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Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: uncamark on April 03, 2007, 04:55:57 PM

It's "Match Game" meets "Name That Tune" meets a spelling bee--ITV bought the show in the UK without a pilot and Gurin's doing a pilot for NBC--Variety reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796239...=1&nid=2562 (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962393.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2562\")

At least it's not another money-tree against the house show.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: tpirfan28 on April 03, 2007, 05:02:39 PM

NBC, if you are reading this...

Stop wasting your time with this stuff.  Order up a pilot for "Concentration" and do things right.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: Clay Zambo on April 03, 2007, 05:06:29 PM

How bizarre.  I wonder if the musical Spelling Bee (http://\"http://spellingbeethemusical.com/\") was any inspiration for this deal.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: clemon79 on April 03, 2007, 05:09:25 PM

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'149420\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 02:02 PM\']
Stop wasting your time with this stuff.  Order up a pilot for "Concentration" and do things right.
[/quote]
QF-friggin'-T.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: The Ol' Guy on April 03, 2007, 05:32:44 PM

If I'm reading it right, sounds like there's going to be a bit of Yours For A Song and What's This Song? in there. Back we go to "Everything old is new again..."

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: tpirfan28 on April 03, 2007, 06:18:45 PM

This paragraph from the Variety article struck me as interesting....

Quote

In a highly unusual move, ITV snatched up the format rights to "Singing Bee" after seeing nothing more than an outline of the idea -- a so-called paper format. When it comes to American producers, British networks almost always demand to see a filmed pilot of a potential skein before moving forward.

Begs the question...are shows nowadays even piloted?  I'm not talking about this "a-show-we-can-put-on-first-and-pick-things-up-from-there" but true old-school "keep-em-from-air-cuz-they're-for-internal-use-only" pilots.

OT (kinda): NBC's new GS sked: DoND-Monday, This-Singing-Bee-Crap-Tuesday, Identity-Wednesday, 1vs100/Concentration-Friday (each half hours).  C'mon NBC...

/yes...I know I kinda Get It, so it won't happen.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: BrandonFG on April 03, 2007, 06:19:56 PM

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'149420\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 05:02 PM\']
Stop wasting your time with this stuff.  Order up a pilot for "Concentration" and do things right.
[/quote]
Would love that, but this doesn't seem to be the same NBC from 20 years ago. I'm not sure if I want them Endemauling a classic.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: clemon79 on April 03, 2007, 06:30:27 PM

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'149424\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 03:18 PM\']
skein[/quote]
God, I hate Variety.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'149425\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 03:19 PM\']
Endemauling
[/quote]
Bravo. Bravissimo.

Title: "The Great [insert country here] Singing Bee?"
Post by: BrandonFG on April 04, 2007, 11:14:30 PM

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'149426\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 06:30 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'149424\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 03:18 PM\']
skein[/quote]
God, I hate Variety.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'149425\' date=\'Apr 3 2007, 03:19 PM\']
Endemauling
[/quote]
Bravo. Bravissimo.
[/quote]
Ah thankyew, sir. :-)