I liked everything but the bonus round. The main game seems like a faithful and reasonably modernized take on the original game, no objections at all. I think it's well done.
I did not like the bonus round - all the reaction/emotion and bringing in the contestant's husband didn't sit well with me. It feels like the sort of drama Deal or No Deal did and I never cared for it then, either. I'll see how it plays out a few more times before passing judgment, but the first run of it didn't impress me.
I’ve never watched an episode of the old TV show “Queen For A Day”. I’ve seen very short clips of it over the years, but I first heard about it when Bob Barker mentioned it on Price. During his hosting run, he brought it up several times and I pretty much got the idea of what it was about by understanding why he would mention it when he did (the context). It apparently involved some sort of emotional story and the contestant being offered prizes that would directly tie into her situation.
Of course now I can instantly discover all I want to know about that show (though I still haven’t
). But I felt like I was watching some combination of that show and Deal or No Deal when I watched the new PYL bonus round, which, by the way, is the longest bonus round I can recall seeing on a game show. I agree with others: it felt tacked on, and I would rather see two sets of contestants compete in two separate roughly half-hour games.
I will certainly keep watching though; the main game just feels so much like the original version, of which I was a fan. The Whammys look and sound great; I’m hoping to see “the Supremes” again (*sings* “All I need is cash, give me all your money. Give back the money...”).