In the late 80s Canale 5 also held a "Canale 5 Trophy" event (parody of the Camel Trophy race) in which the same families would appear on every gameshow the network aired that day (about 8-9 of them!).  The audience was not thrilled.

I was curious about this and a Google search led me to this issue of Radiocorriere which may have featured it in the listings.

https://archive.org/details/Radiocorriere-1989-52/page/n107/mode/2up

(Looking at the other days that week and WOW, did Canale 5 have a lot of game shows on the air. Am I reading it right that there were 9½ hours of them on Thursday?)

There was a lot of buzz in the media when the 1992 project was first announced, and buzz again when it was revealed that Carsey-Werner was looking at Larry King as a potential host.  However, Ted Turner apparently had an exclusive contract for Larry's services (this was at the peak of his popular CNN talk show) and Ted wouldn't let Larry host the new game.

And honestly, that's pretty much the last thing anybody ever heard about that version.

Same as Millionaire’s qualifier. You go from the outer rim to the Hot Seat at center stage.

As well as in the last years of ABC Password.  Players started on stage left and had to qualify for a spot "upstairs" at the main desk.

Quote from: snowpeck on March 16, 2023, 02:30:55 PM

Who owns the I've Got a Secret format anyway? This would be the third version that didn't involve any of Goodson's successor companies.

The ownership thread is definitely confusing, but it sure looks like Tom Werner (formerly of Carsey-Werner) is your guy.  A lot of this is guesswork, but Carsey-Warner had a major hand in the launch of Oxygen, which was the home of the Stephanie Miller version.  They may have acquired rights to the show then, because Carsey-Warner was pushing a new syndicated version in the early 90s, which may or may not (depending on which article you read) have been intended to pair with Bill Cosby's You Bet Your Life.  Best as I can tell, they never even made a pilot for that. The press kit for the 2006 GSN version doesn't mention Werner at all, but it's possible GSN licensed that version from him without his direct involvement.  Because now, the 2023 press release includes "Werner Entertainment" among the producers.  (There's still a company named Carsey-Werner, but the two haven't worked together since the early 2000s.)

EDIT:  Actually, it specifically says in the press release, "based on the format owned by Werner Entertainment, Inc."  So there you go.

I have more than a passing interest in this subject, for reasons I will reveal shortly.  (I have nothing to do with this remake.)

You inspired me to conduct my own research and per this article from a 1992 issue of Broadcasting, you're right that Carsey-Werner bought the format from Goodson that year:

It’s odd to combine tests of intellect and athletics or performing talent. The Olympic decathlon doesn’t have a math event, after all. I’m trying to assemble a competition for skills and knowledge.

I think they should be played for score, not head to head. The decathlon isn’t a tournament. That’s why these are mostly bonus games, with how scores are derived as noted.
 
1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: how high up the ladder
2. Whew’s Gauntlet of Villains: elapsed time to pass all 10
3. Name That Tune’s Golden Medley to test a different field of knowledge: number of tunes named
4. History IQ’s endgame to test in another field: elapsed time to place all correctly
5. TPIR, perhaps Bullseye (how many times you can hit it), Cliffhangers (number of steps) and bidding on a couple showcases (difference), testing pricing skill across groceries, small items and large
6. Scrabble Sprint: time to answer set number of words
7. Now You See It solo round or Lingo: number of answers in a time limit
8. Pyramid which would need more than one round with different partners from a celebrity pool, which isn’t ideal but Pyramid is too good a test to exclude. It could be front game, winners’ circle or both, scored by number correct in a time limit
9. Classic Concentration car game: time to make every match
10. The dramatic conclusion: Wonderwall from Winning Lines (money total) or The Money Maze played alone (time needed to hit all five numerals and get out) which would bring an air of Harry Potter to things.

I like that a couple aren’t on a clock. One alternate: The Who What or Where Game: a series of rounds played against the house.