Comments on: Sky One in England Picks Up “Fifth Grader”

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:46:34 +0000

Hmmm….. Does the trade deficit include game shows? lol

By: sgsf

sgsf — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:34:19 +0000

“The US show is still going?”

Unfortunately

I wonder if this will be rigged like the US version.

By: David Howell

David Howell — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:48:19 +0000

And as Sky start looking for child actors…

…as we don’t use the grade system per se (students start in Year 1 at age 5 and progress through each year – without any concept of holding students back or pushing them forward, as in the US – until compulsory education ends in Year 11), the show is apparently going to be called Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old?

The US show is still going?

By: Mathieu Plante

Mathieu Plante — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:22:02 +0000

What�s not to love about 10-year-olds gaining the intellectual high ground over nervous adults, fearing humiliation in front of a live studio audience?

Mmm, do we have to answer that?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:07:35 +0000

The US version on FOX will have a contestant get a chance to look at the $1 million question on April 19.

By: David Howell

David Howell — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:48:15 +0000

‘It�s the perfect, twisted quiz show for Sky One.’

I will give them this much. They don’t have enough of a prize budget to ruin it. The last game show they did was for �10k. All their money goes on buying a ton of US drama – Lost, 24, Dresden Files, Battlestar Galactica, Cold Case – and their original programming is 90% reality tripe.

This will be good for one thing, though. First UK game show in HD. I just wish it were something watchable.