Instead of making two different posts about shows we don’t know a lot about, why not make one large post putting them together?  Two new game shows were recently announced, one for ABC who never seems to give up and one for MTV.

The ABC game show is called Opportunity Knocks which is from both Katalyst and 3 Ball Productions.  The show, as Cynopsis tells us, is very similar to the old after show audience game from Let’s Make A Deal.  Hosts on the show travel from house to house asking people questions for cash if they give a right answer.  ABC ordered 13 episodes which will probably debut in the Fall.  We’ve really fully come to an age where two-minute segments on shows are the entire program, haven’t we?

The other show, for MTV, is called The Phone which is being produced by Justin Timberlake and Fremantle who everyone seems to love so much.  They are really making sure to call the show “genre-busting”, but it’s basically a stereotypical competition show.  Two people pick up phones at different ends of a busy city.  They have five seconds to decide to take the challenge, which could net them a large cash prize, or back down.  If they accept, the guide on the phone gives them a mission to complete before time runs out.  If they do, they win the cash.

Any early thoughts on these?  Opportunity Knocks sounds kind of lame, but The Phone sounds interesting, almost The Mole- like to a certain degree.