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American Weakest Link Revival Now Casting
MSTieScott:
Now that the episode is on NBC's website for me to rewatch, I see that the the onscreen timer and the in-studio timer in round three were only out of sync by a fraction of a second.
However, going by the times on NBC.com's media player, it looks like they did trim about two seconds out of round one and about one second out of round four.
--- Quote from: colonial on September 30, 2020, 09:44:32 AM ---The off-screen announcer was good -- went more into detail about player performance than in previous incarnations of the show -- but I didn't catch the person's name in the credits. Any clue who that was.
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To my ear, it sounded like Jane Lynch on a different microphone.
Casey Buck:
--- Quote from: Sodboy13 on September 30, 2020, 01:02:43 AM ---Do not make a million dollar game show if you have no intention of ever giving away anything close to a million dollars.
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Try telling that to the producers of the syndicated version of WWTBAM.
weaklink75:
they could have cut back on some of the set to splurge on the prize budget- boy are those chains cheap (and IIRC, in the original US primetime version they got 8 in a row once?)
Here's some of the music in the clear, from composer Paul Farrer's YT:
Sodboy13:
--- Quote from: Casey Buck on September 30, 2020, 01:27:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sodboy13 on September 30, 2020, 01:02:43 AM ---Do not make a million dollar game show if you have no intention of ever giving away anything close to a million dollars.
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Try telling that to the producers of the syndicated version of WWTBAM.
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That was an extremely fair criticism of the syndie version for nearly its entire duration, but at least it occasionally awarded a quarter-million or half-million. This will take some fantastic in-game runs to achieve an eighth of a million.
Neumms:
--- Quote from: colonial on September 30, 2020, 09:44:32 AM ---The fake applause and laugh tracks were a bit silly, particularly when it was quite obvious the show did not have an in-studio audience...
Speaking of player performance, I would have liked to have seen the show present graphics going more into detail of a player's performance, similar to the sports world's focus on "metrics." How fast or slow are players answering their questions, how much they are banking, etc. Would have been a unique touch to at least experiment with.
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lt's not that obvious, though. Wheel, Jeopardy and Strahan's Pyramid are staged with an audience there but out of view.
The metrics idea is cool. It'd explain things. I've always wondered how they draw conclusions when players answer only two or three questions apiece. "Banking the most money" depends on the players ahead of you and doesn't take into account whether or not you should have banked.
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