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Post by Flowgli on Sept 19, 2017 11:29:43 GMT -5
I have some updates to make here.
Wheel Of Fortune is in its 35th season, and in it, the minimum cash prize in the bonus round is $35,000, and the winning contestant gets to choose from three categories for the bonus round before it begins.
To Tell The Truth has a new season, and in it, the point scores for the panelists are different, and the panelist with the lowest score at the end of the show has a "Faking News" report done on them.
The Price Is Right has a new season, and in it, Drew Carey is celebrating his ten-year anniversary of hosting the show by having contestants win $10,000 instead of just $1,000 for getting a dollar on the Showcase Showdown, and by introducing a new pricing game called Gridlock!, where contestants can win a car by choosing two pairs of numbers that go into the price of it.
Finally, a new game show premiered. It's called Funny You Should Ask. It is not a revival of the game show of the same name from the late 1960s, but it is a panel game show, and in it, contestants score money by correctly deciding whether answers given by celebrities are right or wrong.
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Post by Flowgli on Oct 23, 2017 20:43:08 GMT -5
I just watched a new game show on Universal Kids that premiered today. It's called The Noise, and it's hosted by Faruq Tauheed.
The game is played by two teams, one orange and the other green, with each team consisting of two kids.
In the main game, there are three games, with each game played by each team separately. In each game, each team has to complete it within a time limit, but at the same time, they have to be as quiet as possible, as there is something called the "Noise-O-Meter", which picks up all levels of noise made in that game and indicates how much noise is made in it. The more noise a team makes, the less points that team has a chance to score in that game. If a team makes too much noise or runs out of time, they score no points in that game.
The first game is worth up to 5 points, and each team chooses which team member will play it, with the team who has won a coin toss before the show playing it first.
The second game is worth up to 10 points, and each team member who hasn't played the first game will play it, with the team with the lower score playing it first.
The third game is worth up to 20 points, and both members of each team will play it, with the team with the higher score playing it first.
After the three games, the team with the most points wins the game and advances to the Run Of The House.
In the Run Of The House, the winning team goes into a prize-filled house that consists of five rooms, with each room having two puzzle pieces and a column for those puzzle pieces to be placed on. Each time the team gets both puzzle pieces in a room and places them both on it's column, they win a prize in that room. However, if the team makes too much noise in a room, that room is out of play, and the prize in that room can't be won. One of the prizes is a mystery prize. The team has three minutes to win as many prizes as possible, and if they win all five prizes before time runs out, they win $5,000 in cash on top of that.
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Post by Flowgli on Oct 25, 2017 12:51:02 GMT -5
I watched the premiere episode of the new Snoop Dogg-hosted revival of The Joker's Wild on TBS last night. This show also has Jeannie Mai as the co-host.
Like in the classic version, two contestants take turns activating the slot machine, which has five categories and a joker on each reel. In round one, each category is worth $100, a two-of-a-kind is worth $200, a three-of-a-kind is worth $300, and a triple joker is worth $500. In round two, the dollar values are doubled to $200, $400, $600, and $1,000, respectively. Each contestant gets four spins in round one and three spins in round two. Like in the early '90s, the contestants can't use the jokers to make any combinations they want or go off the board and choose one of the remaining categories in that round. Each round has a different set of five categories, and the contents of the categories include a wider variety and not just trivia questions. There are categories that uses a die to determine how many clues the contestant in turn will get on a category.
After two rounds, the contestant with the most money wins the game, receives their money in $100 bills, and advances to the bonus round, which is carried over to this version from the classic version.
In the bonus round, the dollar values on the reels range from $300 to $1,500. There are still jokers on the reels, but they're worth $2,000 apiece. If the contestant accumulates a total of $10,000 or more, their bonus round winnings are augmented to $25,000. The contestant can stop after a spin and take all the money they have accumulated in that round, because if the Devil shows up after a spin, they lose all their bonus round winnings.
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Post by Flowgli on Nov 29, 2017 22:26:10 GMT -5
I just caught a new game show that’s airing on BET. It’s called Face Value, and it’s hosted by Deon Cole.
In this game, there are two teams, each one consisting of two contestants and a celebrity and named after the celebrity in that team. The two teams have to predict how people on the street answer questions. Yeah, this game is played a lot like Street Smarts and Snap Decision. The people on the street are interviewed by Tiffany Haddish.
Round one is called Snap Judgment. In this round, each team has to predict how three people on the street have answered yes-or-no questions, with each correct prediction worth 100 points.
Round two is called Get A Clue. In this round, each team has to predict how three people on the street have answered multiple-choice questions, with each question having four answers to choose from and each correct prediction worth 200 points.
Round three is called Going Deep. In this round, three questions are asked, and on each question, one team has to choose which one of the four people on the street they think has answered “yes” to that question, with a correct guess worth 300 points and an incorrect guess giving the other team a chance to choose one of the remaining three people on the street.
After three rounds, the team in the lead wins the game and advances to the bonus round.
In the bonus round, the winning team chooses one of the four people on the street, and they are asked a series of yes-or-no questions about that person on the street in one minute. Ten correct answers before time runs out wins the contestants on the winning team $10,000, while less than that wins them their winning score in cash.
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Post by Flowgli on Mar 2, 2018 19:06:06 GMT -5
Boy, do I have some updates to make here.
We’ve got a couple of revivals. A revival of Cash Cab premiered back in December, now with a celebrity in the cab with a set of contestants and a shout-out that has replaced the mobile shout-out. Last month, a revival of Beat The Clock premiered on Universal Kids. For originals, we got Ellen’s Game Of Games on NBC, Child Support on ABC, and Black Card Revoked on BET. Yeah, I know I’m late in announcing these updates.
Also, yesterday on Jeopardy!, a tiebreaker took place in a regular game for the first time. This was put in place back in 2014. Before then, contestants who end up tied for the lead keep their winnings and return on the next episode as co-champions. Now, contestants who end up tied for the lead are given tiebreaker clues until a contestant signals in with the correct response to a clue and wins the game.
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Post by Flowgli on Apr 19, 2018 9:27:41 GMT -5
I have a couple of updates to make here.
Last month, a new game show premiered on Nickelodeon called Keep It Spotless, where teams of kids compete in challenges that involve paint, and the more paint they get on their uniforms, the less points they have a chance at scoring. The team with the most points at the end of the game advances to the Gauntlet to win a cash prize, up to $10,000 in cash.
Now, a cash prize that high is amazing for a children’s game show, because in all other children’s game shows before this one that have cash played for, cash amounts usually won are in hundreds and sometimes just over $1,000.
Also, it has been announced that Deal Or No Deal will be revived with Howie Mandel returning as host and air on CNBC.
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Post by Flowgli on Apr 23, 2018 16:45:56 GMT -5
I watched two episodes of season two of the current version of The Joker’s Wild on the weekend, and there are some changes made to the show.
First, Jeannie Mai is no longer on the show.
Second, round one is played like in season one, except each contestant has two spins instead of four.
Third, there are a few differences in round two. Each contestant has four spins instead of three. The dollar values are still doubled in this round, but after both contestants have played two spins each, the dollar values are tripled, and contestants can score money by passing a question to their opponent and that opponent answering incorrectly. This action is referred to as “slang that thang”.
Finally, the bonus round is still the same, but with a few differences. After a contestant pulls the lever to activate the slot machine, they get to stop it by pressing a button. Also, after a few spins, Snoop offers the contestant a few thousand dollars from a box before the contestant chooses to either stop and take the money or put it at risk on another spin. Finally, the top cash prize is doubled to $50,000.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 18, 2018 17:06:54 GMT -5
I have an update that I need to make here.
A new game show premiered on GSN today. It’s called America Says, and it’s hosted by John Michael Higgins.
The game is played by two teams, each one consisting of four members. The teams are shown fill-in-the-blank survey questions answered by people all across America, and on each question, the top seven answers are the board, with each one having the first letter of each word in it revealed and the rest of it blanked out.
Three rounds are played in the main game, and in each round, each team plays a question of their own. On each question, the team in turn has 30 seconds to guess the answers on the board, with each correct answer scoring that team points (100 in round one, 200 in round two, and 300 in round three). Each correct answer also allows the member of that team who has given that answer another guess, but each incorrect guess passes control to the next member of that team. If the team correctly guesses all seven answers before time runs out, they score bonus points (1,000 in round one, 2,000 in round two, and 3,000 in round three); but if they run out of time, the other team gets a chance to score points from the remaining answers, with them choosing one answer at a time and having to guess all the remaining answers without making a single mistake.
After three rounds, the team with the most points wins the game advances to the bonus round.
In the bonus round, the winning team has 60 in total to guess the top answers to four questions, each one for a different member to go first on. The first question has the top answer to guess, the second question has the top two answers to guess, the third question has the top three answers to guess, and the fourth question has the top four answers to guess. After all the top answers to a question is given, the clock stops, and it starts again after the blanked answers to the next question are revealed. If a team member gets stuck on a question, they can skip it by pressing the skip button. If the team can correctly guess all the top answers on all four questions before time runs out, they win $15,000. If not, they win $1,000.
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Post by Flowgli on Jun 25, 2018 23:22:58 GMT -5
I just watched the new revival of Double Dare tonight. Two episodes of it have aired.
In this version, the game is the same, but there are a couple of differences, both regarding the money scored. In round one, the toss-up stunt and questions are worth $50 apiece, each dare is worth $100, and each double dare is worth $200. These amounts are doubled to $100, $200, and $400, respectively, in round two. Also, at the end of the game, only the winning team keeps their money, unlike all the other versions before it, where both teams kept their money, regardless of the outcome.
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Post by Flowgli on Aug 20, 2018 15:29:18 GMT -5
It has been announced that America Says is getting a second season, and that season will have 95 episodes, which is big for a season of a GSN original. Also, there’s a new game show on Fox owned-and-operated television stations called 25 Words Or Less, hosted by Meredith Vieira, who hosted the syndicated run of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? from 2002 to 2013.
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Post by Flowgli on Sept 16, 2018 8:44:15 GMT -5
Wheel Of Fortune is in its 36th season, now, so $36,000 is the minimum cash prize in the bonus round. Also, in this season, the home viewers are shown letters called by the contestants in a circle on the bottom left corner of their screens during the main game.
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Post by Flowgli on Nov 27, 2018 15:59:07 GMT -5
The second season of America Says premiered last night. The gameplay, scoring, and cash prizes are all the same as in the first season. The only differences in the second season is that there’s purple lighting in the set and an announcer introducing host John Michael Higgins at the beginning of the show.
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Post by Flowgli on Dec 5, 2018 23:59:09 GMT -5
The revival of Deal Or No Deal premiered tonight on CNBC. Like before, Howie Mandel is the host. Unlike before, though, the banker is a woman instead of a man. The format is exactly the same as the NBC primetime run. There’s one new thing added to the gameplay, and it’s that a contestant has one chance to make a counteroffer. If the banker says “deal” to the counteroffer, the game ends, and the contestant wins the counteroffered amount of money. But if the banker says “no deal”, the contestant is forced to pick another round of cases to open.
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Post by Flowgli on Jan 14, 2019 18:01:17 GMT -5
A new game show just premiered on GSN today. It’s called Common Knowledge, and it’s hosted by former *NSYNC member Joey Fatone.
This game is played by two teams, each one with three members and a team name. The teams are asked practical everyday questions that everyone should know about.
In round one, four categories are shown. Each team chooses a category, and a multiple-choice question in that category is asked. Each member of that team locks in an answer with A, B, or C. The team scores 10 points for each member who has answered that question. If all three members of that team answers that question correctly, that team scores a bonus of 50 points. The two teams each play two categories, taking turns doing so.
Round two is played the same way as in round one, except that the point values are doubled to 20 and 100, respectively.
In round three, on each question, all three members of a team have to come together and decide on an answer, and they have to have it written down. If they are correct, they score points; but if they are incorrect, the other team gets to answer that question. Each team’s first question is worth 200 points, and each team’s second question is worth 400 points.
The team with the most points after three rounds wins the game and advances to the bonus round.
In the bonus round, the winning team plays, one at a time. The team member playing answers multiple-choice questions until they answer incorrectly, at which point another team member takes over in this round. If a team member gets stuck on a question, they can pass on it and give up control of the round. The team has to answer seven questions in total correctly before all three members each answer incorrectly in order to win this round. If the team wins this round, they win $10,000.
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Post by Flowgli on May 17, 2019 13:41:23 GMT -5
I have a lot of updates to make here.
First, the current run of Double Dare is in its second season. In it, the values in the scoring of the game are the same, except they’re points instead of money. Also, each week is played tournament-style, and each obstacle completed is worth money instead of a prize. For the first three episodes of each week, each obstacle is worth $500, and completing the entire obstacle course increases a team’s total winnings to $5,000. For the final episode of each week, the cash prizes are doubled to $1,000 and $10,000, respectively.
Next, two game shows are airing back to back on Wednesdays on BYU TV. One is Just Like Mom & Dad, a revival of the Canadian game show Just Like Mom. The other is Battle Of The Ages, hosted by JD Roberto, who hosted Shop ‘Til You Drop from 2003 to 2005 when that show had the warehouse format.
Those are the show’s we got, right now. Here’s what we’re gonna get soon.
This summer, we’re gonna get another revival of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? This time, it’s gonna air on Nickelodeon, and it’s gonna be hosted by wrestler and actor John Cena. We’re also getting a new GSN original called Best Ever Trivia Show, which will be hosted by Sherri Shepherd in her second game show hosting job on GSN, her first being the final three seasons of the GSN run of The Newlywed Game.
We’re also getting revivals of Press Your Luck and Card Sharks later this year on ABC, with Elizabeth Banks hosting the former and Joel McHale hosting the latter.
Looks like we’re getting a great set of shows here, and I hope they don’t f*ck up on the upcoming revival of Card Sharks like they did on the 2001 revival of that show.
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