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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by CeleTheRef on November 07, 2025, 05:55:34 PM »
Many examples in Italy, writers here seem to put a lot of effort into the bonus round.
 
L'Eredità (now in Season 24) became a staple only when the Guillotine bonus round was introduced.
Avanti un Altro!'s front game is pretty much a comedy show with some questions mixed in, but the bonus round has been imitated on YouTube (21 Questions Wrong).
And the most recent example is the "triple bonus round" (3 puzzles in 60 seconds) on Wheel of Fortune, which is often the most watched quarter hour in the country.
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The Big Board / CBS And Sony Settle Dispute Over WOF And Jeopardy
« Last post by DoItRockapella on November 07, 2025, 05:23:57 PM »
I'm never sure when to bump a months-old thread and when to create a new one, but anyway:

https://deadline.com/2025/11/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-war-cbs-sony-settle-dispute-1236611216/

So to clarify - the syndicated Wheel Of Fortune and Jeopardy are distributed by a part of Paramount (or Skydance or whatever they're called right now) and can be streamed on Peacock, Hulu, and Disney+. Primetime extensions of the two shows (most notably Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune and Celebrity Jeopardy) run on ABC and can be streamed on Hulu. Pop Culture Jeopardy season one was on Amazon Prime Video, and Pop Culture Jeopardy season two will be on Netflix.

Uh, OK.

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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by MSTieScott on November 07, 2025, 05:00:03 PM »
Tell the contestants they don't have to deliver a monologue before every play/pass decision, tell Elizabeth to stop dragging down the proceedings to ask contestants how they're feeling, and don't try to make a meal out of every prize value reveal.

They could fit an unedited main game into a half hour if they wanted to.
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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by Loogaroo on November 07, 2025, 03:41:27 PM »
Yeah, it would be nice if they had more valuable prizes in the boxes on offer to make it a little bit more strategic as to when to keep a prize and when to exchange it. But then again, the whole fun of the round was watching the husband run up and down the stairs for 90 seconds and marvel at the fact that nobody ever took a tumble carrying those boxes without holding a handrail.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by Loogaroo on November 07, 2025, 03:38:31 PM »
I don't think there's enough time in the show to play two games of PYL without both of them being edited to death.
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The Big Board / Re: ABC's Midseason Game Show Premieres:
« Last post by colonial on November 07, 2025, 02:35:04 PM »
The Bargatze show was recorded last week at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Curious how this is going to look since the NMA is an arena that can fit 9,000 for basketball.

Bargatze hosted the Emmys a few months back, has at least one theme park in development and is the highest-grossing stand-up in terms of ticket sales. Kind of a Midwest Jeff Foxworthy, so to say. Interesting to see how he does.


JD
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The Big Board / Re: ABC's Midseason Game Show Premieres:
« Last post by That Don Guy on November 07, 2025, 01:27:46 PM »
Wednesday 2/25, 9 PM - The Greatest Average American

From an ABC press release:

Stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will host the all-new game show, "The Greatest Average American," premiering WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 (9:02-10:02 p.m. EST), on ABC and next day on Hulu.

"The Greatest Average American" is a hilarious new game show that celebrates the power of being perfectly average. Each round is packed with laugh-out-loud challenges and trivia as contestants try to guess how everyday Americans think and live. In the end, one lucky player will be crowned the Greatest Average American and get the chance to win the ultimate grand prize: the average American salary of $67,920.

A concept by executive producers Nate Bargatze and John Quinn, "The Greatest Average American" is produced by Walt Disney Television Alternative in association with Nateland and Da Da Production.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by Stackertosh on November 07, 2025, 12:21:41 PM »
Quote from: Ian Wallis on November 06, 2025, 11:19:30 PM
Quote from: BrandonFG on November 06, 2025, 09:10:43 PM
That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.

I'm with you there.  As much as I've been a fan of PYL over the years, the bonus round on the current version is usually a drag to get thru.  It would have been better to have two half-hour games instead.


I usually change the channel when the bonus round comes on. It's just over the top and gives me deal or no deal vibes. I would love to see two half-hour games with a returning champion from the last game.
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The Big Board / Re: Front game over the bonus round?
« Last post by aaron sica on November 07, 2025, 11:45:01 AM »
Quote from: TimK2003 on November 07, 2025, 09:14:39 AM
Seems like the current version of PYL is best viewed and enjoyed "On Demand" when you start it at a random time without looking at a clock.

I've been saying this for awhile. "Oh, it's :58 after? Yeah. She's not pressing her luck."

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The Big Board / Re: Bonus round over the front game?
« Last post by TimK2003 on November 07, 2025, 09:34:26 AM »
Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on November 07, 2025, 01:21:13 AM
I generally didn't care about the front game of Shop Til You Drop except for the Shopper's Challenge round (tangent: Pat Finn is underrated in terms of handling rapid-fire Q&A), but I always found the bonus utterly delightful - and only JUST behind Legends of the Hidden Temple as the exemplar of the Stone-Stanley "Run around a ridiculously huge set finding stuff" bonus factory.

Meh.  On average, most of the gifts that were offered at the table were usually traded in the mall for something else.   It was mostly a blind luck bonus round whereas much of the front games were based on skill and the buzz-in round was based on knowledge.
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