Two quick news items and then an explanation for the lack of updates recently.

*Following some rather crappy ratings recently, Singing Bee will be shelved in November and replaced by a two hour Biggest Loser. That coincidentally makes The Singing Bee the biggest loser, go figure. It’s getting nearly lower than Identity level ratings which isn’t a good sign. Who would have figured Don’t Forget the Lyrics would keep its ratings while Singing Bee wouldn’t.

*Dennis Miller has signed on to host NBC’s new game show Amnesia which will create yet another genre war with FOX’s The Moment of Truth. Dennis Miller’s most recent job was hosting GSN’s Grand Slam which we really hope comes back. We don’t get smart game shows often.

And now why there have been a lack of updates. I’ve been active in television for a bit, working on stuff like Game Show Marathon and others. I decided to take control of things this time and pitch my own show with the help of some very talented people. I’ll be gone tomorrow through Saturday pitching a concept to a very respectable company. We’re going to have a BuzzerVision video of Who Wants to be a Millionaire sometime this week hopefully for certain reasons, but if you are wanting some great game show news while we’re away I strongly suggest GSNN. When we come back, I’ll tell you of my experience. I’m not really looking for a ton of “good lucks” and that kind of thing, but I just felt like I owed you all an explanation of what’s been going on. We’re usually extremely dependable for updates and the whole pitch thing has been crazy for the past three weeks. We’ll get started as soon as we can again and hopefully we’ll have some fun stories of the pitch.