Comments on: Merv Griffin Entertainment Shoots Flea Market Pilot for GSN

By: JD

JD — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:21:01 +0000

It kinda sounds more like Bootsale Challenge than Bargain Hunt, but I think fewer people would get the reference. I loved watching the reruns of BC when I was in school in London a few years ago.

By: dve

dve — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:55:12 +0000

flea market is the name

By: gameshowfan

gameshowfan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:30:07 +0000

Alex,
Has any word been mentioned about “Trust Me” or “101 Ways” or MDG or is ABC just making 100 game show pilots on standby and then when some of the fall shows fail, throw darts and see which ones will fill the slots?

By: James E. Parten

James E. Parten — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:51:30 +0000

If “Million Dollar Mind Game” is a new title for “Six Minds”, it sounds like a more salable title–if not, necessarily, a more salable content. As I can barely get by in written Russian (not even good enough to read a record label!), what little I’ve seen looks like a format that won’t work here! Maybe I’m losing something. . .

By: Ryan Tadych

Ryan Tadych — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:28:02 +0000

Is Million Dollar Mind Game the show titled Six Minds? Did ABC change the name again or is this a new show?

By: Aldo

Aldo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:05:56 +0000

I’m a big fan of Bargain Hunt, but it just barely fits the definition of “game show” and seems like it would be a very poor fit on GSN. First, there’s next to no money involved; each team gets �300 and an hour to run around the flea market and find three items they think are flippable. In the end, if they make any profit, they get to keep it; that’s the sum of the game. More than half the time they end up losing money in the auction and leave with nothing, and when they do come out ahead, they usually walk away with something like �50 to �75. It’s not exactly nail-biting excitement.

It’s also a VERY leisurely paced show; more time is often spent analyzing the purchased items than playing the game. (Not that a few format tweaks couldn’t change that, but still…) The main point isn’t even the game: it’s “look at all this weird crap we’ve found from decades or centuries ago.” I’ve always thought an American version of BH could do well, but if I were MGE, I’d be pitching it to TLC, BBC America, PBS or the History Channel (run it back-to-back with “Pawn Stars”; perfect combo!). Unless the concept has been seriously altered for the pilot, I just can’t see GSN going for it. This is a concept for people that like Antiques Roadshow, not those that like Press Your Luck.

By: Lirodon

Lirodon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:14:18 +0000

Million Dollar Mind Game? I thought it was “Six Minds”