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TimK2003:
What ABC Fun and Games have already taped their episodes for this upcoming season? -- We know PYL is already complete, and IIRC, Pyramid was scheduled for April, IIRC.

calliaume:

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--- Quote from: jjman920 on March 12, 2020, 07:22:04 PM ---Conversely, Millionaire looks like it's going audience free now for the Kimmel run, saying that they're going to "suspend live audiences."

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It's kinda odd (even under the circumstances) that the game show that made audiences on-camera a thing.......go without an audience.

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Having been in the audience once (during the first few weeks of taping), there's really no need for them to be there. Other than applauding during the appropriate times, we had to keep our mouths completely shut for obvious reasons, plus the stopdowns threw things off. And I was sitting right next to the monitor from which Regis read the Fastest Finger question--it occurred to me that he was irritable enough (first new format for him in over ten years), so looking directly at him while he was reading it might have annoyed him.

Mr. Matté:

--- Quote from: calliaume on March 13, 2020, 03:08:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on March 12, 2020, 11:16:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: jjman920 on March 12, 2020, 07:22:04 PM ---Conversely, Millionaire looks like it's going audience free now for the Kimmel run, saying that they're going to "suspend live audiences."

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It's kinda odd (even under the circumstances) that the game show that made audiences on-camera a thing.......go without an audience.

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Having been in the audience once (during the first few weeks of taping), there's really no need for them to be there. Other than applauding during the appropriate times, we had to keep our mouths completely shut for obvious reasons, plus the stopdowns threw things off.

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"I wasn't giving Charles Ingram the answers, I just have coronavirus!"

jjman920:

--- Quote from: TimK2003 on March 13, 2020, 01:56:17 PM ---What ABC Fun and Games have already taped their episodes for this upcoming season? -- We know PYL is already complete, and IIRC, Pyramid was scheduled for April, IIRC.

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TTTT taped in November, PYL taped in January, CFF taped in February. Card Sharks was to tape this month, Pyramid tickets have been out for next month. No idea if those tapings will go on as scheduled. No clue on how many Match Game episodes are held over from the previous season or when more will be taping.


--- Quote from: calliaume on March 13, 2020, 03:08:14 PM ---Having been in the audience once (during the first few weeks of taping), there's really no need for them to be there. Other than applauding during the appropriate times, we had to keep our mouths completely shut for obvious reasons, plus the stopdowns threw things off. And I was sitting right next to the monitor from which Regis read the Fastest Finger question--it occurred to me that he was irritable enough (first new format for him in over ten years), so looking directly at him while he was reading it might have annoyed him.

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I feel like part of it is that the audience being there adds a layer of drama, both for the at home audience and the contestant in studio, as the anxiety builds to whether the person in the hot seat would give the correct answer.

Kevin Prather:
As confirmed on Ana Marie Johnson's instagram, the Ask the Audience lifeline will be replaced with Ask the Host.

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