Guy Fieri Hosts NBC’s “Perfect Ten”; Debut TBA
What do you get when you take England’s hit semi-revolutionary game show The Cube and dumb it down for general American standards? You get NBC’s new game show Perfect Ten. Before we get to this, we would like to say that Josef Adalian from TVMoJoe has confirmed what we announced a few weeks ago, that Fox has dropped The Cube. The field is wide open for someone to go after it now. American networks would frankly be stupid to not go after it. But that’s old news. Onto Perfect Ten. We’ve got a host for the show. It’s Food Network personality Guy Fieri. Hey, it’s not the generic standup comic for a change.
NBC has a description of the show. Adalian’s post states: “Fieri will serve as master of ceremonies and will be the competitors biggest cheerleader. In each episode, Fieri will lead competitors through a series of simple, yet nerve wracking games that can reward them a $1 million prize. Over eight one-hour episodes, competitors will face 10 challenges that escalate in level of difficulty. Created using everyday household items, each game has a 60-second time limit and failure to finish the task on time will eliminate the contestant. One slip of the hand and you’re out.” So, again, it’s a ripoff of The Cube. USA! USA!
Guy will actually be involved in the casting a bit. They’ll be casting contestants during some of Fieri’s “Road Shows”, so if you can endure spiky bleached hair for a bit you may be on your way to a million dollars. I know it’s a ripoff of The Cube, but I’m still looking forward to it. It may be as close as we can get and if they can get it remotely right I’ll be happy. When NBC actually tries hard to make a challenging, entertaining game show they do well. When they half-ass it, it tends to bomb spectacularly. We’ll see how it goes, but I’m looking forward to it.
We previously had a rumor from sources saying the show may debut in January. That has been pushed back to either later in the season or in the summer. The excuse we were given from the start was they didn’t have a host yet or it would have been out sooner, and this definitely syncs up.
To his credit, Guy was a decent host on Ultimate Recipe Showdown… But still, he kind of tends toward the Lowe’s end of the toolbag spectrum.
Did we mention that it was a Cube ripoff?
Makes sense, he is the only guy who sees a broomhandle and toilet paper and says "THAT IS MONEY".
If and when they get around to reviving The Weakest Link, I think they should have Anthony Bourdain as the host, as he'd do a FAR BETTER job of hosting than TGIMcFunster's resident puppet.
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He's so bizzare!-Andrew Zimmern
Well, we at least "broke" the typical stand-up comedian mold as far as a host goes, now let's see if we can make it "work"(pun not intened).
I can understand why NBC is holding back a bit on this: 2010 is the year of the Vancuver Winter Olympics so, I'm sure NBC will focus more on that than Perfect 10 right now.
Well, we at least "broke" the typical stand-up comedian mold as far as a host goes, now let's see if we can make it "work"(pun not intened).
I can understand why NBC is holding back a bit on this: 2010 is the year of the Vancuver Winter Olympics so, I'm sure NBC will focus more on that than Perfect 10 right now.
If and when they get around to reviving The Weakest Link, I think they should have Anthony Bourdain as the host, as he'd do a FAR BETTER job of hosting than TGIMcFunster's resident puppet.
The Original Donald
He's so bizzare!-Andrew Zimmern
If and when they get around to reviving The Weakest Link, I think they should have Anthony Bourdain as the host, as he'd do a FAR BETTER job of hosting than TGIMcFunster's resident puppet.
The Original Donald
He's so bizzare!-Andrew Zimmern
Agree with Craig that NBC should hold back Perfect 10 for a couple of months. The Peacock should be focusing on the Winter Olympics the next few months, then try and promote its midseason shows. NBC needs another late spring/summer success story to pair up with America's Got Talent, and perhaps this could be the show.
Fieri is an intriguing choice. I liked his work on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Ultimate Recipe Showdown, and he doesn't fit the mold of the "modern" game show host. However, he's also the kind of guy who thinks he's the star of the show, and no one else is allowed to be on that level with him. A good game show host is one who, among other things, puts the contestants and others around him on equal footing with him/her. Guys like Rayburn, Martindale, Philbin and Wayne Brady have that ability. I don't think Fieri has that in him.
Agree with Craig that NBC should hold back Perfect 10 for a couple of months. The Peacock should be focusing on the Winter Olympics the next few months, then try and promote its midseason shows. NBC needs another late spring/summer success story to pair up with America's Got Talent, and perhaps this could be the show.
Fieri is an intriguing choice. I liked his work on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Ultimate Recipe Showdown, and he doesn't fit the mold of the "modern" game show host. However, he's also the kind of guy who thinks he's the star of the show, and no one else is allowed to be on that level with him. A good game show host is one who, among other things, puts the contestants and others around him on equal footing with him/her. Guys like Rayburn, Martindale, Philbin and Wayne Brady have that ability. I don't think Fieri has that in him.
I kinda think so too, James D. NBC’s in desperation mode. It’s gonna be hard surpassing ABC for third seeing as ABC has a few new hits, particularly the Wednesday night comedy lineup. This could be that hit NBC needs to get back on track.
As for The Cube, I see either ABC or CBS picking this up.
i think there are two reasons it's been pushed back. The Winter Olympics is the most obvious reasons as they really should focus on that, especially with the spectacular showing of the Summer Olympics in '08. Obviously, they won't get THOSE ratings for Winter Olympics, but, for a network in the dumps like NBC, a mild success of the Olympics in 2010 is a good thing. The other reason I think is the simple fact that "The Cube" was dropped. If it were on in January, "Perfect Ten" might be on in January too. Just a thought…
I'm looking forward to this too…
i think there are two reasons it's been pushed back. The Winter Olympics is the most obvious reasons as they really should focus on that, especially with the spectacular showing of the Summer Olympics in '08. Obviously, they won't get THOSE ratings for Winter Olympics, but, for a network in the dumps like NBC, a mild success of the Olympics in 2010 is a good thing. The other reason I think is the simple fact that "The Cube" was dropped. If it were on in January, "Perfect Ten" might be on in January too. Just a thought…
I'm looking forward to this too…
So who's more likely to pick up The Cube, ABC or CBS? And I'm still hoping somebody in the US will pick up Poker Face…
So who's more likely to pick up The Cube, ABC or CBS? And I'm still hoping somebody in the US will pick up Poker Face…
So who's more likely to pick up The Cube, ABC or CBS? And I'm still hoping somebody in the US will pick up Poker Face…
"I'm still hoping someone in the US will pick up Poker Face…"
Lady Gaga? xD
"I'm still hoping someone in the US will pick up Poker Face…"
Lady Gaga? xD
Anthony Bourdain as a game show host? Hey, WHY NOT? I never liked "The Weakest Link," but, he'd be perfect!
Anthony Bourdain as a game show host? Hey, WHY NOT? I never liked "The Weakest Link," but, he'd be perfect!
Dude if you hate America so much, just move to the UK.
Then why is he hosting?