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tvmitch

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Variety Article about "The Wall"
« on: June 25, 2017, 08:29:57 AM »
Semi-interesting article about The Wall, with a buried lede, emphasis mine:
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Though the French version lacks the outsize cash payout that heightens the drama on the U.S. series, it has proven to be a success as a five-day-a-week strip in daytime. That, Telegdy hopes, is a sign that the show can work elsewhere in first-run syndication as well as primetime.

“It’s ticking a number of very commercial boxes for us,” he says. “Not only is it a very valuable asset on NBC, it’s starting to look promising for us that it could work in first-run.”

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-wall-nbc-endemol-shine-1202476293/

A daily version could still be compelling with just a tenth of the stakes.
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Jimmy Owen

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2017, 09:06:08 AM »
You mean like "Plinko"?
Let's Make a Deal was the first show to air on Buzzr. 6/1/15 8PM.

mxc0427

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2017, 11:15:03 AM »
You mean like "Plinko"?

No, like Pachinko.

Matt Ottinger

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2017, 01:18:40 PM »
You mean like "Plinko"?

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TLEberle

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2017, 01:23:08 PM »
A daily version could still be compelling with just a tenth of the stakes.
I fervently disagree--the whole point is the giant wall and giant stakes--I think that a daily version would wear itself out very quickly.
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mxc0427

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2017, 01:27:21 PM »
You mean like "Plinko"?

For the 7,481st time, The Price Is Right did not invent this.


Jimmy Owen

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2017, 03:32:14 PM »
I'm talking about as a television concept.
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Matt Ottinger

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2017, 05:48:30 PM »
I'm talking about as a television concept.

Don't particularly care.  It gets old.
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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2017, 07:58:24 PM »
Tangentially related: Turing Tumble just got funded on Kickstarter.  Looking forward to playing it with my son.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/871405126/turing-tumble-gaming-on-a-mechanical-computer

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Re: Variety Article about "The Wall"
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2017, 08:02:38 PM »
That looks fantastic.
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