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Post by Flowgli on Jun 1, 2016 19:41:33 GMT -5
We're now in the month of June, and now is the time for me to make an announcement on game shows that will premiere this summer.
These game shows that are premiering this summer are all revivals of older game shows.
First, Pyramid is getting a revival...again. Yes, when I started this thread, I announced that Pyramid was being revived on GSN as The Pyramid back in 2012; that version lasted only one season consisting of forty episodes. This upcoming version is going to air on ABC and be hosted by Michael Strahan. This version will be known as The $100,000 Pyramid, just like one of the earlier versions that Dick Clark hosted and the one version hosted by John Davidson, despite that a contestant actually has a chance to win up to $150,000 in the Winner's Circle.
Next, Match Game is getting a revival, making this version of the show the first revival of it in 17 years. It will premiere on ABC and be hosted by Alec Baldwin.
Finally, there has been word that To Tell The Truth will be getting a revival with Anthony Anderson as the host and airing on ABC.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 9, 2016 20:49:29 GMT -5
A new game show just premiered tonight on GSN. It's called Winsanity, and it's hosted by Scrubs star Donald Faison.
In this game, a contestant is randomly selected from the studio audience, and they have to stack ten numerical facts in order from highest to lowest.
Four categories are played, and they have four facts, three facts, two facts, and one fact, in that order. Each time the contestant places all the facts in the correct order on the list, they win a prize and stay in the game. Whatever prizes a contestant wins, members of the studio audience also win. If the contestant places a fact out of order, they are out of the game, and another person is randomly selected to play starting in the next round of the game.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 27, 2016 15:42:49 GMT -5
Along with Celebrity Family Feud, I've watched the series premieres of the revivals of The $100,000 Pyramid and Match Game.
Like I said in the thread about Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud is played exactly the way it was played in the previous season that aired last summer.
In the new version of The $100,000 Pyramid, the game is played exactly the same as the last version, except that there's only one bonus offered to the contestant whose team gets all seven answers right in 30 seconds, and that's behind one of the categories in the second main game of the entire game, with that category known as the "Mystery 7"; there are no letters for one of the teams to choose from and describe words in them in case the main game ends in a tie, but the tie is broken by the team that scored their points the fastest; finally, the Winner's Circle bonus round has the cash amounts of $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000, and $5,000, in that order, and a contestant who wins the Winner's Circle on their first trip there wins $50,000, while a contestant who wins the Winner's Circle on their second trip there, regardless of the outcome of the round on their first trip there, wins $100,000.
In the new version of Match Game, the game is played like the Gene Rayburn-hosted version; two contestants play two rounds, and the panelists can only be matched once by each contestant during the two rounds. In the Super Match bonus round, the cash amounts in the audience match portion are $5,000 for the top answer, $3,000 for the second most popular answer, and $2,000 for the third most popular answer, and whatever a contestant wins in the audience match portion, they have a chance to multiply that by five instead of ten in the head-to-head match portion. There's no star wheel in this version.
Just like Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid and Match Game each have full-hour episodes, with two full games in each one.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 29, 2016 16:37:23 GMT -5
I've finally watched the new version of To Tell The Truth last night. The general gameplay is the same, except that since the show is now a full-hour one instead of a half-hour one, five teams play instead of just two, and the host's mother keeps score on how many correct guesses each panelist makes on who they think is telling the truth about their identity and what they do; those scores are important, because the panelist with the lowest score at the end of the show has to tweet a lie that was come up with for them by the host, and that panelist cannot deny that lie for 24 hours. Also, after a team has played their game, the panel is told some information about one of the two imposters in that game, and they have to choose who they think pertains to that information. There's no mention of how much money a team receives for each incorrect vote.
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Post by Flowgli on Sept 23, 2016 10:39:22 GMT -5
Today on The Price Is Right, a new pricing game is introduced. The new pricing game is called Hot Seat. In this game, the contestant sits on a chair that moves left and right, and they are shown five grocery items and told a price for each item. The contestant has 35 seconds to guess whether the correct price of each of the five items is higher or lower than the announced prices, and they lock in their guess by pressing the red button for "higher" or the blue button for "lower". After the contestant's guess on all five items are locked in, the chair moves them to each item in no particular order, and they are revealed if their guess on an item is correct or incorrect. This game is played for up to $20,000 in cash. Each time a contestant's guess is revealed to be correct, their money increases, and they have the option to stop and take the money or continue and find out if their guess on the next item is correct. The cash amounts in this game are $500, $2,500, $5,000, $10,000, and $20,000. If the contestant continues, and their guess on the next item is revealed to be incorrect, they lose all the money they won in the game, and the game is over.
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Post by Flowgli on Oct 22, 2016 10:17:30 GMT -5
Okay, I've got a few updates.
First, in the new season of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, the show is now being taped at Bally's Las Vegas, and unlike the previous two seasons, each of which was hosted by someone who stuck around for only one season, this season has Chris Harrison returning as host.
Next, a new game show premiered on Spike TV. It's called That Awkward Game Show, hosted by Jeff Dye and played by two families, each of which consists of one parent and one adult child of theirs. Each member of each family is seated on a chair that moves back and forth like the chairs on Jep! and BrainSurge.
In this game, the two families are asked questions that test how well both members know each other. Yeah, this game is yet another game show similar to The Newlywed Game. In round one, the adult children are sent to the back of the set and lock in answers to two multiple-choice questions using tablets, while the parents verbally answer those questions. After those questions, the adult children are brought back to the front, and they reveal the answers they locked in with on those questions. If the answers given by both members of a family match, that family scores money. A correct match is worth $500 on the first question and $1,000 on the second question. Round two is played the same way as round one, except the parents get sent to the back of the set and lock in answers to two questions, the adult children verbally answer those questions, and a correct match is worth $2,000 on the first question and $3,000 on the second question. The family in the lead after two rounds wins the game and advances to the bonus round called Truth Bombs.
In Truth Bombs, each family member is asked five true-or-false questions about the other family member, and they have 30 seconds to answer those questions. After a family member answers their questions, the other family member gives the correct answer to each of those questions. Each correct answer is worth $1,000. Up to $10,000 can be won in this round.
Finally, Hellevator got another season, and some changes are made. First, there are four contestants in a team instead of three, and one of the contestants gets taken away and locked up in the Inferno Cell. Second, the values of the challenges are worth $2,000, $3,000, and $5,000, in that order, and completing a challenge and making it back into the Hellevator on time keeps a team member in the game and wins them the money for the team, while failing to do so gets them taken away and locked up in the Inferno Cell. Third, the remaining contestants advance to the Inferno Run for a chance to add $40,000 to the team's winnings and a key to free their teammates from the Inferno Cell. In the Inferno Run, there are seven doors, and behind each door is a challenge based on one of the seven deadly sins. Six of the challenges awards money, while one of the challenges awards the key. If the remaining contestants get the key, they have the option to free their teammates from the Inferno Cell or go to another challenge to complete, but once they free their teammates, they can't go to any more of the remaining challenges. The remaining contestants have seven minutes to complete the challenges, put the money in the sack, free their teammates from the Inferno Cell, and make it back into the Hellevator.
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Post by Flowgli on Dec 1, 2016 17:21:48 GMT -5
It's time for another update. Last month, a new game show called Save To Win premiered in syndication, and it is sponsored by Family Dollar, hosted by Pat Neely, and co-hosted by Mariana Cardenas.
This game is played by two teams, one yellow, the other blue. They play three rounds, all of which feature items found in Family Dollar and other variety stores.
In round one, each team is shown a product coming out on a checkout conveyor belt and asked a question pertaining to that product, with the blue team playing first. Answering their question scores that team one point, or puts that product in that team's cart, as Pat puts it. After those two products, five more come out, one at a time, and five questions, one pertaining to each product, are asked. On each of these five questions, teams buzz in to answer. If a team buzzes in with the correct answer, they score one point; but if that team buzzes in with the incorrect answer, the other team scores one point. All seven questions in this round are dual-choice questions.
In round two, one member in each team is isolated backstage, while the other member in each team, starting with the one in the team in the lead, is each shown a set of three products. Each team member has to choose the order of which products they want their teammates to taste, smell, and touch, in that order. After a team member determines an order of products for their teammate to taste, smell, and touch, their teammate comes back on stage, takes a seat on a chair in the center of the set, and puts on a blindfold so they can't see the products they have to work with. On each product, the blindfolded team member has to figure out and confirm a guess on what product they are tasting, smelling, and touching, with each correct guess scoring one point for their team. If that team member's teammate says anything, which is a way of giving hints, then the product in play is taken out of play, and no points are scored for that product. After the first team plays their set of products, the other team plays their set of products.
In round three, the teams are given three "smart coupons" for five, seven, and nine products, in that order. On each coupon, all the items in it come out on the checkout conveyor belt, one at a time, and one member in each team both take turns saying what products are on that coupon after all those products are put in a bag. If a team guesses a product that is not on a coupon, repeats a product, or takes too long to guess a product, the other team scores one point for every product on that coupon (five points, seven points, and nine points, in that order).
The first team to reach fifteen points or more wins the game and advances to the bonus round. The losing team receives a Family Dollar shopping spree.
In the bonus round, the winning team is shown a set of twenty numbered products. Behind the twenty numbers are ten pairs of cash amounts that range from $500 to $1,000, and each team member chooses one number. The team receives the combined total of the two cash amounts chosen, but if both chosen cash amounts match, they instead win $5,000.
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Post by Flowgli on Jan 25, 2017 15:41:07 GMT -5
There seems to have been a lot of new things that happened in game shows this month.
The current versions of To Tell The Truth and Match Game are both in their second seasons, Idiotest is in its fourth season, a US adaptation of a UK game show called Divided premiered on GSN with Mike Richards (previously the host of The Pyramid, also on GSN) as host, The Wall premiered on NBC with Chris Hardwick (previously the host of Trashed on MTV) as host, and Big Fan premiered on ABC with Andy Richter as host.
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Post by Flowgli on Mar 28, 2017 20:13:43 GMT -5
I have two updates.
1. Earlier this month, Celebrity Name Game got cancelled after three seasons.
2. The hip hop spin-off of Hollywood Squares called Hip Hop Squares got revived and premiered two weeks ago. It's now airing on VH1 instead of MTV2. This version is hosted by DeRay Davis, who hosted Mind Of A Man on GSN and is currently hosting Joking Off, which was moved from MTV2 to MTV for its third season last summer. In this version, two hip hop celebrities play the game, each one for a fan of theirs. After a square is chosen, a dollar value in an increment of $100 is revealed, and that money is added to the score of the celebrity who has won that square, whether on their own or by default. Winning a round is worth a bonus of $1,000 in round one and a bonus of $2,000 in round two. Rather than making a verbal judgment, the celebrities press a green button to agree or a red button to disagree. In the bonus round, the fan of the winning celebrity selects up to five squares at random by hitting a button, and if they get three in a row, the money scored by that celebrity is doubled. All the money scored by the two celebrities go to their fans.
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Post by Flowgli on May 25, 2017 22:15:46 GMT -5
Okay, I have some updates.
Today on The Price Is Right, a new record for most money won on Plinko was made. The amount of cash won on Plinko today is $31,500.
Also, tonight, two game shows premiered on Fox. One of those shows is Beat Shazam, and the other is a revival of Love Connection. 2017 seems to be a good year for revivals of old game shows, huh?
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Post by Flowgli on May 30, 2017 21:31:47 GMT -5
We've got more revivals of game shows here and coming.
Tonight, a revival of Fear Factor premiered on MTV, and I'm watching it, right now. Unlike the previous two runs of this show, both of which have aired on NBC, this new version on MTV is not hosted by Joe Rogan; it's hosted by Ludacris. However, like the previous two runs, the cash prize is $50,000, and like the second run, the game is played by four teams of two people.
Also, a revival of The Joker's Wild has been confirmed and is now in the works. There's no confirmation on the premiere date yet, but it will air on TBS, and it will be hosted by Snoop Dogg.
Looks like we're getting to see hip hop/rap artists into hosting game shows this year, are we?
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 14, 2017 20:46:32 GMT -5
A new game show premiered on GSN tonight. It's called Emogenius, and it's hosted by Hunter March, grandson of Hal March, who hosted The $64,000 Question.
This game is a puzzle game that uses emojis.
The game is played by two teams of two. There are three rounds in the main game, with correct solves on puzzles scoring cash, with the team that ends up with the most money at the end of the game keeping it and advancing to the bonus round.
In round one, each team is shown two emoji messages, and they take turns. Each emoji message is based on a screenshot and is a response to a text based on that screenshot. On each emoji message, the team in turn has fifteen seconds to figure out that emoji message. Correctly guessing it before time runs out scores them cash, while running out of time gives the opposing team five seconds to figure it out for half the dollar value. The first two emoji messages are worth $100 apiece ($50 for each steal), while the last two emoji messages are worth $200 apiece ($100 for each steal).
In round two, each team is given two categories. On each category, up to three clues to a solution in that category are given, and the team in turn has twenty seconds to figure out the solution. All clues are in the form of emoji messages. A correct solve on the first clue is worth $300, a correct solve on the second clue is worth $200, and a correct solve on the third clue is worth $100. Each time a team wants to get an additional clue, they swipe up on their touch screen. If the team in turn runs out of time, the opposing team has five seconds to steal for the dollar value played for at the time the team in control has run out of time.
In round three, each team has forty-five seconds to solve as many puzzles as possible. On each turn, one member of a team sends emoji messages to their teammate, who must figure out the messages. Each emoji message is under a category announced by Hunter, and each emoji message has its own emoji keyboard. The sender has to tap on the emojis that they think will help their teammate figure out the emoji message. Each correct solve is worth $400. If a team gets stuck on an emoji message, they can pass it and move on to the next one.
After three rounds, the team with the most money wins the game, keeps the money, and advances to the bonus round.
In the bonus round, the winning team plays like in round three, except they take turns sending and receiving. Each correct solve switches tasks for the team members for the next emoji message and adds $200 to the team's total cash winnings; tasks are not switched for passing on emoji messages. If the team correctly solves five emoji messages within sixty seconds, their total cash winnings are increased to the top cash prize of $10,000.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 18, 2017 9:56:18 GMT -5
Another game show is now being added to the list of old game shows getting revivals. That game show is The Gong Show, and I get the feeling that this show is being revived in memory of the original host of the show, Chuck Barris, who died nearly three months ago. This upcoming revival will be hosted by Tommy Maitland, a character played by Mike Myers.
Now, Winsanity had its second season premiered, and it features two contestants, each one playing for their own section of the studio audience; one contestant plays for the gold section, while the other contestant plays for the purple section.
In round one, one of five numerical facts is automatically placed on the list, and each contestant must place two of the remaining facts in the right places on the list, with each contestant's first placement worth $100 and each contestant's second placement worth $200.
In round two, four more facts are put in play, and the contestants add them on to the list from the previous round, with each contestant's first placement worth $300 and each contestant's second placement worth $400.
In round three, one fact is placed in an all-new list, each contestant is given a fact, and on each fact, the contestant given it has to decide whether to place it themselves or challenge their opponent to place it. A correct placement scores a contestant cash, while an incorrect placement scores their opponent cash. Facts in this round are worth $500, $600, $700, and $1,750, in that order.
After three rounds, the contestant with the most money wins the game and advances to the bonus round called "Final Five".
In "Final Five", the winning contestant is shown a list of five facts and a list of numbers. Using a touchscreen, the contestant has to match each fact with its number, after all five facts are placed, they lock in their guess by pressing a red button. If all five facts are placed correctly, they win $10,000; but if any facts are placed incorrectly, they are told how many facts are placed correctly, and they have one chance to make changes. If any facts are placed incorrectly on the second try, the contestant wins an additional $500 for every fact placed correctly at that point.
Also, during the entire game, whatever money a contestant wins, their section of the studio audience wins, as well.
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Post by Flowgli on Jul 9, 2017 22:01:17 GMT -5
A game show version of Candy Crush Saga called Candy Crush premiered tonight on CBS, with Mario Lopez hosting.
This game is played by four teams of two. The teams play against each other in a qualifying round, with the first team to complete it choosing one of four challenges to play and trying to get as many matches as possible within two minutes and additional time earned for making matches that create special pieces of candy. There are three qualifying rounds, and each challenge can only be played once. The last team remaining plays the last remaining challenge without having to play a qualifying round first. After four challenges, the two teams with the most matches move on to the final round, with the first team to make fifty matches there winning the cash prize of $100,000.
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Post by Flowgli on Aug 9, 2017 16:38:35 GMT -5
Another new game show premiered on GSN two days ago with four episodes and started airing regularly on Tuesday nights starting yesterday. It's called Snap Decision, and it's hosted by David Alan Grier. It's also airing in syndication on Tornate-Sinclair stations.
This game is played by three contestants, and what they have to do is predict how three on-the-street people have answered questions about themselves or which on-the-street person pertains to each question, depending on the round.
The three contestants play two rounds. In round one, the contestants are introduced to the three on-the-street people, with each one having a dual-choice question about them asked to the contestants after that on-the-street person's introduction. On each question, each contestant locks in which of the two choices they think the on-the-street person in question has said. Then, a video of what that on-the-street person has said is played, and each contestant who has locked in with the correct answer scores $100. After each on-the-street person's question is played, another question to each of them is played, making it six questions and a possible $600 for each contestant to score.
In round two, the three on-the-street people are paired up differently, and three questions are asked, one on each pair. Each question pertains to one of the on-the-street people in that pair, and each contestant has to lock in which on-the-street person they think pertains to that question. On each question, each contestant who has locked in with the correct answer scores $200, meaning that a contestant can end up with a possible $1,200 at the end of this round (counting the money scored in the previous round).
After two rounds, the contestant with the lowest score is eliminated with nothing. If round two ends in a tie for last place, a dual-choice tiebreaker question about David is asked, with the first contestant to buzz in answering it. If that contestant buzzes in with the incorrect answer, they are eliminated; but if that contestant buzzes in with the correct answer, the other tied contestant is eliminated. If round two ends in a three-way tie, up to two tiebreaker questions are asked, with the second question being asked to two of the tied contestants after the other contestant answers the first tiebreaker question correctly.
In round three, the remaining two contestants each choose an on-the-street person to answer questions about, with the first choice going to the contestant in the lead or the contestant who has won a toss beforehand in case of a tie. Each contestant's first question is worth $250, and each contestant's question thereafter is worth $250 more than their previous one. A correct answer scores the contestant in turn the money, but an incorrect answer scores their opponent the money. This round is played until one contestant reaches or exceeds $2,000, with the first to do so winning the game, keeping the money, and advancing to the bonus round.
In the bonus round, the winning contestant is asked questions within 45 seconds. On each question, the contestant has to choose which on-the-street person they think pertains to that question. If five of the questions are answered correctly before time runs out, the contestant's total winnings are augmented to the top cash prize of $10,000.
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