13Apr2012
Challenge Releases Two “Blockbusters” Previews
The return of the classic format Blockbusters is pretty exciting to people both in the United Kingdom and America. Exciting for those in the UK, obviously, because they get a brand new series hosted by Simon Mayo starting May 8th on Challenge. It's exciting for Americans because we'll inevitably be able to watch it somehow (you know you'll see it here) and it's going to be interesting to see if such a classic format can survive today. Challenge has released two promos for the show. Click here to watch them and to read some more thoughts and opinions about the upcoming revival.
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“The Price is Right” Publishers Clearing House Plinko Week Ends With $80,000 Chip
The special Publishers Clearing House promotion on The Price is Right has been exciting so far. All week Plinko has been played, and the final chip dropped becomes very special. If the final chip lands in the center slot the contestant will win an increasing jackpot starting at $20,000 and growing by that amount every time it isn't won, courtesy of Publishers Clearing House. It was won on Monday, but, despite some extremely close and exciting finishes, it's stayed out of the center slot since. That means that on Friday's episode, the final chip dropped could net the contestant $80,000. This also means that the day's lucky contestant has up to $120,000 to win. Click here to check out Wednesday's and Thursday's exciting and close games of Plinko and discuss the special event.
Read MoreView Comments (4)11Apr2012
“The Price is Right” Brings Back Classic “Bargain Game”
There's been a good amount of news regarding The Price is Right recently. April is a big month for them. We have the special Publishers Clearing House Plinko event, where today the jackpot for landing the final chip in the center slot is worth $40,000 (up to $80,000 can be won today). The show brought back an old favorite with a new look yesterday. The classic game "Barker's Bargain Bar" returned as "Bargain Game" on Tuesday's episode. The set got a refreshed look, which is probably one of the more simple set designs they've done since Drew Carey took over. Click here to learn about the game and to see a video of the most recent playing.
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Replay: Summer Plays for $20,000 on “The Price is Right”
All this week The Price is Right is upping the ante on the show's most popular game Plinko. Publishers Clearing House is teaming with the Drew Carey hosted show to turn the center $10,000 slot into, potentially, up to $100,000. All week the center slot, for the final chip dropped, becomes worth more and more money. On Monday, it was worth $20,000. If no one wins it the cash rolls over to the next day. So, if no one won it on Monday, it becomes $40,000 on Tuesday, $60,000 on Wednesday; $80,000 on Thursday; and $100,000 on Friday. Summer became the first person to play this special promotional week of Plinko. Did she get the $20,000 bonus? This one is pretty exciting. You won't want to miss the chip's path. Click here to watch.
Read MoreView Comments (6)08Apr2012
Happy Easter: Celebrate With “Don’t Scare the Hare”
How could we not celebrate Easter, everyone favorite holiday of rabbits and chocolate, with our favorite rabbit-based game show. OK, so that's a pretty exclusive club of one show. Let's celebrate Easter with BBC's surreal 2011 game show Don't Scare the Hare. Don't Scare the Hare can only be described as, "BBC executives took a bong hit before a development meeting and came up with this." Essentially teams of adults played various challenges while trying not to scare an animatronic hare. Not much more to the show. It's really that, and it's as insane as it sounds. Click here to read more about the show, see some clips, and let us know what you think, if you can still think.
Read MoreView Comments (5)02Apr2012
“Let’s Make A Deal”: Does Jorge Win the Super Deal?
CBS's daytime game show Let's Make A Deal has brought back an old gimmick, the Super Deal, for the next two weeks. If the today's biggest trader picks the correct curtain with the Big Deal behind it, he or she can give that up for the shot at the Super Deal. Three envelopes are presented. One has $1,000; another $2,000; but one has $50,000. Find the smaller amounts and that's what you get, but if you find the $50,000 you get that plus your Big Deal. Over $70,000 in cash and prizes are on the line...a record for any version of Let's Make A Deal. Today's winner, Jorge, correctly picked the curtain with the Big Deal and won trips to France and London; a prize package of over $23,000. Will he go for the Super Deal and, better yet, can Jorge be the biggest winner in the show's history and leave with over $73,000 in cash and prizes? Click here to watch and discuss. Spoilers are after the break, obviously.
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CMT’s “The Singing Bee” Returns April 20th
CMT, Country Music Television, is coming back with new episodes of their popular music quiz show The Singing Bee. Melissa Peterman returns as host for the new season starting April 20th at 8:00PM ET/PT. This is the fifth season of the cable edition of the show. NBC originally aired The Singing Bee in 2007 with Joey Fatone hosting. It moved to the country television network in June 2009. The show was last seen June 2011. Contestants can win $10,000 by knowing the lyrics to a mix of country and pop songs. The show is produced by The Gurin Company. Click here to watch some of an episode and let us know what you think of the show. Are you a fan?
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Weekend Replay: “Weakest Link” Says Goodbye
This Saturday saw the final episode of BBC's Weakest Link, hosted by Anne Robinson. While the American version didn't last too long, the original British version saw a healthy 12 year run and 1,693 episode run. Anne Robinson decided to hang up the towel and step away from the hosting position late last year, and the show elected to end instead of replacing the, frankly, irreplaceable Queen of Mean. The final episode saw nine of Anne's favorite contestants come back one final time. The episode wasn't that much different from a normal edition beyond the fact that Anne let up a bit and freely laughed, clapped for the contestants, and generally acted a little more sincere and appreciative than normal. Of course that didn't stop her from throwing a few zingers out there, either. Click here to watch some of the final episode. The first few round, in particular, is very funny.
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Weekend Replay: Massive Target for Paul Sinha on “The Chase”
Week in and week out ITV's The Chase continues to be one of the best quiz shows on television in any country, if not the best currntly. The Final Chase, the end game where the team has to answer more questions than the Chaser to win the bank, tends to be incredibly exciting and tense, but this past week in particular had some great ones. Easily the most memorable ever was versus Paul Sinah earlier this week. £28,000 is up for grabs and the entire team of four survived. The team manages to put together one of the biggest targets ever. Will Paul catch them and take away all the cash, or will they win £28,000? You definitely don't want to miss this one. It's a nail-biter and a great starter for anyone who wants to get into the show. Click here to watch and let us know what you think.
Read MoreView Comments (6)22Mar2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Returns Live This Saturday
The Drop is back. Channel 4's hit quiz show The Million Pound Drop is returning for an all new series starting this Saturday, March 24th, at 9:20PM UK (5:20PM ET). This week episodes will run Saturday and Sunday, but after that it goes back to its normal Friday and Saturday routine. Davina McCall comes back to the Drop which gives a pair of contestants £1,000,000 at the start of the show. All they have to do is hold on to as much as they can through eight questions. As always you can play along live from any country by clicking here, but UK readers can enter to be on the show by playing. Click here to learn more about what to expect, some celebrities playing, and for a montage of the best moments of series six.
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“Let’s Make A Deal” Celebrates 500 Episodes With the Return of “Super Deal” March 26th
The first daytime network game show in over a decade, CBS's Let's Make A Deal (check your local listings), is celebrating a major milestone next week. Wayne Brady, Jonathan Mangum, and Tiffany Coyne are celebrating 500 episodes of the revival of the classic Monty Hall game show. Big trips, cash, cars, and prizes will be up for grabs to commemorate the occasion starting March 26th. However, something bigger is coming for the next two weeks. A classic element of the show will be coming back. Starting March 26th, for the next two weeks, Let's Make A Deal will bring back the Super Deal, and this time traders will have a chance to win $50,000. Click here to read more information about the Super Deal, to see a photo gallery, and to see a video preview.
Read MoreView Comments (9)20Mar2012
“Deal or No Deal Live” Wins Best Daytime Programme at Royal Television Society Awards
It was a big day for Channel 4's Deal or No Deal last night. The long-running Noel Edmonds hosted show won the Royal Television Society award for Best Daytime Programme. The episodes, in particular, that won were this October's live episodes, where unsuspecting people took to the Dream Factory to take £250,000 from The Banker. Deal or No Deal Live beat out BBC2's Antiques Road Trip and BBC1's Operation Hospital Food With James Martin. The show definitely deserves to win. If you saw it, you know why. Click here to read about the specials and to see the highlight of the series: the unmasking of The Banker.
Read MoreView Comments (2)15Mar2012
Beware the Ides of March: “Shafted”
In our continuing look at backstabbing shows, we couldn't forget one of the most internationally infamous ones, and easily the biggest disaster of the group: Shafted. Some shows like The Bank Job had the prisoner's dilema that didn't really work for the format, but the rest was OK so we can look past it. Nothing seemed to work for Shafted from the start. It looked derivative, it sounded derivative, the format was pretty unfair, the host was bad, and it just wasn't that interesting. So basically nothing worked out. Click here to read about the show and see a big end game for £217,000.
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Beware the Ides of March: “Golden Balls”
We've got another backstabbing moment on our Ides of March marathon. I've got a soft spot for the ITV game show Golden Balls. I've got no idea why I like the show, but I do. I felt dirty and awkward watching it, but I still enjoyed it. The show dealt out a series of "golden balls", each holding cash up to £75,000 on the inside. Players have to bluff and vote out the people with the lowest money. By the end of the show only two remain and they play Split or Steal for the prize pot. Split or Steal works out exactly like Friend or Foe or Trash or Cash, or any of them. If you thought the Bank Job moment was interesting, wait until you see two people fight over £100,150. Click here to watch the moment.
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Beware the Ides of March: “Friend or Foe”
We're continuing our look at shows with some element of backstabbing thrown in. I'm an unashamed fan of Game Show Network's old show Friend or Foe?. I thought it was a pretty clever and fun show at the point when the network was taking some risks and doing some edgy, unique shows that are being duplicated constantly now. If you never saw it, it's a very simple show. Kennedy, who we are a big fan of in these parts, asks teams of strangers trivia questions. Lowest score is eliminated and plays the Trust Box to either divide the money or steal it all. Click here to learn more about the show and to see one of our favorite moments from it.
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