16 Jun
Back in April I told you about a show having a pilot shot in Chile (for production costs) that’s a mix of Family Feud and Jeopardy! which you can read about by clicking here. We finally received more information about it this morning. The pilot is from FOX TV and called Family Trust, which is changed from the original title of Gene Pool. Stand up comic (and an awesome one at that) Greg Fitzsimmons hosts it. “It’s almost like an interview show where there is a game going on,” Fitzsimmons said. “The interaction within the family is really the story. The money and the game are almost secondary to getting to know the family and watching me needle them about themselves and each other.”
The basis of the show, from the original casting notices, has a family of five testing how well they know each other’s level of intelligence. What that boils down to is unknown right not, though. The other part we know, from recent info, is that teams are given $1,000,000 in advance and attempt to keep or lose it through answering questions from different subjects they choose. A wrong answer deducts money from their total. However, they are given the opportunity to double their money at the end of the show which leads me to believe they are going to lose a massive amount throughout the questioning.
FOX TV is selling this show internationally as well as in the US. I think it would be a safe gamble to see this show on FOX (especially since the ratings for The Moment of Truth are going to dangerous levels), but who knows. NBC might be desperate within a few weeks of the new Fall 2008 season.





One Response
Brandon
1June 16th, 2008 at 9:09 am
It sounds a little bit like a show FX did in the mid-90s called “No Relation”, except there, celebrity panelists interrogated a group of relatives to find out who was the imposter, a la “To Tell the Truth”.
I remember seeing one episode, and almost falling asleep halfway through. From the review, it seems like there’s not a lot of playalong value, and it’s just another show showing a family’s personal side.
Now, whether this takes the serious route like “Moment of Truth”, or a fun, light-hearted route like “Amne$ia” is up to the producers.
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