TV Guide Network, which is really getting into original programming recently, has picked up their first original game show entitled Celebrity Says!. The half hour show, with 65 episodes being planned, will focus on stars under the spotlight of TV Guide Network in red carpet situations. Contestants will have to answer questions about that person. The show begins filming this month. TV Guide Network president Ryan O’Hara recently stated, “What’s unique about it is that we can launch out of our red-carpet (programming) and use the red-carpet coverage to promote the show,” he said. “We have the ability to ask stars fun and candid questions.”
In my recent memory, pop culture game shows have not exactly faired well. Has there been a long lasting pop culture related game show in the past, for those that know? Nonetheless, this show has a better chance of survival if not only for the network it is on. I will go to the grave saying that GSN’s StarFace was an very entertaining show, but it just did not seem like it suited the network. Same with PAX and their even more impressive On The Cover. TV Guide Network is specifically for pop culture related programming and the show fits them perfectly. For our readers, what is your favorite pop culture game show?
Best pop culture show on TV, period? Easily The Soup.
Edit: WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE! I don’t know why I forgot about that! Probably because it’s on a much higher plane. Sorry!
11 Responses
Neville
1November 7th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
I really enjoy VH1’s “World Series of Pop Culture,” but other than that, I generally prefer game shows that have a good mix of content - both pop culture and not. But, yes, “The Soup” is awesome :)
Antonio
2November 7th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Season 2 of World Series of Pop Culture was too short like the first season but still my favorite pop culture game show. Do anybody remember My Generation> I think that’s a pop culture game show but I don’t remember…
Tom Jetland
3November 7th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
What, no votes for Temptation? (ducking)
Marc Power
4November 7th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
I think this is a trend, categories like history, geography and lit. are becoming scarce. even temptation is using pop culture questions although the original did occasion throw in a question on history or the like. as far as pop culture shows the only other ones I can even remember are Canadian shows: Inside The Box is a decent show (but not without its flaws) and quiznation/playmania clone Pop Q (OT: btw, for those of you who thought quiznation/playmania was bad watch Pop Q it’s a train wreck!)
Oh, one just came to mind: Fox’s bomb: It’s Your chance of a lifetime was mostly pop culture questions.
SuperMatch2007
5November 7th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
TV Guide Network isn’t the same. In the `90s, before corporate greed took over, we had Prvue Guide. It was so awesome! Until a few months until the new acquisition, the listings were only two lines long to make room for a sports segment.
KBGUY09
6November 7th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
It’s your opinion, so I can’t say you are wrong, but “Starface was an entertaining show.” ? umm… I think I have a lot of people who would disagree with that.
captparis1
7November 7th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
What about Remote Control with Ken Ober, Colin Quinn & Alicia Coppola? It lasted three years on MTV and 1 in syndication.
On the internet alone, You Don’t Know Jack is the Price is Right of the net.Both are due for relaunch, as I feel Jack was never launched properly, by ABC.
SeanB
8November 8th, 2007 at 12:41 am
I have absolutely no desire to watch any show that takes up at most 60% of my TV screen.
Nikolai
9November 8th, 2007 at 11:20 am
One pop culture game show you may have forgotten about is the fairly recent GSN original “Starface”. The prime reason the show may have bombed may have been the mistake of hiring Danny Bonaduce as host.
Marc
10November 8th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
What about “Beat the Geeks”, “Debt” and “Hollywood Showdown”? I thought each was pretty good, and most, if not all the material used on those shows was about movies, TV, music and other pop culture subjects.
Alex
11November 14th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
“Has there been a long lasting pop culture related game show in the past, for those that know?”
Couldn’t Who Wants to be a Millionaire be considered a pop culture game show with some of the questions that it asks? Likewise, Jeopardy! is sometimes a pop culture show. And the former is in its 8th year while the latter is in its 24th! Yeah, I’d say pop culture-related game shows can last a long time. =P
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