Jennings Awarded “Game Show Contestant of the Year;” Everyone Figured Already

This post is probably to show that TVGameshows.net doesn’t even post news about things that it has big ugly gray banners for. The Game Show Congress, a group of people who no one’s heard of due to bad promotion, has listed its Game Show Award Winners for 2005. “Best Game Show Contestant Of The Year” went to game show host Ken Jennings, not surprisingly. Brad Rutter won “Best Contestant on a Traditional Game Show,” probably to make up for the fact that, you know, he’s not Brad Rutter, but “the guy who beat that Ken dude.” “Producer of the Year” went to Harry Friedman, producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. One of his babies, Jeopardy!, won “Game Show of the Year.” Meredith Vieira won the awards for “Best Host of a traditional Game Show” and “Game Show Host of the Year,” but promptly said, “Who cares? I have an Emmy for this crap now.”

In the Reality section, The Amazing Race swept. It was named “Best Game Opera,” which makes people who watch it seem like addicted soap opera fans. Phil Keoghan, that cute little elf, won “Best Host of a Game Opera,” and Uchenna and Joyce Agu, the winners of the latest Amazing Race, won “Best Contestant or Team on a Game Opera.”

The “Best New Game Show” went to Stump the Schwab from ESPN, proving that there were no good new game shows to appear this year. Elayne Boosler, funny name, funny lady, and host of PAX’s cancelled Balderdash, was “Best Host of a New Game Show.”

All this goes to show that ANYONE can give a press release.

Yahoo! Finance – Game Show Award Winners Include Vieira, Keoghan, Boosler and Jennings