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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: johnnya2k3 on December 21, 2006, 06:49:07 PM
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It's that time again when we go over what were the biggest game and reality show stories in 2006.
Of course, tops on the list would be Bob Barker hanging up the TPIR microphone after 35 years (and 50 in television). Others include...
NBC's budget cuts which led to "1 vs. 100" and "Identity" to go along with "Deal or No Deal" (now we know why they're still in fourth place)
Bob Goen's return to television with "That's The Question" on GSN
The disastrous "Gameshow Marathon" (which explained why Ricki Lake didn't get "The View" gig)
Meredith Vieira pulling double duty on "Today" and "Millionaire"
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! in HD
A bountiful of game show clips on some little known site whose initials are YT
William Shatner pretty much better off on Boston Legal instead of doing "Show Me The Money!"
Playmania, Playmania, Playmania!
ABC's "The One" pulled after only two weeks, making Peter Mansbridge happy (the show also aired on the CBC, which bumped "The National" by an hour)
"The Amazing Race's" Emmy streak extended to 4-0
British TV personality Cat Deeley making her American debut hosting "So You Think You Can Dance"
Taylor Hicks winning that Idol show
And of course....
The plane crash outside Los Angeles that took the life of Peter Tomarken
Any others that I'm missing, or is that it?
Jonathan Allen
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Host change on the "Feud".....debuts of "Chain Reaction" and "Starface"....."The Rich List" pulled after one airing....Pat O'Brien gets engaged....New syndie games pitched....Match Game on DVD.....
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'141202\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 04:14 PM\']
Pat O'Brien gets engaged
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That guy's great.
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' post=\'141198\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 06:49 PM\']
It's that time again when we go over what were the biggest game and reality show stories in 2006.
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The disastrous "Gameshow Marathon" (which explained why Ricki Lake didn't get "The View" gig)[/quote]
What was disastrous? It got decent-to-good ratings, but enough for CBS to consider reviving it next year. And what's your reasoning of Ricki missing out on "The View"?
Playmania, Playmania, Playmania!
And it's imitators.
ABC's "The One" pulled after only two weeks, making Peter Mansbridge happy (the show also aired on the CBC, which bumped "The National" by an hour)
"Rich List"...one episode.
British TV personality Cat Deeley making her American debut hosting "So You Think You Can Dance"
Who and what?
Any others that I'm missing, or is that it?
Pat O'Brien's engaged.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'141202\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 04:14 PM\']
Pat O'Brien gets engaged
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Not to mention Nancy O'Dell is pregnant (by her husband, not Pat).
Anyway, yes, I forgot to mention "The Rich List".
And Cat Deeley was an MTV UK veejay before hosting a slew of shows on BBC and ITV. She got the "So You Think You Can Dance" (think American Idol meets Dance Fever) gig after original host Lauren Sanchez got pregnant.
Jonathan Allen
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' post=\'141205\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 07:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'141202\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 04:14 PM\']
Pat O'Brien gets engaged
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Not to mention Nancy O'Dell is pregnant (by her husband, not Pat).
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Umm...whoooooooooosh?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'141204\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 04:38 PM\']
Pat O'Brien's engaged.
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That guy's great.
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' post=\'141198\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 06:49 PM\']
blahblahblah
Any others that I'm missing, or is that it?
Jonathan Allen
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considering a few of your suggestions are factually incorrect, I'd quit while you're behind.
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[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' post=\'141205\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 07:46 PM\']
...after original host Lauren Sanchez got pregnant.[/quote]
Pretty sure Pat didn't have anything to do with that one either.
Still, that guy's great.
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I'd just like to add that Pat O'Brien isn't pregnant either.
But that guy's great nonetheless.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'141214\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 09:28 PM\']
I'd just like to add that Pat O'Brien isn't pregnant either.
But that guy's great nonetheless.
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Does Pat O'Brien even have kids? (I'd wiki, but it's way to damn slow on dial-up)...
...but anyway...he's a great guy.
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(Massive overquoting deleted. -DZ)
Daytime Emmys demote the Outstanding Game/Audience Participation category to the Creative Arts ceremony; only WWTBAM and J! are nominated (and respectively, Meredith and Alex were the only ones up for Outstanding Host; J! and Alex won)
NBC cancels Fear Factor
ABC starts, cancels Master of Champions
ABC airs National Spelling Bee in prime time
ESPN Classic airs Stump the Schwab's season and begins airing 2-Minute Drill reruns in afternoon
Brian
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'141204\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 08:38 PM\']
[quote name=\'johnnya2k3\' post=\'141198\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 06:49 PM\']
It's that time again when we go over what were the biggest game and reality show stories in 2006.
{snip}
The disastrous "Gameshow Marathon" (which explained why Ricki Lake didn't get "The View" gig)[/quote]
What was disastrous? It got decent-to-good ratings, but enough for CBS to consider reviving it next year. And what's your reasoning of Ricki missing out on "The View"?
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Rosie O'Donnell was hired before the marathon started airing. Star Jones Reynolds was fired the day before the maration ended, and has not yet been replaced. Assuming B follows A, in this case, seems highly speculative.
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-WoF adds Wild Card to the Wheel
-Ken Jennings and Bob Harris publish books (I own the latter)
-Ken Jennings rips J! a new one
-GSN throws out some more (fairly decent) documentaries
-Game shows on DVD, including Match Game
-The rights to Millionaire get sold to 2waytraffic
-And only because it's a practical meme, Pat O'Brien got engaged
/desu?
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'141238\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 12:58 AM\']
-Ken Jennings rips J! a new one
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You had a good list, but this one is factually incorrect. Ken revealed that the J! blog he wrote was all in jest. Unfortunately, the media took it and ran with it.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'141240\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 10:05 PM\']
You had a good list,
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He did? A minor tweak to Wheel is a candidate for Story Of The Year?
But he's right on with that Pat O'Brien thing. That guy's great.
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The ''separation by race'' twist on this year's edition of Survivor. We all knew (a) it was a gimmick from Burnett and CBS to (b) get publicity for a reality series in decline. And in the end the ratings did decline (lowest-rated season and finale night in the show's history). But, from the moment the announcement was made until the racially divided tribes were mixed two or three episodes into the season, the amount of newspaper ink/media hype/comedy skits on late night show/discussion on talk radio/etc. this "race" twist on 'Survivor' generated was inescapable. Hype didn't translate into better ratings though, just like internet buzz for 'Snakes on the Plane' fizzled come box office time.
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One of my local cable channels is doing a yea-in-review for a sports show. I'll apply that to the gane/reality side of 2006:
Funniest Moment: A lady on TPIR says "Tiddy Cat" instead of Tidy Cat(not sure what pricing game it was), Honorable mention goes to Bob Eubamks for "inadvertantly" pressing the wrong button on an energy drink question on 1vs100.
Saddest Story: A stampede that killed 74 people while trying to enter a stadium in the Phillopines for the game show Wowowee! Honorable Mention: The death of Peter Tomarken in a plane crash in California.
Biggest Surprise: Regis Philbin saving NBC from a ratings quagmire during the summer with America's Got Talent. Honorable mention: GSN picks up Chain Reaction for season 2 while Bob Goen returns to game shows with That's the Question.
Worst Story: The Survivor by race twist which forced advertisers to pull out their sponsorships & seeing the ratings drop. Dishonorable Mention: Fox's The Rich Lidy is a ome-episode wonder.
Biggest Story: Bob Barker's retirement from TPIR. Honorable Mention: A renewed resurgence of game shows thanks to Deal or No Deal.
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What was disastrous? It got decent-to-good ratings, but enough for CBS to consider reviving it next year.
Besides Pat O'Brien being great...Game Show Marathon wasn't bad either. Maybe it had its faults...(hey, what doesn't?)...but at least we had a month of classic game re-creations in primetime and it probably got average viewers thinking of them again, and reliving fond memories.
Even though most of Endemol's games leave something to be desired, in reality it wasn't a bad year for game shows.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'141214\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 09:28 PM\']
I'd just like to add that Pat O'Brien isn't pregnant either.
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That's because I always use protection.
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'141253\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 12:51 AM\']Worst Story: The Survivor by race twist which forced advertisers to pull out their sponsorships & seeing the ratings drop. Dishonorable Mention: Fox's The Rich Lidy is a ome-episode wonder.[/quote]Advertisers were not forced to pull their sponsorships from Survivor. GMC said that their putting up a couple of cars as prizes no longer 'fit their business objectives,' because $100,000 in merchandise is too much to have your name mentioned every time the v/o guy says "Survivor is brought to you in part by..." The sponsorship by the car company also ended well before the non-starter twist was ever revealed.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'141249\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 01:46 AM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'141240\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 10:05 PM\']
You had a good list,
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He did? A minor tweak to Wheel is a candidate for Story Of The Year?[/quote]
First off, I thought this thread was just an amalgamation of stories, not a contest. Second off, I thought gameplay changes weren't minor.
This may not be major, but I think it's noteworthy: Stack the Deck becomes the 100th different Pricing Game to be played in the 35 years of The Price is Right.
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'141275\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 01:18 PM\']
First off, I thought this thread was just an amalgamation of stories, not a contest. Second off, I thought gameplay changes weren't minor.
This may not be major, but I think it's noteworthy: Stack the Deck becomes the 100th different Pricing Game to be played in the 35 years of The Price is Right.
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Balance Game ('06) was game #100, Stack the Deck was #101.
And also (edited post-post, just because) I do own both Ken and Bob's books...I'm almost done with Bob's book and it's an excellent read. I'm looking forward to reading Ken's book over the holidays.
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[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'141238\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 11:58 PM\']
-Ken Jennings and Bob Harris publish books (I own the latter)
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And I own the former (with a nice autograph from the author).
Has anyone mentioned how great Pat O'Brien is yet?
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'141286\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 03:09 PM\']
Has anyone mentioned how great Pat O'Brien is yet?
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Pat O'Brien? He's a class act. :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'141332\' date=\'Dec 23 2006, 11:21 AM\']
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' post=\'141286\' date=\'Dec 22 2006, 03:09 PM\']
Has anyone mentioned how great Pat O'Brien is yet?
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Pat O'Brien? He's a class act. :)
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Yeah, what a classy guy that Pat O'Brien is. :-D
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'141215\' date=\'Dec 21 2006, 09:38 PM\']
Does Pat O'Brien even have kids?[/quote]
He does like it when I call him "daddy"...in a Judy Tenuta to Michael Burger sort of way.
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No comment from me. One story that came out that I can remember was Howie Mandel's refusal to do the syndicated Deal or No Deal and probably leaving some other game shows in jeopardy for 2007.
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Surprised no one has mentioned:
--VH-1's World Series of Pop Culture
--the death of game show pioneer Jan Murray (Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt)
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[quote name=\'mbc793\' post=\'141459\' date=\'Dec 26 2006, 04:10 AM\']
. . . leaving some other game shows in jeopardy for 2007.
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No pun intended, of course.
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[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'141463\' date=\'Dec 26 2006, 09:16 AM\']
--the death of game show pioneer Jan Murray (Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt)
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Another notable death was NTT Bandleader Tommy Oliver.