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Most obscure game shows
narzo:
two come to mind that even Google searches reveal little on but I do recall seeing:
"TeleQuest"- Actually still have a clip on VHS somewhere. Q&A game with a play from your phone for $$ element. Ran at about 2am here.
"Ten Pin Alley"- Ron Ely hosted bowling show. I actually liked this a lot, had some clever games within the show.
Also, did anyone ever see "Majority Rules"? I have never seen a clip online or even heard from anyone who has seen it. Sounded like a big budget show but two stations?
vexer6:
Back in 2008, ABC had a very short-lived dance themed game show called "Dance Machine" It only lasted for 3 episodes before getting the ax due to terrible ratings(I it got even worse ratings then "Set For Life" did).
The American syndicated version of "Every Second Counts" is mostly forgotten compared to the British version.
ABC Family had a short-lived variety game show called "Dance Fever" it was hosted by Eric Nies with MC Hammer, Carmen Electra and Jamie King as celebrity judges.
Surprisingly enough, The Travel Channel once had a game show called "The Great Getaway" It was their only such attempt.
Before Pat Bullard hosted the Card Sharks revival, he had a syndicated game show called "Hold Everything!" It looks and sounds pretty awful if this page is any indication http://gsgarbage.clw83.com/holdeverything.htm
Another short-lived ABC show was "The Big Moment" where a family member had one week to perform a certain task-like memorizing Pi to the 100th decimal, answering 10 questions on the movie "Ghost" Identifying 12 flavors of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream while blindfolded, etc. It was pretty fun and Brad Sherwood was a great host.
USA Network had a pilot called "Grill Me" which was basically Jeopardy with food categories, and it had celebrity contestants Dweezil Zappa, Susan Olsen and Kistoff. St. John playing for charity.
tvwxman:
--- Quote from: narzo on July 25, 2011, 06:33:58 PM ---Also, did anyone ever see "Majority Rules"? I have never seen a clip online or even heard from anyone who has seen it. Sounded like a big budget show but two stations?
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Hosted by Marc Summers and Arthel Neville - test ran in New Orleans - wasn't a bad show...never knew why it didn't launch nationally. Apparently the ratings in NO were pretty decent. I've got one on tape somewhere.....Mid 90s...around the same time "Debt" was test ran in a few markets too, no?
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: tvwxman on July 25, 2011, 10:29:28 PM ---
--- Quote from: narzo on July 25, 2011, 06:33:58 PM ---Also, did anyone ever see "Majority Rules"? I have never seen a clip online or even heard from anyone who has seen it. Sounded like a big budget show but two stations?
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Hosted by Marc Summers and Arthel Neville - test ran in New Orleans - wasn't a bad show...never knew why it didn't launch nationally. Apparently the ratings in NO were pretty decent. I've got one on tape somewhere.....Mid 90s...around the same time "Debt" was test ran in a few markets too, no?
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Fall 1996, I believe, so Debt was still in first-run on Lifetime at that point.
I remember reading about a contestant call, and being pretty disappointed that Norfolk didn't pick it up.
Erik Estrada incident notwithstanding, with Pictionary '97 be considered obscure?
William_S.:
I did mention the 1989 version with Head of the Class' Brian Robbins that's more obscure than the Alan Thicke Version. Try searching for Pictionary Game Show. And as you said, You'll see more "FALCON PONCH!!" than anything else...
/I'm sorry for that.
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