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snowpeck

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #405 on: August 21, 2015, 04:00:19 PM »
Full press release is coming today or Monday, but for now Variety has an article up.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/buzzr-sets-programming-block-of-failed-game-show-pilots-1201572773/

Expect unsold pilots from Body Talk, On A Roll, TKO, Star Words and a "1992 format" of Family Feud (?)

Sold pilots will include Match Game, Body Language, Beat the Clock, Child's Play and Let's Make a Deal. There will likely be others.
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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #406 on: August 21, 2015, 05:49:11 PM »
a "1992 format" of Family Feud (?)

It never occurred to me that they'd do a pilot for Feud with the inclusion of the Bullseye game, but I suppose anything's possible.

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #407 on: August 21, 2015, 07:05:10 PM »
Or it could be an hour 'Family Feud Challenge' pilot.

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #408 on: August 21, 2015, 07:47:05 PM »
It never occurred to me that they'd do a pilot for Feud with the inclusion of the Bullseye game, but I suppose anything's possible.

That would be my best guess. Several of us will recall the mid-run pilot for the Break the Bank '76 rule change. I was excited once to find pilots for Jack Narz Now You See It, only to find they were three shows produced in the middle of the run to test the straddling format before it debuted on the air. It's been a bit since I've seen them, but they only messed around with the format slightly from episode to episode, reintroducing the written "bonus answer" in a few forms. Given how we can't even get a pilot for a regular series these days, it's hard to imagine. But at the time, I think it was pretty smart to use the already existing infrastructure to see if a new idea actually timed out in true-to-air conditions.

Given that, I wouldn't be surprised with Family Feud if we saw something similar-yet-different to what we got on the air. Perhaps they played Bullseye like they did at Opryland, and we'll finally see why they installed the 4-digit bank display? :) It wouldn't be that wild, seeing as how unused displays made their way on the sets of Password Plus and Blockbusters, albeit covered up.

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #409 on: August 22, 2015, 02:16:39 PM »
Exactly what I hoped for but couldn't let myself believe.  Hopefully some good collector type will record these for those of us who are Buzzrless.

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #410 on: August 22, 2015, 07:46:38 PM »
I was excited once to find pilots for Jack Narz Now You See It, only to find they were three shows produced in the middle of the run to test the straddling format before it debuted on the air.

One of the NYSI promos out there must have a shot of the pilot, because there are six contestants.
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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #411 on: August 22, 2015, 07:55:19 PM »
One of the NYSI promos out there must have a shot of the pilot, because there are six contestants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8mjwRP2j74

The pilot was taped in October 1973, if the Television City website is any indication.
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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #412 on: August 23, 2015, 04:01:42 PM »

snowpeck

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #413 on: August 23, 2015, 05:05:09 PM »
I wonder what pilot is pictured here.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BUZZRplay/status/635528882783809536
The host looks like Sonny Fox, so my guess would be Play for Keeps.
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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #414 on: September 30, 2015, 09:31:17 PM »
Buzzr's full website has launched. Each show on the schedule has its own page with information on the show and the host. Some shows have a set of featured clips as well. The schedule is more in-depth now, with airing years or dates and special notes for certain episodes. They have subsection dedicated to the Buzzr YouTube games as well.

http://buzzrplay.com/

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #415 on: October 01, 2015, 11:34:45 PM »
Buzzr has now launched in PHX  AZ Effective today

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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #416 on: October 02, 2015, 12:13:43 AM »
Buzzr's full website has launched. Each show on the schedule has its own page with information on the show and the host. Some shows have a set of featured clips as well. The schedule is more in-depth now, with airing years or dates and special notes for certain episodes. They have subsection dedicated to the Buzzr YouTube games as well.

http://buzzrplay.com/

Whoever designed that website needs to understand that taking a 240 X 240 photo like this...



...and stretching it out to weird 498 X 451 dimensions makes it look like this...



That's just sloppy and bad website design.


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« Reply #418 on: October 02, 2015, 12:56:45 AM »
Buzzr's been running little teases about upcoming shows, with a couple of random facts about each. The one I just saw for Tattletales included, "This show changed its format after 30 days," and the voiceover explains, "Producers felt the show wasn't working, so the changed the format to the one we all know and love." Problem is, isn't the block of episodes Buzzr's been airing on loop from that first 30 days?
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Re: Buzzr Discussion
« Reply #419 on: October 02, 2015, 01:53:35 AM »
Buzzr has now launched in PHX  AZ Effective today

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