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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: colonial on June 17, 2020, 01:22:32 PM
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In what could be called a slight surprise, ABC's fall schedule announcement earlier today revealed that the Alphabet will show Leslie Jones' Supermarket Sweep and WWTBAM from 8-10 pm ET on Sundays.
https://deadline.com/2020/06/abc-2020-21-schedule-the-bachelorette-fall-debut-the-conners-moves-wednesday-black-ish-midseason-cut-one-comedy-night-big-sky-call-your-mother-1202960600/
AFAIK, Sweep was set to record earlier this year when COVID-19 shut everything down, so ABC is presuming the show can resume production later this summer for a fall premiere. (The Alphabet also plans to bring DWTS and The Bachelorette back in the fall, the latter halting production on the first night of filming).
The article does not say if WWTBAM will return with civilian or celebrity contestants, or if the post-game app where players can compete for money won on the show will come back.
JD
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Interesting move- all the schedules for the networks are going to be screwed up beyond recognition as to premiere dates, and if the NFL has to stop/is delayed/doesn't start in the fall, it could be even more interesting....
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Per Deadline, ABC says it will resume production on "The Bachelorette" next month -- it appears travel may be limited, with cast and crew not being allowed to leave the production at all during filming. And "DWTS" has resumed in other countries -- if they are allowed to film again at Television City, I presume there will be no audience and limited interaction among teams.
I'm presuming WWTBAM will look similar in scope to this spring's celebrity specials with no audience. If they go the civilian route, I could see them take a page from the UK version and cut down the "Ring of Fire" (if they do that) from 10 to 6 for social distancing reasons.
JD
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Supermarket Sweep is now casting
https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/1270501268474269696
Also, at the upfronts, ABC indicated that the celebrity format of Millionaire will continue
https://deadline.com/2020/05/abc-renewals-stumptown-mixed-ish-2020-21-season-a-million-little-things-the-conners-the-goldbergs-the-rookie-the-bachelor-dancing-with-the-stars-renewed-1202940807/
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In related ABC game show news, the second season of "Card Sharks" has reportedly resumed production with no audience, limited staff on set and "rigorous health and safety protocols" in place at CBS Studios Radford in Studio City.
https://deadline.com/2020/07/card-sharks-return-to-filming-abc-fremantle-health-and-safety-protocols-1202981705/
JD
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Personally, I'd love to see Press Your Luck added as a fall series as well.
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No word yet on Pyramid. I'm still crossing my fingers for that.
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I haven't watched ABC on Sunday Nights in a long time. The last time i did it was “Life Goes On” and “America's Funniest Home Videos” in the early 90s. Of course, that was before my obsession with football started(although i did watched NFL games regularly, they weren't a big deal in my house.)
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No word yet on Pyramid. I'm still crossing my fingers for that.
I was wondering if Pyramid would be on this summer. Did Covid-19 kill it off for now? I still have a few from last year to play back.
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I know someone that was going to tape Pyramid in April, but the tapings were cancelled.
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Given that Pyramid tapes in NYC rather than LA, I would be shocked if production resumes at all this year.
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California has just reinstituted a statewide shutdown of indoor businesses and activities, so I'd say it's all very TBD right now.
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This popped up in my Facebook news feed this morning ...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUcrpogodg-6vS44tQ2zAgpRysbIEGMKg2GCfKgasc6Ooc7Q/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2xlgXqvp0KNgW_Z_NHy1iLOsrYwJQL5wouk-TSm2MznOvZe8UJ6ibFfVc&fbzx=2226231531901821363
It appears WWTBAM is casting civilians for this fall or later in the season. Given some of the questions on page 2 of the application, it appears the show is targeting front line workers and others affected in a major way by COVID-19 as contestants (in addition, another question on the form suggests that contestants identify their "two smartest friends and/or family members," so perhaps the contestant will have either two people on their POF list or 1 POF/1 in-studio helper, similar to the celeb version).
JD
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I've already seen 2 reruns of PYL already this season. Is ABC trying to stretch the remaining unaired episodes to last into the fall?
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I think that's exactly what they're doing.
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And you can now add The Chase to the lineup....
http://buzzerblog.com/2020/07/20/abc-casting-the-chase-usa/
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It wouldn't surprise me if ABC named James Holzhauer (and/or Ken/Brad) as the chaser.
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I would. They want people to watch.
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I could see James as part of a stable of Chasers, particularly if they want to play up the idea of the Chaser as a villain.
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I would. They want people to watch.
I am not advocating for or against him, but ABC had massive ratings when he was on the GOAT tournament in January (along with Ken and Brad). I had read a quote from an ABC executive implying they were looking for some other show for the three players.
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I would. They want people to watch.
I am not advocating for or against him, but ABC had massive ratings when he was on the GOAT tournament in January (along with Ken and Brad). I had read a quote from an ABC executive implying they were looking for some other show for the three players.
There was definite interest from ABC in doing something else with "The GOATs." To be honest, I was expecting ABC to try the "Beat the Chasers" spinoff format first, with a contestant going 1-on-5 with The GOATs and two other J! super-players.
The only head-scratcher I'm seeing right now is the producers seemingly focusing exclusively on former J! and WWTBAM contestants for their talent pool. The whole gimmick of the original "Chase" (UK) is finding the "average Joes" that can take down the super-quizzers. One episode featuring, say, four of Ken Jennings' J! victims over the years might be fun, but going to the wall multiple times with that gimmick will be tiring.
JD
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https://www.thechasecasting.com/
JD
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Three new chasers, I would imagine they would want to cast at least one female...
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Well the three they’re talking to are the three you’d expect...
https://deadline.com/2020/07/jeopardy-goat-stars-in-talks-to-lead-abc-remake-the-chase-1202992479/
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Saw a promo for "Supermarket Sweep" on ABC today. Features a pic of Leslie Jones with her voice and items on a checkout counter. It says "Coming Sundays this Fall."
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The only head-scratcher I'm seeing right now is the producers seemingly focusing exclusively on former J! and WWTBAM contestants for their talent pool. The whole gimmick of the original "Chase" (UK) is finding the "average Joes" that can take down the super-quizzers. One episode featuring, say, four of Ken Jennings' J! victims over the years might be fun, but going to the wall multiple times with that gimmick will be tiring.
As a member of the trivia community, I’m a little conflicted. On one hand, it’s nice to see people I’ve played against get shots on these quiz shows, but to your point, I feel like the highest end shows have become a rotation of familiar faces on shows where they want “smart people”. I saw it on MasterMinds/Best Ever, and even more so on 500 Questions.
I think you’ll see it less in the coming years though. Millionaire’s focusing on community heroes this upcoming cycle, Master Minds can’t be running too much longer based on the life cycles of GSN originals, and Alex hinted last summer that the GOAT would be the last super tournament for a while.
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ABC has updated its programming schedule as follows:
Thursday, September 24:
8pm: Celebrity Family Feud
9pm: Press Your Luck
10pm: Match Game
Sunday, October 18th:
8pm: Supermarket Sweep
9pm: WWTBAM
10pm: Card Sharks
Set your DVR's accordingly.
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The Supermarket Sweep Facebook and Twitter pages posted a promo with shots of the “market”. Disregard the annoying captions.
https://twitter.com/SuperSweepABC/status/1299044362970632192?s=20
(https://i.ibb.co/KNCWdWG/Screen-Shot-2020-08-27-at-3-09-15-PM.png)
(https://i.ibb.co/M9WY0Ww/Screen-Shot-2020-08-27-at-3-09-34-PM.png)
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The Chase needs the casting director used by Trebek's Double Dare. The Spoilers were wonderfully dislikable and in only three second increments.
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Incorrect, so we close you off.
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It very much reminds me of the set from the recent UK version.
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For some reason, I expected Whole Foods meets “Guy’s Grocery Games”, but I like what they did here. Looks like a CVS or Walgreen’s.
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Here’s an article on how Supermarket Sweep did their tapings....
https://t.co/b7Xupjbwk2
(Interesting that they taped one and a half episodes per day- so they might be doing 2 full games in an episode, which is a relief to me if it’s true- the new UK version is just a tad bit slow filling an hour with one game)
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Another promo, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. Apparently the top prize is $100K.
https://ew.com/tv/supermarket-sweep-abc-leslie-jones-promo-first-footage/
Looks like each team's cart comes equipped with a GoPro-type camera.
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The Chase is officially on- and Jennings/Rutter/Holzhauer are all doing it...(9 ep order, so probably 3 eps each)
https://deadline.com/2020/11/jeopardy-goat-stars-abc-game-show-the-chase-the-view-sara-haines-host-1234607752/