Barker shows were sweetened, so it wouldn't surprise me to know current shows with a smaller audience would be, as well.

The one and only time my wife and I attended a Barker taping we couldn't hear a thing going on because it was so loud.  It astonishes me that it needed to be enhanced.

Given that a crowd to see Price is Right is going to be amped anyway, the producers shouldn't need to add any crowd noise in even if there are only two hundred people in the audience?

Barker shows were sweetened, so it wouldn't surprise me to know current shows with a smaller audience would be, as well.

-Jason

Quote from: BrandonFG on October 29, 2025, 02:02:30 PM

I filled it out but just how many ways can you ask how someone watches Buzzr?

Do you watch BUZZR in your house?
Do you watch it with a mouse?

Do you watch BUZZR in a box?
Do you watch it with a fox?

Ah yes, Dr. Seuss is tipping his hat off to you from up above. Made me LOL! 

Compared to other years, the survey seems relatively compact.  But some of the questions are odd--such as asking about showing classic movies.  The link is to their Facebook page with a link to the survey.  h/t to Adam for posting about this initially.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A6XfNXnyB/

One thing I noticed in that FB thread was how a number of people still hold to the notion that BUZZR will never air anything not owned by Fremantle, despite several counter examples at this point.

I looked at the questions about showing old movies/sitcoms as an extended variation of the first "just want to make sure you're really paying attention" one.

You’re probably right. But given the format drift of so many networks, it gives me a bit of pause. I don’t think they’re going to start running Three’s Company next to Match Game anytime soon, but the fact that it’s even on anyone’s mind…   

I filled it out but just how many ways can you ask how someone watches Buzzr?

Do you watch BUZZR in your house?
Do you watch it with a mouse?

Do you watch BUZZR in a box?
Do you watch it with a fox?

^I never saw the show at 33, but I went to the first tapings at Haven with several members of this board, and some remarked that there was indeed more space between rows.

Having been to tapings at both, I'd confirm that. It's basically like the difference between an older movie theater seating where there was just enough room for everyone's legs between rows and the modern movie theater experience with plenty of legroom. The seats themselves at Haven do seem to be pretty roomy, so I bet that they are wider. I'm big around the middle and even bigger across the shoulders and didn't feel cramped, although I didn't have room to spread out, either.

I had the chance to get a tour of Television City the day before going to a taping at Haven, I was surprised by how close in size the audience areas actually are. Haven's is noticeably narrower, but there doesn't seem to be much of a difference in depth, and there's just a lot more space per seat.

I'm sur it's been mentioned before, but I don't remember.  How do the seating capacities compare in actual numbers?

It's about half of what it was before. IIRC, Studio 33 sat right at 300. For the first couple seasons, Haven sat 160 (but they would go above that with folding chairs if there was a big crowd) but for Season 54 they removed the back row of permanent seats on the left and right sections and 145 is now considered a full house.