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Apr

John Stefan Wins $100,000 on “Bingo America”

By Alex Davis 17 Comments

Categories: Bingo America, BuzzerVision, GSN and Spoilers

Edit: The video has sound now!

GSN can now proudly say they gave away more money to a contestant on their Bingo America than ABC did on National Bingo Night. Last Friday night, contestant John Stefan took home the main game bank of $1,447 and was the first contestant to match two $100,000 spaces to take home the grand prize on GSN’s popular interactive game show. It’s honestly refreshing to see. There hasn’t been this much excitement on GSN in a while, probably since Grand Slam, another risky big money show.

I’m telling you and I’ve said it over and over again, if the network would take chances and throw some big money on shows they have faith in, we come up with some incredible moments such as this.

Feb

Game Show Friday Night

By Alex Davis 27 Comments

Categories: 1 vs. 100, Amne$ia, CBS, NBC, Spoilers and The Price is Right

A lot of game shows were on the major networks Friday. I was out at a party so I didn’t get to check all of them out, but a few notes.

1: Wow, Drew Carey has to be the luckiest person in the universe. First Power of 10 and now Price is Right.

2: Amne$ia wasn’t as god awful as I expected, but it still seems off to me. It’s another one of those shows that does not fit in primetime despite the efforts of producers. I really unfairly compared this to Moment of Truth; it’s like comparing apples and oranges. I’m still more of a fan of Moment of Truth. I felt more emotion on that game than I did on Amne$ia, and Mark Walberg comes off as a much stronger host than Dennis Miller. But still, not a bad little show at all and one of the few times where my snap judgements were really wrong.

3: 1 VS 100 had its season finale, and who knows if it’s coming back. I truly feel Endemol dropped the ball big time. From changing the game so basically everyone who wins less than $100,000 is a dumbass to dumbing down the material, it was just a mess. Nothing against big winners like Jason Luna, but I’d like to see if he would have gotten as far with season one material. It would have been a severe challenge compared to before. The ratings haven’t exactly been fantastic, though they haven’t really gone down that much either. It’s definitely on the bubble again.

Oct

“Millionaire” Celebrates 1,000th Show in a Big Way Next Week

By Alex Davis 9 Comments

Categories: Spoilers, Syndication and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Hard to believe that the little syndicated show that could, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, is going on its 1,000th episode in two weeks. Hosted by Meredith Vieira, the show has had over 1,800 contestants and has given away over $42,000,000. That total could be more but they haven’t given away a million for nearly five years. Admittedly they did make the show a lot harder after season one, but someone should be able to do it, right?

Next week they will be doing away with the first five questions and letting people be ten away from the million off the bat with $1,000 in their pockets. Personally, I’d be fine with this if they’d put the Fastest Finger back in. Just give that winner the $1,000 and let the group of ten stay for the entire week and weed through them all. I don’t expect them to do it, but just a thought. As long as we don’t become Dance Party Millionaire, but I trust Michael Davies enough to fight it. Also, if you registered in September you may be on your way to winning money, as 100 lucky home viewers will win $1,000 each.

Again, it’s been ages since the last Millionaire. I’m usually not a person who’s begging for tons of money left and right but come on. Surely someone can do this. Our good friend Ogi Ogas, one of the smartest people we know, almost did it in a heavily spoiled event last year. Disney-ABC Domestic Television may have done it again. Who knows?

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OK, for the rest of you. Yes, a million dollar question will be given next week but of course they won’t say when. We’ll have a clip up here as part of BuzzerVision next week. In Disney-ABC’s great stupidity to be like NBC, in the press release they sent they gave away the million dollar question and answer. But we aren’t that mean. You’re going to have to wait to see it. I will give you a slightly vulgar hint: It’s fucking hard. HARD.

Photo courtesy of Valleycrest Productions, Ltd.

Edit: Fixed a tiny error at the top. It’s obviously already on its 6th season. It’s going on its thousandth episode in two weeks.

Oct

CBS Posts “Price is Right” Clip on YouTube

By Alex Davis 22 Comments

Categories: CBS, Spoilers, The Price is Right and Video

We’re really getting you excited for the Drew Carey edition of The Price is Right hopefully. Today we’re giving you a clip CBS provided us and placed on YouTube. It shows the set, Drew, and the game in action. Watching it will give the more, uh, “traditional” fans a bit of relief. I don’t think there has been this much excitement about a new show in ages, has there? The new season of The Price is Right starts Monday, October 15th, on your local CBS stations. We’ll have a live blog all day with it. Be careful, the following clip is a bit spoiler filled. Thanks to reader JK for emailing us this.

Sep

“Power of 10″ Season Finale Tonight + Post Show Thoughts

By Alex Davis 6 Comments

Categories: BuzzerVision, CBS, Power of 10 and Spoilers

Tonight at 8PM ET on CBS is the Power of 10 summer season finale. Do not fret, as the show will return as soon as something bombs which shouldn’t take long. It’ll be back midseason at least. We’ll be back later tonight with some post show thoughts, but for now here is a clip CBS provided us of the finale. It has a minor spoiler, but it’s nothing shocking or surprising. You aren’t going to have the drama of the show killed if you watch it.

Aug

“Grand Slam”: Readers Live Blog Tonight! (August 5th)

By Alex Davis 32 Comments

Categories: GSN, Grand Slam, Reader Input and Spoilers

I just feel like clearing this up: In the last post, I never said I didn’t like Grand Slam. I think it could get boring if there’s a very uneven match. But beyond that, this is GSN’s best show in a while.

To save from people not wanting to know results, please post all commentary for the August 5th episode of Grand Slam here. Tonight’s matches include Brad Rutter VS Amy Kelly (Lucky Super Lingo winner) and Ed Toutant VS Leszek Pawlowicz. I think we all know that Brad Rutter is going to kick Amy Kelly’s ass so hard that it’ll take her a few days to find it (No offense, Amy). However, Toutant VS Pawlowicz is going to be very interesting. I see we have Mr. Pawlowicz commenting recently, and we’d love to hear his thoughts about this episode. Please feel free, anyone, to comment about today’s episode here. Grand Slam airs weekends at 7PM ET on GSN.

Jun

Deal or No Deal Recap for 6/5/07

By Alex Davis 28 Comments

Categories: Deal or No Deal, NBC and Spoilers

Did you remember that Deal or No Deal was back on TV last night? I didn’t until someone IMed me that it was. I’m just burned out from the show. Anyway, last night NBC touted that the game would be played in someone’s front yard. Pretty cool, eh? Contestant Mary Marolla had the good luck of not having to leave her house to play. Did that good luck carry over to game? Read after the break and find out.

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May

Deal or No Deal Recap for 5/22/07

By Alex Davis 25 Comments

Categories: Deal or No Deal, NBC and Spoilers

Last night was a hero themed episode because of the Heroes season finale which was pretty sweet if you watched it. Real life hero Wesley Autrey, Sr., saved a man who fell on the tracks in a New York subway station by placing him between the tracks and laying over top of him as trains went over. I’m not usually a fan of stunts and stunt casting, but this is one I was happy about; he deserved it. He was invited to play the game and try for $1,000,000. To preface this, we haven’t had a $100,000 win, which is rather average for this show, since April 23rd and we haven’t had a big win of more than $200,000 since March 5th by our stats. Can he break the streak? Read below for the results + commentary. Please tell us what you thought about his game. FYI: Deal or No Deal season finale is June 18th.

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May

Deal or No Deal Recap for 5/14/07

By Alex Davis 12 Comments

Categories: Deal or No Deal, NBC and Spoilers

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have found the world’s most annoying contestant ever. Later in the recap you will meet Beverly Futch. She’s southern. Really southern. Really really southern. But before that, last Sunday saw James Berkley have a horrible run of luck, with only $100,000 left as a top value and turning down the last offer. Did he win big or continue the dry spell? Find out after the break. Also after the break is the Beverly Futch translation guide. I had to have closed captioning on for her. Contestant coordinators, let’s pick people who speak English. I couldn’t be nervous for her because I was both annoying and hysterical about her voice. It was truly beyond belief. Please tell me I’m not the only one who thought this. Thanks to Joe Raygor for this.

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May

Deal or No Deal Recap for 5/7/07

By Alex Davis 30 Comments

Categories: Deal or No Deal, NBC and Spoilers

Deal or No Deal reached its 100th episode on May 7th and invited past winners to sit in the audience and enjoy the party. The set was decorated in full party fashion. Even the lighted stairs had “100″ lit on it. We already know Brooks Leach played a rematch against the Banker. Did he win $1,000,000, or could his two day total be $10.01? Read below the break to find out, courtesy of Goldeneye.

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