And the final game, of which we have no idea when it will be released, is the 1 vs. 100 DVD. This one can be preordered for $19.99 at Amazon. It will be made by Mattel, so we’re expecting something as good, if not better, than the tabletop game.

I want to encourage you, if you do see PYL or Feud somewhere, please let us know by commenting.  I will also try my best to check a few stores tomorrow, and report back on any findings.




 

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