26Oct2008
Weekend Replay 2: “Who Dares Wins”
In continuing our weekend replay, we have a special treat. In our inbox this morning was an email from our friend Travis P. who found some clips of the hit UK game show Who Dares Wins. Who Dares Wins is a revival of the The Rich List. And, if you remember, GSN picked up a revival of the show under the title The Money List. The new version is a direct port of the British edition. The only change is the title. Money is exactly the same. Well, host is different too; ours is hosted by GSN Live host Fred Roggin. Check it out. I’m really excited for the new show; I always thought The Rich List was good but in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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I felt the same way, not the wrong place part, but the wrong time part. I know Fox wanted it to succeed on the heels of the success of Deal or No Deal, but the big mistake was airing it after the World Series instead of airing it when American Idol begins (seems like new shows tends to succeed when it has Idol as a lead-in). GSN has landed a gold mine and Fred Roggin’s not a bad choice for host, but it seems like he’ll be busy with this show, GSN Live and doing sports for NBC. I wouldn’t be surprise that, should this be successful, it will have a syndicated version.
I watched all of the parts to the show and I really like it. Was Fox premature to axe it after 1 episode? Absolutely!
I’m excited for the GSN debut. Any idea when this happens?
Yes. I agree with basically everything said, Fox really shoul;d have waited to air it after Idol, thankfully this show gets a much better platform with GSN. Can’t Wait!
No offense to Fox or GSN, but I wish GSN would air the unaired Fox episodes just to see if Fox was right or wrong to cancel the show after just episode. Also, my local newspaper’s TV/Radio critic should be ashamed of himself for bashing this show. Did he even watch that episode?
BTW, devares, IMO, I don’t think Fox wanted Rich List to succeed. Couldn’t they have come up with a better time slot? Fox must be so ******* cheap.
You have a good point, adam. But what I was trying to imply was premiering it when Idol returned, that way it would have a good lead-in. IMO, it wasn’t the time slot, it was the timing. Airing it right after the World Series wasn’t a good move on Fox’s part. Plus, if they really didn’t want it to succeed, they could’ve put it on Friday Night (if you know Fox’s history of shows on Friday Nights, with the exception of the X-Files, it’s not too good). And as for that reporter that bashed the show, he should be ashamed. It wasn’t a bad show, it was just bad timing as explained earlier.