Wow, are there a lot of changes going in 2008 to game shows or what?  Right now we have two new shows coming into syndication, at least two being prepared for next season’s syndicated track, GSN has two revivals coming out as well Catch 21 just starting and a cat game show later in the year, networks are gearing up their new game shows, [...]

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It was announced over the past few days that the United States edition of Wheel of Fortune will be adding a chance to win a million dollars to the game.  A complete contrast of our version would be the New Zealand edition of the popular Hangman on Crack game.  Check out the game where a five grand plasma television is a great end game prize and [...]

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It’s official: Wheel of Fortune’s top prize next season is being changed to $1,000,000.  Syndicated game shows at this point are giving away more money than primetime game shows next year.  We’ll have Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! makes gives the opportunity at a million.  Deal or No Deal will also offer a half million which you know [...]

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The new syndicated season is really sneaking up on us and for the second year in a row, we have two new shows coming in addition to a whole load of returning ones. Here’s the list so far.
*Deal or No Deal: September 8th
*Who Wants to be a Millionaire?: September 8th
*Jeopardy!: September 8th
*Wheel of Fortune: [...]

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A commercial found on Youtube, as well as a graphic artist’s Youtube account, shows that Wheel of Fortune is returning to the Filipino airways in 2008. This is the latest in a long line of foreign game shows recently being ported over to Filipino TV, completing a list that includes Deal or No Deal, 1 [...]

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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 [...]

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Merv Griffin, 82, has been hospitalized for a recurrence of prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. He was being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for cancer discovered during a routine examination a few weeks ago, said Marcia Newberger, spokeswoman for The Griffin Group/Merv Griffin Entertainment. Merv Griffin is the creator of hit games shows such [...]

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A good majority of the syndication debut dates for the new and returning game shows were released today, thanks to Mark Berman. Here are the shows debuting on Monday, September 10th:
Let’s Play Crosswords
Temptation
Wheel of Fortune
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Noticeably missing are Jeopardy! and Family Feud. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Jeopardy! [...]

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Wow. This comes as a total surprise. Sony has made four new websites for Wheel and Jeopardy: two for Emmy considerations and two with videos. Yes, videos. But not just of the 2006-07 season…
Wheel: U-GottaSeeThis
Jeopardy: U-GottaSeeThat
(both sites link to their respecitve Emmy consideration pages)

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From Cynopsis: Not surprising to anyone, the syndicated game show royalty of “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” have been renewed; this time through 2011-2012. As of now, the show has cleared about 1/3 of the country, and expect most of that to come around soon. This will bring “Wheel” to the 29th season [...]

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