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Offline Mr. Weatherman

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ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« on: August 07, 2018, 01:27:01 PM »
Celebrity Family Feud, $100,000 Pyramid and To Tell The Truth are all coming back for another season:

https://deadline.com/2018/08/celebrity-family-feud-the-100000-pyramid-to-tell-the-truth-renewed-abc-1202441538/
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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2018, 01:48:54 PM »
...Would've been fantastic if ABC could add Card Sharks (or even Millionaire) to that block.
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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2018, 04:22:48 PM »
A new primetime Millionaire for the US version's 20th anniversary would be fun since you mentioned it.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2018, 04:29:00 PM »
A new primetime Millionaire for the US version's 20th anniversary would be fun since you mentioned it.

Has it been nearly 20 years? Boy, I'm getting old!  :lol:

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2018, 06:08:55 PM »
I don't think Regis is interested in dying his hair anymore...
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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2018, 10:23:35 PM »
Besides Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, is this ABC's first regular airing of game shows in primetime since the Super Jeopardy!/Monopoly hour on Saturday nights from the summer of 1990.  I vividly recall eating ice cream sandwiches and watching those game shows then switching over to NBC at 10pm for Saturday Night's Main Event. 

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2018, 02:08:53 AM »
Millionaire doesn’t really fit the vibe they’ve seemed to go for. And Card Sharks? I don’t see that working without some radical retooling. Not to say a property can’t be reimagined, as TTTT certainly proved. I’m just not sure it could be successful.

As it is, ABC has been giving us multiple hours of games for what will be four summers.
I'm grateful to them for that and don't think they're in need of giving more real estate on the schedule.


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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2018, 04:37:19 PM »
I wouldn't think Regis would host a new primetime Millionaire either at this point, it would likely be Chris Harrison depending on the Bachelor/Bachelorette taping schedule and Regis would make a guest appearance. I know it wouldn't really fit in with the current lineup Fun and Games lineup, but they could add it in on another night depending on what other programming they have next summer.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2018, 04:58:31 PM »
Card Sharks would most likely have to be tweaked for the hour format.  As a half hour show I think, as it is, it would fit right in but as an hour long show that would get pretty redundant.  On the other hand, I have seen one full game and Money Cards take up almost a full half hour during Perry's version though, so who knows.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2018, 07:44:25 PM »
Regis is pushing 90. He is not hosting Millionaire.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2018, 03:44:54 AM »
All of the current games they run are celebrity driven. I don’t see a reason they’d deviate from that formula at present.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2018, 07:12:50 AM »
I COULD see a revamped Tattletales pop up eventually.
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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2018, 08:02:22 AM »
I kinda hope not.  Most of the magic of TattleTales was, in my opinion anyway, that most of the questions were pretty tame but were designed to draw out a story or a witty remark.  Based on what we see with the current edition of Match Game, one only has to ponder what kind of questions would be asked on a new version of TattleTales.

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Re: ABC’s ‘Sunday Fun & Games’ renewed for 2019
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2018, 09:57:55 AM »
*Shudders* Sometimes I think being subtle is a lost art in entertainment. That's part of what made Benny Hill a successful comedian.
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