25 Responses

1. scott

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   September 25th, 2007 at 8:39 am

   how stations cancelled temtations so far

2. scott

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   September 25th, 2007 at 8:41 am

   is there more than one station that cancelled temptations

3. Scott

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   September 25th, 2007 at 11:46 am

   The show has great promise, but it shows how bad a remake can be if not done with care. It was already relegated to 4:30 am in Louisville on Fox, so you know once station mangers saw what they had bought, they found it wanting. Same appears to be true with Merv’s Crosswords (though much better, could certainly improve).

   Unless a lot of money is at stake, or it’s a spinoff of a successful prime time or daytime show, these shows have little chance of a good time slot.

   Why not do an hour-long TPIR for nighttime and run it against Wheel and Jeopardy! Perfect counter-programming (and maybe, just maybe, you can get Tom Bergeron to do it and ABC/Disney would allow it). I would think that would be a hit.

4. Gene

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   September 25th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

   Well they need to change the format if they want it to work. It comes on at 3am here so i guess the people new the show is going to suck. I don’t get why they took out the non speed round questions out? And like someone stated on gsn forums how come if it airs in a foreign country the format is the same but here they mess up the format?

   They should bring back press your luck and have the contestants just spin for 30 mins

5. Nikolai

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   September 25th, 2007 at 6:41 pm

   For Temptation, they should either cancel the darn thing or at least make a few changes. How about prizes that both men and women would enjoy? How about contestants that have an IQ? How about not ripping off other show whether they are on the air presently or not and putting something in the game that at least was similar to the 80s version?

6. Adam

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   September 25th, 2007 at 7:20 pm

   Sadly, WPEC in West Palm Beach is Still airing Temptation. Wish it would go away.

7. Measles!

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   September 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

   I thought this thing had a chance to survive, but now I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that this show is full of fail. The best thing to happen will be the nationwide cancellation of this show, or at least an indefinite hihatus for retooling…though they shoulda’ done that BEFORE clearing it for TV.

   The blame doesn’t lie with Rossi, I actually think he’s doing a good job. It’s a combination of the braindead contestants, the female-oriented prizes, the ripping off of games, and the total pointlessness of the format that is destroying any hope this show has of staying afloat. Let’s just hope they pull the plug everywhere sooner rather than later…

8. Mike

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   September 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

   Adam, so you’d rather see a tolerable game show go away for more talk show, courtroom show, or infomercial crap. Way to support the genre.

9. Chris

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   September 26th, 2007 at 12:35 am

   The information provided is FALSE… Temptation is being aired at 9a local time on MyNet tv in Portland, OR

10. Andrew Budny

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    September 26th, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Crosswords is a better show thatn temptation. I think that they will renew crosswords before they renew this new version of sale… End Of Story.

11. Ethan

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    September 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    Sad to say, LA still has it on. It’s on here on the KTTV (FOX affiliate) from 2-3pm (great, during my Around the Horn and PTI time). And even sadder, I’m still watching it. Not because I like it, but because to see just how stupid and gay it could get (not that it couldnt get any gayyer after Ross the Intern hosted it). It’s the whole “train wreck theory,” ya know?

    I totally agree, the prizes need to be more gender nautral and not so feminine, and a lot more expensive too! I’d NEVER buzz in for $800 in chocolate for T$15… now, a $2400 Game Table for $11? Hmmmm, THAT would be a good temptation.

    The format DEFINITELY needs a major tune up as well. If I ran the thing, I’d make it the Aussie format (question wise), have $ale shopping, and when a player reaches $750, they can walk with the lot, or come back, win one game, and get double the cash jackpot (which would be built up through a tweaked Top 10). And oh yes, I’d get the Aussie music as well, this whole “Pop-ified” theme just doesn’t cut it for me. Then again, this version IS being geard toward the women and the gays.

    But yes, it looks like the beginning of the end already. Hopefully XWords will make a few tweaks to help it survive the first season as well.

12. Paul

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    September 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    I’m seeing that this show would have about the run as CS ‘01 did. However, they really need more male contestants because the prizes are basically too girlish. Another thing is that the theme is really getting stuck to my head as one of the sickening pop themes on TV. What would make this show work is that they should at least get it into the aussie/’80s format as well as bring some good cars for at least $750 Like a Truck or a Jeep for example. Unless something changes, the show is likely not going to see past January or if not make it past November sweeps because that is when they would decide whether or not to renew the show.

13. Lee

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    September 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    I’d say bring back the Ellis brothers’ classic $ale theme music, but I wouldn’t want to insult
    the memory of $OTC.

14. Mike

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    September 26th, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    If changing the theme music is the only issue you have with Temptation, you’re not seeing the whole picture. Bringing back the old, out-of-place music is like putting a cork in a leaky dam.

15. Violet

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    September 26th, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    Temptaion is so dull. The prizes are just LAME! The contestants aren’t allowed any chat time. It makes them look like they have no personality. The canned laughter helps, but there is so much silence. No one really acts like they are tempted. The cars! Yuck!! A living room set? Are you kidding?? If they are only going to cast girls, Rossi sould flirt like Richard Dawson used to!

16. J.C.

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    September 27th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    Changes I would make:

    Theme Song:
    –not the exact theme from Perry’s version, but perhaps a more modernized remix/remake

    Gameplay:
    –make the fame game more akin to the classic version (i.e. keep it the way they do it now, but instead of an automatic $15, for cryin out loud bring back the numbers board!! (w/ or w/o the random flashing “light” it wouldn’t matter))
    –replace Knock Off with another Fame Game as described above, and switch it with the second speed round (i.e. after the break, do the second speed round, then FG)
    –make the final speed round 60 secs @ $5/question
    –replace Super Knock Off with a variant of classic fame game: no question, just the numbers, the contestant would call a number, and reveal either a dollar amount or one (possibly of two or three) stoppers, blocks, Xs, or anything else that generally stops that part of the game then and there. after all numbers have been called (or a bad thing has been found), then on with the shopping
    –Instant Ca$h…are you bloody joking…starting off at $500?? please! start @ at least $5K, and increase by $500 each time not won. as for the two smaller ones…eh, make em like $250, or maybe even make them the $500s

    Prizes/Money:
    –not original, everyone’s said it i know, but i do agree, make the instant bargains/shopping prizes gender neutral

    Set:
    –keep the “front half” (i.e. the area w/the contestants, host, and the screen for the fame game) the way it is, but if the show had a theme like i had in mind (i.e. remixed perry version) the “shopping mall” motif in the back probably wouldn’t fit, then again, maybe it might

    Other Things:
    –rossi…please…STOP calling them “Temptation Dollars” every chance you get. that’s like JP saying “Sale of the Century Dollars” every 5 secs, old and annoying quick.
    –and i remember reading this somewhere before, can’t remember where, but i have to agree…how is it “more than a game show”?

17. DB

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    September 27th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    In DC they are still airing Temptation in a 1 hour block from noon - 1pm.

    I was watching it, but now I’ve stopped. To me, the only portion of it that I liked was the “Knock Off Round”, which is basically Wipeout. Maybe Fremantle should just buy the rights to Wipeout and bring that back.

    I agree with a lot of the statements here:
    The theme music was awful.
    Rossi eventually got on my nerves.
    The prizes are WAY too girlie for the most part.
    Most of the contestants are terrible. I actually question if some of them are alive.
    Rolanda isn’t the best announcer, either. But I’m sure they could have done worse.

    Overall, I give it a C-.

18. Pierre Kelly

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    September 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Mine airs at 5 & 5:30. Have Guy prizes like Gamestop, Best Buy or anything guy-related.

19. John Moss

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    September 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

    In response to ‘Chris’ from earlier replies who stated that the information is false: What are you actually watching at 9am local time? Every day since Monday, the same 30-minute infomercial “Build Your Wealth” has aired in Temptation’s previous time slot. Don’t go by the TV Guide listings; chances are, they haven’t been updated yet. I didn’t just haphazardly provide this information to Alex, I confirmed it with KPDX’s programming director, Barbara Levey. Do your homework before you attack someone’s sources, please.

20. Ryan

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    September 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    they have already started doing reruns in norfolk during the second half hour of the block here. OH THE HUMANITY!

21. Violet

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    October 1st, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Ryan, they are re-running our second half hour as well in Los Angeles…

22. Bryan Hayes

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    October 1st, 2007 at 2:17 pm

    I’ll say it again - I’m not surprised. This was a horribly executed version of a popular international format handled by those retarded fools from Fremantle. If they want to keep Rossi, that’s cool, but here’s what I think they should do:

    1. Bring much of the classic Grundy format back into the game. Me, I would love to see the famous faces board from the Australian show on the American edition’s Fame Game; a Scrabble-like round for just $15 just doesn’t seem right.

    2. If you’re going to keep Knock-Off, why not use it as an endgame rather than put it on twice a show? I am still adamant with the belief that if drags the front game way down.

    3. To raise the stakes, why not add another level to the show that allows the players to own all of the prizes onstage? It could make for more big winners.

    4. Broaden your base with the quiz material. Having mostly pop-culture questions is too restrictive.

    I believe that this show has much more potential to be geared to more than just women if Fremantle had the brains and the sense to see that, because what they put on was just awful.

23. Damiom

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    October 1st, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    I highly agree with you Bryan. This was a sucky version of hit 80s game show. I do have some very good changes that could make it a hit.

    1. Add cash jackpot to the list of prizes. Here’s how MY prize list would go.

    1. Prize from $500-2000 for T$125.
    2. Prize from $2000-5000 for T$210.
    3. Prize from $5000-10000 for T$340.
    4. Prize from $10000-15000 for T$460.
    5. Prize from $15000-30000 for T$600.
    6. Prize from $30000-35000 for T$750.
    7. CAR from $35000 on up for T$890.
    8. All Prizes for T$995.
    9. The LOT (prizes plus Cash Jackpot that starts at $75000 and increases $1000 each show until won) for T$1050.

    2. Change the set. The set is a bad copy of the Australian one. Maybe they could do the old Australian set or the old American set with modern changes.

    3. Don’t syndicate it. Put it on a network on a 3-night-a-week basis (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) if possible.

    4. NO Girly prizes!!!!! They’re too cheap because apparently the people at FremantleMedia haven’t watched the old version of Sale of the Century.

    5. Expand question base. Like Bryan said, pop culture questions are good, but don’t make them all the questions you ask. Sale was a QUIZ show at best. And there should only be 2 speedrounds. One halfway through the game at 30 seconds and the traditional 60 second one at the end.

    6. Change Fame Game. Bring back the old fame game. It seems more fitting than the new one.

    7. Change bonus round. Make it like the current Australian one, but, 60 seconds to answer 10 questions at T$10 a question. Winning the bonus round would net you T$200 extra.

24. Balthazar

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    October 19th, 2007 at 1:27 am

    I completely agree with the poster that is annoyed with Rossi’s continously calling them “temptation dollars.” Rossi’s voice and articulation is utterly annoying. It seems to get worse over time. Something is definitely missing with him — doesn’t seem legitimate. The format is pathetic, as is the horible “seenontemptation.com” gimmick. Can’t wait to buy an overpriced set of cheap K-Mart luggage with my Temptation dollars….Temptation is the outlet mall of game shows…..

25. Balthazar

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    October 19th, 2007 at 1:32 am

    Temptation ratings are in as of Oct. 18th….

    “A couple of new game shows continue to move slowly. Program Partners’ “Merv Griffin’s Crosswords” was at a 0.8 rating–flat versus a week ago. Twentieth’s “Temptation,” after having its ratings reprocessed for the past three weeks, barely showed up with a 0.4 number.”

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