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Title: Jimmy Kimmel segment "Who Knows?" becomes ABC pilot
Post by: Matt Ottinger on February 08, 2016, 01:58:25 PM

Retitled Big Fan, Andy Richter will host.

I remember seeing this idea as far back as the early nineties on UK's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.  A superfan competes against the very object of their fascination to see who knows more about that person.  Cute idea.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jimmy-kimmels-who-knows-scores-862952?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%20Breaking%20News_now_2016-02-08%2010:45:32_lgoldberg&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_breakingnews

Title: Re: Jimmy Kimmel segment "Who Knows?" becomes ABC pilot
Post by: Kevin Prather on February 08, 2016, 05:20:54 PM

Quote from: The Article

If the super fan wins, their prize is an experience with the celebrity they admire most.

/Giggity

Title: Re: Jimmy Kimmel segment "Who Knows?" becomes ABC pilot
Post by: weaklink75 on February 08, 2016, 06:42:38 PM

ABC is certainly loading up on unscripted stuff....makes sense, as they don't have a ton of good repeat material outside of the comedies, and even that is a little suspect..

Title: Re: Jimmy Kimmel segment "Who Knows?" becomes ABC pilot
Post by: byrd62 on February 09, 2016, 09:03:46 PM

I remember at the turn of this century, when Jellyvision and Microsoft did this primitive online game called Outsmart, in which an online player "competed" against a celebrity, but without the "fan experience" prize that Big Fan offers.