The CW Picks Up “Oh Sit!”, Previously Called “Extreme Musical Chairs”
The CW has announced as the 2012 Winter TCA announcements that they have picked up the Gurin Company produced Oh Sit!, which was previously titled Extreme Musical Chairs. The show pits 20 people against each other in what is essentially a game of musical chairs mixed with Wipeout. A live band will be on the set each episode providing some actual music to the action. Ten episodes have been ordered and the show will debut later this season. Don’t prejudge the show based on the title, though.
Before you jump to conclusions, don’t prejudge the show. I watched the pitch film. Oh Sit! is remarkably fun. The game is sound, it makes sense, and if you like Wipeout then you’ll like this. It’s a lot of physical stunts as people try to make their way to chairs with various cash attached. The more you run around the ring before the music stops, the more cash you get also (at least in the film). From what I saw it’s a fun show and if physical comedy like Wipeout is your thing then I’m guessing you’ll enjoy this show. Give it a chance when it comes out.
Hopefully the logo would have a space between the “S” and the “I”, just to play with people.
That’s easy, a sideways chair silhouette with the back looking like a vertical bar on the left hand side. Y’know >>> OH S |¬ IT! If their logo designers haven’t at least thought of that, they should get sacked.
You’re full of sit, Alex.
In all seriousness, though, if it’s executed properly, I’ll have to take a sit and watch.
This sounds like some sheriously shtupid sit.
I think it sounds fun, nice and simple:)
May have potential; after all, the early days of TV relied heavily on Charades for programming (Play the Game, Pantomime Quiz, Body Language, and most recently (late 80s-early 90s, the Canadian entry Acting Crazy), so why not Musical Chairs?
I’ll be worried when we get to “Z-list Celebrity Spin The Bottle”…
Those with good memories–or good sets of reference materials–know there were two game shows called “Musical Chairs”. Neither was based on the children’s game.
One was a panel show from 1955, which appeared as a summer replacement on NBC in prime time. The other was a CBS daytimer from 1975, which was notable for having Adam Wade, a singer about twelve years past his prime, as host. Wade was touted as being the first African-American game show host when this show aired. Ratings weren’t so hot.
This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in FCC v. Fox. If they rule that the FCC can impose fines for “fleeting” obscenities, this could have a chilling effect on such a suggestive title as this. (Remember the problems CBS had last season with a sitcom whose title suggested the same scatological word. Some affiliates were offended, and ratings weren’t so good either.)
If you’re talking about the one the commercials pronounced “Bleep My Dad Says”, I think the low ratings weren’t caused by the title as much as it was caused by just plain poor writing. I gave it a chance and found it to be the “Red or Black?” of comedy – exactly one scene in the entire episode I saw had any entertainment value whatsoever.
I can imagine people fell off their chairs hearing that title.
Jesus H. Christ
Well, it’s official. The would-be Arbiters of Public Taste are lining up to take their pot-shots at ‘Oh, Sit!”. That has to be the most positive recommendation that this show could get!
Wags have been chortling over the possibility that other children’s games cold get this new treatment. Can you imagine “Celebrity Spin The Bottle”? What an opportunity for product placement!
As for William Shatner’s sitcom–the title didn’t help!