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Studio 46 - Non-TPiR Discussion => Out In Left Field => Topic started by: mellongraig on August 04, 2016, 09:20:29 PM
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Big shocker in my opinion for To Tell The Truth, but ABC has renewed all four game shows for next season (assumingly for next summer).
http://deadline.com/2016/08/abc-renews-celebrity-family-feud-pyramid-match-game-1201798479/
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Saw this coming when they were pulling in all the ratings. ABC scored big time with those, even TTTT.
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Big shocker in my opinion for To Tell The Truth
I'm not surprised - it pulled in the ratings week after week.
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I'm more intrigued with what the other networks will do in an attempt to compete. More primetime Price? Perhaps LMAD in primetime? On the NBC front, maybe we'll see shows like Deal or no Deal revived?
It will be the early/mid 2000s all over again!
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They brought back TTTT? I thought that was a burnoff.
It'll be interesting to see what the competing networks will do. CBS has got Price and LMAD of course (although I doubt we'd be seeing another $1M Spectacular), plus maybe Press Your Luck (how would they get THAT to expand to an hour?)
NBC's track record with primetime game shows, though, leaves me eh...
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ABC has done well with their one game show night plus one show, but it doesn't mean the other guys are in some desperate need to compete head on with game shows. NBC still has the success of America's Got Talent occupying several hours a week, CBS still has Big Brother. It doesn't automatically follow that we'll see a surge of games back on the air across all three major broadcasters.
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The ratings are very good for the ABC game shows but it's not like they're a phenomenon like we had in the early 2000s with Millionaire, Greed, and Weakest Link in primetime. I just don't see other networks feeling like they need to come up with their own revivals or otherwise for primetime to compete.
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I'll second that I doubt it'll start a serious game show trend. More of a step towards game shows being a little more prominent again, nothing more. It's a good thing if you like game shows but not a world changer.
At least that's my take.
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CBS still has Big Brother.
BB moves to CBS All Access, only, next season...
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No, it supplements the TV version--it's an additional season on All Access, not a replacement for the summer version.
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No, it supplements the TV version--it's an additional season on All Access, not a replacement for the summer version.
This is correct. Here's a story discussing it: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/big-brother-moves-fall-cbs-915090
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Press Your Luck (how would they get THAT to expand to an hour?)
Same way Pyramid and Match Game are doing it. Have what would effectively be two games per episode.
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Cool.
I wonder if Match Game will bring back the Star Wheel...
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There's no reason to.
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Unless they wish to avoid everyone picking the same celebrity, as happened with Richard Dawson prior to mid-June 1978.
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Considering that this version doesn't have a regular panel, I don't foresee that being an issue.
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I wonder if Match Game will bring back the Star Wheel...
There's no reason to.
Unless they wish to avoid everyone picking the same celebrity, as happened with Richard Dawson prior to mid-June 1978.
Considering that this version doesn't have a regular panel, I don't foresee that being an issue.
I thought it would be worth noting that a couple of weeks into the run of Match Game and about a month ago, Robert Mills, the ABC executive behind these revivals, posted a Twitter poll asking if the star wheel should be reinstated for this version.
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"Yes" won the poll, but obviously that wasn't anything official to bring it back. Still, I was very interested that even he was thinking about that.
I don't think it matters either way if you bring it back. Obviously, with a new series, you don't have any set panel or set panelist (even though a few have appeared on multiple weeks). Which means you don't have to worry about one celebrity being chosen more than the others. At the same time, I think it'd be fun to see it back just for the modern look they'd probably give it.
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I wouldn't be surprised if, somewhere down the road, WWTBAM returns to its original network lineup, although the idea of million-dollar game shows has apparently died down now, as CBS hasn't aired an MDS in over eight years, and NBC favorite Deal or No Deal is currently off the air.
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I'd be surprised to see Millionaire back on the network anytime in the foreseeable future.
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I think the syndicated version would have to become really popular out of nowhere the way Feud did when Steve Harvey took over to make ABC do another primetime version of Millionaire, or there would need to be something like another writer's strike or something happens to one of the current Sunday night games and they decide to give primetime Millionaire another try as a replacement.
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I'd be surprised to see Millionaire back on the network anytime in the foreseeable future.
What do you mean by the future because I could see it coming back for its 20th anniversary, like it did with its 10th. Regis is still kicking. God willing, if he still has the capacity, pay him a buttload and let the modest ratings come in on what would be an otherwise dead summer.
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I don't. Not only is the format radically different than it was before, it's barely a blip on the radar these days. It's not even close to relevant anymore. The fact that it's been relegated to serving as schedule filler (including early-am slots in several large markets!) results in people not even realizing it's still on the air.
Case-in-point: of ABC's eight O&Os, only six air the show (it airs in Chicago on an independent station and doesn't even air in Raleigh at all)...and of those six, four of them (including three of the four largest ones) air it after Nightline!
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What do you mean by the future because I could see it coming back for its 20th anniversary, like it did with its 10th. Regis is still kicking. God willing, if he still has the capacity, pay him a buttload and let the modest ratings come in on what would be an otherwise dead summer.
It has nothing to do with ratings or Regis and everything to do with the lawsuit that Celador filed against ABC for misrepresenting the profits they made from the show. Highly doubtful that that bad blood will ever go away.
I don't. Not only is the format radically different than it was before, it's barely a blip on the radar these days. It's not even close to relevant anymore. The fact that it's been relegated to serving as schedule filler (including early-am slots in several large markets!) results in people not even realizing it's still on the air.
Which is a real shame, since the show is better than it's been in quite a while--the return of the classic format and Harrison's no-nonsense style have done wonders. It'll be interesting to see how the move to Vegas for the upcoming season will affect things.
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Probably not much at all. It may see the light of day again on some of the ABC-owned stations thanks to needing something after Fab Life died. But let's be realistic, if Disney had what it wagered to be a better option ready, they'd have chosen that path.
None of which is to diminish a long run that most shows don't achieve, so props to them for that. But everything comes to an end at some point, and next season is likely that end point.
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According to Randy West's post on Facebook today, next summer could be game show bliss. With the success of ABC's summer game shows, there's talks that NBC might get in the game next summer to compete.
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I wonder if Nbc is going to revive old game shows or make new formats.
Millionaire would be nice back in primetime if they brought back the original show. The updated British Music and the old cues and sounds. The syndicated Millionaire isn't the same anymore because a lot of things that made Millionaire "Millionaire" is gone. I miss the hot seat and fastest finger. Syndicated Millionaire comes on at 130 in the morning.
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For me Millionaire airs at 12:30 pm on my ABC stations
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My affiliate WABC used to air Millionaire at 12:30 p.m. When Chris Harrison became host, they moved it to 1:35 a.m. Seems a lot of affiliates followed suit when that happened. Anybody know how long it's been renewed? I know it's moving to Vegas this coming season so 2017 at least.
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Episodes of Millionaire aired on the channel WLNY (sister station of CBS) at 4 and 4:30pm this past season for those in the New York tri-state area.
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My affiliate WABC used to air Millionaire at 12:30 p.m. When Chris Harrison became host, they moved it to 1:35 a.m. Seems a lot of affiliates followed suit when that happened. Anybody know how long it's been renewed? I know it's moving to Vegas this coming season so 2017 at least.
One season renewal.
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I wonder if Nbc is going to revive old game shows or make new formats.
Millionaire would be nice back in primetime if they brought back the original show. The updated British Music and the old cues and sounds. The syndicated Millionaire isn't the same anymore because a lot of things that made Millionaire "Millionaire" is gone. I miss the hot seat and fastest finger. Syndicated Millionaire comes on at 130 in the morning.
The fact that this is most likely Millionaire's final season in syndication, makes that primetime revival near impossible.
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WABC is moving Millionaire to 2:00 p.m. Glimmer of hope for the show I guess.
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The 1:35am showing on WABC will also be a new episode at least initially.
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WABC is moving Millionaire to 2:00 p.m. Glimmer of hope for the show I guess.
WPVI did the same. One season back in daylight, but it seems like a filler move while they turn attention to fall 2017 and the next move they'll make in syndication.