The Game Show Forum

The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: colonial on July 11, 2018, 12:58:44 PM

Title: Meredith Vieira returning to game shows with "25 Words or Less"
Post by: colonial on July 11, 2018, 12:58:44 PM

For the second straight summer, Fox will be testing a new syndicated game show for its O&Os. This year, it's "25 Words or Less", a word game with a bidding element that features Meredith Vieira as host and producer …

https://deadline.com/2018/07/meredith-vieira-host-25-words-or-less-game-show-trial-run-fox-tv-stations-1202424605/

The episodes will tape later this month and the show is looking for contestants in SoCal ...

https://casting25wordsorless.castingcrane.com/age-gate


JD

Title: Re: Meredith Vieira returning to game shows with "25 Words or Less"
Post by: clemon79 on July 11, 2018, 01:23:19 PM

It's essentially Contract Password.

Title: Re: Meredith Vieira returning to game shows with "25 Words or Less"
Post by: JasonA1 on July 11, 2018, 02:11:08 PM

Always enjoyed the board game.

-Jason

Title: Re: Meredith Vieira returning to game shows with "25 Words or Less"
Post by: Clay Zambo on August 06, 2018, 10:28:41 PM

It premiered tonight and it's pretty delightful. Two teams of 3 (a civilian and two celebrities) play, the winning contestant getting a chance at $10,000. It's very much the box game (which has been rightly described as "Contract Password"), with a final round that both contestants play where rather than bidding the number of clues they're willing to use the contestants choose the words they'd like to play (easy, medium, or difficult, with corresponding point values).

Meredith keeps things moving nicely, and the contestants and celebrities played well. I hope this gets a full-season pickup.