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The Big Board / Re: The Chase (and other prime time gs status)
« Last post by Loogaroo on March 22, 2024, 04:09:47 PM »
Weakest Link returns on April 2nd to air the remainder of the S3 episodes taped in 2022. Episodes will air on Tuesdays at 9PM ET/8PM CT until the week of May 20th, when the show moves to Mondays at 10PM ET/9PM CT.
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The Big Board / People Puzzler Renewed
« Last post by Jimmy Owen on March 22, 2024, 02:18:38 PM »
Deadline.com is reporting Debmar-Mercury has renewed People Puzzler for a second syndicated season.
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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by Jimmy Owen on March 22, 2024, 02:05:01 PM »
Mike would have been off the air by now because of blandness.
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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by MSTieScott on March 22, 2024, 12:41:45 PM »
(Much as I think Mark L. Walberg should have gotten a crack at it, Tom Bergeron was the best suggestion I heard; and I think he ought not to have publicly turned down the suggestion that he'd be a good contender)?

I'm a fan of Tom Bergeron, but I agree with him that he wouldn't have been a good fit for the Jeopardy! hosting role. He's at his best when he's given the space to digress and ad-lib, and there's little room for game-stopping levity on Jeopardy! (Ken is developing a good feel for when a humorous aside can be quickly offered).

Hollywood Squares was a good show for Tom, but he was at his absolute best with Breakfast Time. It's a shame that there isn't space on the television dial for a show like that, because while I want to see him continue to work, a pilot of Tic Tac Dough wasn't the ideal use of his talents.
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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by inturnaround on March 22, 2024, 12:29:42 PM »
I'm not following why so many people think this should have happened.  Should not the job of hosting TV's biggest quiz show have gone to someone with some actual broadcasting and game show hosting experience (Much as I think Mark L. Walberg should have gotten a crack at it, Tom Bergeron was the best suggestion I heard; and I think he ought not to have publicly turned down the suggestion that he'd be a good contender)?

I won't lie and say that I thought Ken was the best host right out of the gate. He was shaky at first and part of that has to be that he knew what the stakes were and he knew he had big shoes to fill. But I think of all the possible choices, he was the one Jeopardy! fans would have had the most grace for in learning on the job. I also think that hosting Jeopardy! is not the same as hosting any other quiz show. I completely understand why Bergeron would have not even wanted to entertain taking over. I don't think Mark L Walberg was anywhere near the right person for the role. He's a decent presenter and host, but what he does lack, I feel, is gravitas. That's why a lot of the folks who did guest host J! were news people and not other game show hosts. You can teach folks to host a game show, even J!. But you can't teach gravitas, presence which is what makes someone better suited to the role than someone else.

But what I mean when I say what happened is ultimately should have happened is that Ken was the one person who was most adaptable to the task at hand. He knew quizzing, he knew being a contestant, he knew and loved Jeopardy!. That ended up being the perfect combination for the host.

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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by tvwxman on March 22, 2024, 12:21:28 PM »
Does someone truly deserve a life sentence of castigation and blackballing because of something he or she was ALLEGED of doing?


What alleged? He's got multiple podcasts of him sounding like exactly the person who I wouldn't trust with the keys to a 60 year old television institution. (Or the Presidency, but that's just me doing me.)

You're conflating alleged behavior on one set, in which he was able to keep his nose clean, with another event that, when it was discovered on a podcast that he wasn't the spotless everyday-Joe-aw-shucks-i'm-surprised-that-I-focus-grouped-really-really-well.  And THAT'S the person Sony didn't want.

And for the record, If multiple salacious comments like Mikes came out of Ken Jennings mouth, we'd be saying the same thing. And if multiple salacious comments like Mikes came out of Aaron Rodgers' mouth, we'd be sa- you know what that's not a good example :) .
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The Big Board / Re: password all-stars champions
« Last post by Eric Paddon on March 22, 2024, 11:25:24 AM »
Lew Retrum looks a lot like "Patrick Quinn"!
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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by Nick on March 22, 2024, 10:50:18 AM »
In the end, what should have happened in the first place became the reality. Ken is host

I'm not following why so many people think this should have happened.  Should not the job of hosting TV's biggest quiz show have gone to someone with some actual broadcasting and game show hosting experience (Much as I think Mark L. Walberg should have gotten a crack at it, Tom Bergeron was the best suggestion I heard; and I think he ought not to have publicly turned down the suggestion that he'd be a good contender)?

Does someone truly deserve a life sentence of castigation and blackballing because of something he or she was ALLEGED of doing?... I honestly hope none of you ever have to face the kind of accusations and partial truths that many people I know—many way better than Mike—have had to endure.  Or see first hand the impact they have on their loved ones.  There’s not enough compensation in the world that can make up for that feeling of hopelessness when you are falsely condemned.

I don't think anyone here is disagreeing that Mike has been painted far worse than he actually was for any misdemeanours (and I use that term broadly) of which he has been alleged to have done.  I also think everyone here agrees that had he not done the things he did do (whatever they were but things a reasonable person should have recognized that, innocuous as it may have seemed to himself, could be the kinds of things that could get blown out of proportion if the wrong person found out), he would have saved himself a lot of trouble.  I think all of this is also a real testament to the huge problem in society today that any man who is alleged to have done anything deemed "inappropriate" that has sexual attached to it is immediately presumed guilty of said allegations with no opportunity to properly defend himself and very likely to see his personal character ruined.  That's definitely not a good thing.

But in the end, it seems the opinion here is that nobody really cares about Mike Richards and his "professional" work.  The public didn't know him when he became host of Jeopardy!, and the public doesn't know him any better now.  The fact that he feels the need to hire a publicist to get his name out there to "clear" it, if you will, is a bit ridiculous as if he thinks he so famous (or infamous) that such a piece is going to help smooth things over for his career.

The mess of allegations aside, if he's good at what he does (and I personally do not think that he is, but my opinion matters not the least bit in the eyes of those who could hire and fire him), then someone will hire him and he may eventually experience a Jack Barry-esque career comeback someday.  Certainly more high-profile people in showbusiness have been alleged of, accused of or admitted to worse and were hired again in the same industry after a very public exit; but as for this puff piece in People, personally, it just makes me say, "Stop thinking you are so good for the world of television game shows that somebody ought to hire you".
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The Big Board / Re: People: Mike Richards speaks about J! experience, firing
« Last post by steveleb on March 22, 2024, 04:06:13 AM »
Again.  More than one side to every story. And because I did see some of this first hand, not to mention a lot else with many others, I know a lot better than most that’s the case.

Fair point I’m close to the situation.  But until you see first hand conversations with women who think you’re enough of a sympathetic and meaningless nerd to discuss in front of you which executives might be most vulnerable to exaggerated accusations in the name of money, you can’t merely take the default view that what they allege is always true.

I’m not saying I know for fact that’s what happened at Fremantle.  Perhaps people thought he was a misogynistic asshole.  Trust me - he’s not the first, and he’s far from the worst offender.  There’s a LONG list of people you’ve never heard of that used incendiary language and would make references that might make outsiders uncomfortable. 

Is it “right”?  That’s not for me or you to say.  But I’d MUCH rather have an executive who knows how to do his job well and competently and keeps people employed than someone who dances on eggshells and doesn’t. 

And again- who are any of else to determine what is fair “penance”?   Does someone truly deserve a life sentence of castigation and blackballing because of something he or she was ALLEGED of doing?

Look into your own lives and employment situations (I’ll take the high road and assume you all do work somewhere).  Way worse had and still does go on.  Perhaps your company’s work isnt seen by several million people a night to make it “newsworthy”. 

Clearly none of that seems to matter to some of you.  I honestly hope none of you ever have to face the kind of accusations and partial truths that many people I know—many way better than Mike—have had to endure.  Or see first hand the impact they have on their loved ones.  There’s not enough compensation in the world that can make up for that feeling of hopelessness when you are falsely condemned.

And mind you- I’m not alleging Mike per se is a saint without fault.  And not everything he touched professionally turned to gold.  I worked with him on a pilot for a show called The Noise—a brain fart dreamed up by the same genuises I worked for that he felt he could execute.  A years worth of rudderless development later the only noise of consequence we heard were the groans of the assembled audience at run throughs.

I do think this topic has reached its limit of debatability.  You do you.  Just try and realize we are all imperfect to an extent.



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