Comments on: Call In And Lose: The UK Phone Scandal

By: glenn

glenn — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:23:34 +0000

i dunno…im not a fan of 100 winners’ resetting entries every 5 mins…at least there theres a cap to entries and there lies the difference

By: Steve Baxley

Steve Baxley — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:47:05 +0000

I will say this tho..TBS gave it a shot,and it was good but not as great as Playmania

Of course I caught ITV Play’s programming, found them to be well…unique, sad to hear they went off air…allbeit temporary

Cant wait for them to return,but under somewhat simular strict rules that govern us game shows

By: Steve Baxley

Steve Baxley — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:42:12 +0000

Have you seen the french-canadian version called “Le Banquer”, its on TVA wednesday and thursday at 8pm.. hosted by a lady ..(TVA Streams online by the way)

here is the twist tho, 20 women and 6 men are the keepers of the cases

By: David Howell

David Howell — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:17:54 +0000

Very good point regarding time zones, a big logistical complication that we don’t have here.

And yes, there’s a huge difference in regulations. That’s also notable in the differences between Howie’s semi-scripted neutrality and Noel’s ‘courage’ rants, but that’s a whole other article right there.

By: steve baxley

steve baxley — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:14:22 +0000

The biggest difference is that US Game shows are done under the strictest of rules
ever since the big scandal of the 50’s involving game show producer Dan Enright and Jack Barry.

What happend to TBS’ Midnight Money Madness was that there were TWO live Versions, one for the east and one for the west coast

so I would worry too much about a scandal hitting the phone in shows here..