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Sodboy13

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #75 on: May 27, 2015, 11:03:18 PM »
Yeah, if you wanted higher contestant turnover, maybe you should have given that "challenger" you put up there an actual shot more than twice an hour. You wrote the rules, pal.
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parliboy

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #76 on: May 28, 2015, 01:53:16 AM »
Did they honestly think the show would be a smash hit with stakes this low?
If the amount of money being given away determines how long a show will last, we should be celebrating The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime's 30th year on television.

A show can be successful with stakes this low.

This show can't be successful with stakes this low.
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TLEberle

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #77 on: May 28, 2015, 02:42:35 AM »
The new challenger is Pam Mueller and for "what makes her a genius?" winning Jeopardy a bunch of times rates third.
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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #78 on: May 28, 2015, 03:15:18 AM »

[EDIT: Then again, 500 Questions beat the return of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? by a million viewers, so what do I know? :P]

Because Burnett & Co. spoiled the first 50 minutes of the show during the show's opening -- giving the Neilsen audiences an excuse to flip over to 500 Questions long enough for that show to count in their diaries instead of ATSTA5G.

parliboy

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #79 on: May 28, 2015, 03:19:00 AM »

[EDIT: Then again, 500 Questions beat the return of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? by a million viewers, so what do I know? :P]

Because Burnett & Co. spoiled the first 50 minutes of the show during the show's opening -- giving the Neilsen audiences an excuse to flip over to 500 Questions long enough for that show to count in their diaries instead of ATSTA5G.

Nah, I think people just didn't want to watch it.

5th Grader is a lot like your sister's annoying kid.  Yeah, sure when everyone looks back at the memories in still pictures, there's a certain cuteness.  Then she brings the little demon over and asks if you can watch him for a minute.
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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #80 on: May 28, 2015, 03:50:41 AM »
Speaking from experience there, Gene?

(I kid.)

[EDIT: Then again, 500 Questions beat the return of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? by a million viewers, so what do I know? :P]
Because Burnett & Co. spoiled the first 50 minutes of the show during the show's opening -- giving the Neilsen audiences an excuse to flip over to 500 Questions long enough for that show to count in their diaries instead of ATSTA5G.
Nah, I think people just didn't want to watch it.
I'd say a little from Column A, and a little from Column B. Mostly A, though.
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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #82 on: May 28, 2015, 08:05:32 PM »
Oh, funny thing about this show (depending on your definition of "funny"): one of the show's writers is on Twitter, and noted earlier today that not only did the show have a pretty low prize budget, but the producers complained that they were giving away too much money. The producers were expecting a much higher contestant turnover, resulting in smaller wins.

Let me make sure I have this straight...they've built a show around the concept of one person trying to survive for 500 questions, and they were stunned that a contestant survived for 167 questions?

Toheckwiththis

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #83 on: May 28, 2015, 08:24:45 PM »
I'm as surprised as you are.

Mr. Armadillo

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #84 on: May 28, 2015, 10:40:38 PM »
And the 500 Questions special engagement has wrapped up, having asked a total of 371 questions.

BillCullen1

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #85 on: May 28, 2015, 10:53:56 PM »
So the question is Will it return or does ABC give it three strikes and it's GONE.

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #86 on: May 28, 2015, 11:15:00 PM »
So the question is Will it return or does ABC give it three strikes and it's GONE.

Trust me, there's no question.
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TLEberle

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #87 on: May 28, 2015, 11:37:01 PM »
All of the clips that I grabbed from the Watch ABC app on night one said "Wednesdays 9/8", so one never knows. But I know what they ought to do.
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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #88 on: May 29, 2015, 12:36:15 AM »
All of the clips that I grabbed from the Watch ABC app on night one said "Wednesdays 9/8", so one never knows. But I know what they ought to do.

I checked internal sources at ABC, and the regular Wednesday lineup is back next week.  So it doesn't have a regular time slot for the foreseeable future.

Chuck Sutton

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Re: 500 Questions
« Reply #89 on: May 29, 2015, 12:39:20 PM »
I think I will beat Matt to this one.  They couldn't get to 500 questions in 9 hours.

Jeopardy in 9 hours has 1098 "answers" or "clues"