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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: pownster on May 10, 2007, 10:21:06 PM
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Here is an article out of yesterday's paper
"Bert Newton's show boned" (Herald-Sun, Melbourne, 10 May 2007) (http://\"http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21703503-5006022,00.html\")
It's kinda sad - but probably inevitable.
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[quote name=\'pownster\' post=\'152062\' date=\'May 10 2007, 07:21 PM\']
It's kinda sad - but probably inevitable.
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In all honesty I'm surprised it took this long. Not because it was a bad show - far from it - but because it just wasn't making inroads against the Deal.
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The show hasn't been axed. It has, in fact, been "boned".
For those of you who don't live in Australia, this term originated from a memo circulated by the CEO of the Nine Network Australia (Eddie McGuire, who hosts 1 vs. 100 over here) in reference to the host of a breakfast news/current affairs programme who has officially been relieved of her duties.
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[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'152079\' date=\'May 11 2007, 05:33 AM\']
The show hasn't been axed. It has, in fact, been "boned".
For those of you who don't live in Australia, this term originated from a memo circulated by the CEO of the Nine Network Australia (Eddie McGuire, who hosts 1 vs. 100 over here) in reference to the host of a breakfast news/current affairs programme who has officially been relieved of her duties.
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I don't think that applies in this case. The show, as it was, was axed. I would think that in the case of it being "boned," that would mean that it wouldn't be "Bert's" Family Feud anymore, but someone else's.
(I understand that I don't live in Australia, but I'm just going by what I read from that statement.)
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Leave Bert Newton's sex life out of this. :)
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'152088\' date=\'May 11 2007, 12:12 PM\']
Leave Bert Newton's sex life out of this. :)
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I was waiting for something like that. Had to resist the temptation, though.
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'152089\' date=\'May 11 2007, 11:18 AM\']
Had to resist the temptation, though.
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Nope, sorry, different show. Same network, though.
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Channel Seven 2 - 0 Channel Nine
That's now TWO game shows the powerhouse of Deal or No Deal have now forced the axe. The other being The Price Is Right.
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That's right.
I wonder what's next for this timeslot.
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[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'152127\' date=\'May 11 2007, 09:01 PM\']
That's right.
I wonder what's next for this timeslot.
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All I know is that it's friggin' Bizarro World when The Price Is Right and Family Feud fall to Deal Or Freakin' No Deal. :)
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So is Australian TV so limited, there's only room for one game show? WTF?
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[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'152129\' date=\'May 12 2007, 06:37 AM\'] So is Australian TV so limited, there's only room for one game show? WTF? [/quote]
No, Temptation is still on the Nine Network.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'152128\' date=\'May 12 2007, 04:23 AM\']
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'152127\' date=\'May 11 2007, 09:01 PM\']
That's right.
I wonder what's next for this timeslot.
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All I know is that it's friggin' Bizarro World when The Price Is Right and Family Feud fall to Deal Or Freakin' No Deal. :)
[/quote]If that were to happen here in the US, that'd be the day Hell froze over. But down under, that's what happens when Deal is a far superior show.
If the situation was possible, I wonder what would win in a Temptation/Deal timeslot showdown?
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Bert's Blankety Blanks, anyone?
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'152132\' date=\'May 12 2007, 07:43 AM\']
Bert's Blankety Blanks, anyone?
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DON'T even go there. Blankety Blanks has already been attempted in that timeslot in the 1990s (and failed miserably). Finding suitably qualified celebrities to run the show well could be a serious challenge.
As for a replacement show - they might resort to something other than a game show (they've been showing repeats of the BBC show "Antique Roadshow" in that slot during non-rating periods). Clearly - the Aussie audiences are not keen for anymore tried-and-trusted (and some might say, tired) formats - based on their responses to TPiR and FF.
Mind you - if they could bring "Wheel" back (with Larry Emdur) - I believe he is out of contract.......