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Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: calliaume on April 03, 2008, 07:30:11 AM
Or, at least Variety (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983407.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2565\") says it's in the works.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvwxman on April 03, 2008, 07:59:19 AM
I had a hunch that this show would go forward without O'Hurley. NBC has a habit of cross promotion and using in-house talent as much as possible (See Bush, Billy).

Not too dissapointed that O'hurley isn't getting the prime time gig. He's just not my cup of tea.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: BrandonFG on April 03, 2008, 11:49:31 AM
For some reason, I like this decision. I like O'Hurley as the daytime host, but this seems to be the kind of show where Roker can express his jolly personality without being too excited.

Now the question is, do you fly Roker to L.A. for tapings, or get your NBC stars to New York?
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 03, 2008, 11:54:17 AM
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'183168\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 11:49 AM\']Now the question is, do you fly Roker to L.A. for tapings, or get your NBC stars to New York?[/quote]
We still don't know whether it will be NBC stars, or a single celebrity and his real-life family, or what the makeup of the teams will be.  I'll betcha, though, that no matter what, this'll be done in LA.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvmitch on April 03, 2008, 12:12:11 PM
Interesting. This may prove that the Perf just guessed when he reported that O'Hurley would emcee the NBC edition.

Shocking? Not a bit. Just an observation.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 03, 2008, 12:29:59 PM
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'183170\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:12 PM\']
Interesting. This may prove that the Perf just guessed when he reported that O'Hurley would emcee the NBC edition. [/quote]
I wondered about that myself.  It seems an awfully odd thing for him to just assume.  For as much as you guys pick at him over little stuff, this would definitely be a big-stuff sized mistake.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: weaklink75 on April 03, 2008, 12:33:30 PM
This might be a reason why O'Hurley isn't hosting.... (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983397.html?categoryid=14&cs=1\")
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvwxman on April 03, 2008, 12:39:46 PM
[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'183174\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:33 PM\']
This might be a reason why O'Hurley isn't hosting.... (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983397.html?categoryid=14&cs=1\")
[/quote]
Good for him but it doesn't conclude anything. He's may have been in discussions for that hosting role longer than NBC has been in discussions to buy CelebFF. O'Hurley's just making a business decision to do another show during Feud's downtime. Good for him for putting (more) food on his table.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvmitch on April 03, 2008, 03:26:16 PM
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'183176\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:39 PM\']
Good for him but it doesn't conclude anything. He's may have been in discussions for that hosting role longer than NBC has been in discussions to buy CelebFF. O'Hurley's just making a business decision to do another show during Feud's downtime. Good for him for putting (more) food on his table.
[/quote]
Right. There's no correlation between O'Hurley not doing nighttime Feud because of this Talents show. The Talents show is more than likely a very small commitment, as would be nighttime Feud - 6 eps at most, right? It's almost like Drew saying "I can't do that nighttime MDS because I'm hosting daytime too." (Roughly.)

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'183171\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:29 PM\']
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'183170\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:12 PM\']
Interesting. This may prove that the Perf just guessed when he reported that O'Hurley would emcee the NBC edition. [/quote]
I wondered about that myself.  It seems an awfully odd thing for him to just assume.  For as much as you guys pick at him over little stuff, this would definitely be a big-stuff sized mistake.
[/quote]
And I'm not one to pick on the Perf either, because after all these years, there's an expectation there...I'm guessing it's just an assumption on his part, because I didn't see O'Hurley mentioned in any press about this that's crossed my desk.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: islandbreezes4me on April 06, 2008, 09:50:27 PM
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'183176\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 09:39 AM\']
[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'183174\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:33 PM\']
This might be a reason why O'Hurley isn't hosting.... (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983397.html?categoryid=14&cs=1\")
[/quote]
Good for him but it doesn't conclude anything. He's may have been in discussions for that hosting role longer than NBC has been in discussions to buy CelebFF. O'Hurley's just making a business decision to do another show during Feud's downtime. Good for him for putting (more) food on his table.
[/quote]


I guess no one here is aware that John is currently living in Las Vegas and starring once again (as he did for 8 months last year (Feb.-Sept.) as King Arthur  in Spamalot at the Wynn and doing 7 shows a week there. He has been there since the end of January and will be in Spamalot til the end of August. Towards the later part of the Summer (as he did last year) he flys into L.A. on his day off and films 7 shows of the Feud ( until he is living back on a regular basis in L.A. and then films 7 episodes a day of the Feud on Saturdays and Sundays) and flys back to Vegas. So now, he will be taking off Tuesdays to film the Talent Show in Burbank and flying back to Vegas for the next 7 weeks. He is also busy doing commercials and voice overs and composing music for another Cd and some other projects, so I guess there is only so far a person can stretch themselves. lol
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: colonial on April 07, 2008, 09:38:15 AM
I'm on vacation part of this week, so I caught this announcement made on the Today Show this morning.

Al Roker officially confirmed he will host the celebrity edition of Feud.  He said the show would premiere Tuesday, July 1, at 8p ET on the Peacock.

According to Roker, the format would be as follows...

-- It will be a 60-minute show
-- There will be a four team, single-elimination tournament in each game.  The winners of the first two games will face off in the third game (he didn't provide specifics about # of rounds per game, # of Fast Moneys per show, etc.)
-- Teams will be made up of four players.  He said the teams could consist of one celebrity and his/her family (such as what Game Show Marathon did), celebs who are friends in real life, casts members from films, current TV shows or classic TV shows.

During the segment, co-host Natalie Morales mentioned that John O'Hurley currently hosted the daytime version.  Ann Curry just kept asking Al if he would kiss the ladies like Richard Dawson.

James
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Sodboy13 on April 07, 2008, 12:43:28 PM
Quote
-- There will be a four team, single-elimination tournament in each game.  The winners of the first two games will face off in the third game (he didn't provide specifics about # of rounds per game, # of Fast Moneys per show, etc.)

It won't be a 30-minute game stretched out to an hour.  Encouraging, I must say.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 07, 2008, 12:57:10 PM
[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'183451\' date=\'Apr 7 2008, 09:38 AM\']
-- It will be a 60-minute show
-- There will be a four team, single-elimination tournament in each game.  The winners of the first two games will face off in the third game (he didn't provide specifics about # of rounds per game, # of Fast Moneys per show, etc.)
-- Teams will be made up of four players.  He said the teams could consist of one celebrity and his/her family (such as what Game Show Marathon did), celebs who are friends in real life, casts members from films, current TV shows or classic TV shows.[/quote]
On the surface, then, nobody seems to think they need to re-invent the wheel, plus they're giving themselves pretty much carte blanche on what constitutes a "celebrity team."  I still think a celeb and his real-life family is a snoozer, and that a cast with a real connection is better than just a bunch of celebs on this side and a bunch of celebs on that side.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvwxman on April 07, 2008, 01:13:46 PM
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'183477\' date=\'Apr 7 2008, 12:57 PM\']
On the surface, then, nobody seems to think they need to re-invent the wheel, plus they're giving themselves pretty much carte blanche on what constitutes a "celebrity team."  I still think a celeb and his real-life family is a snoozer, and that a cast with a real connection is better than just a bunch of celebs on this side and a bunch of celebs on that side.
[/quote]
I'd bet money we see both....celebs and their families, and celebs and their 'tv families'.

And while they're certainly not stretching far from syndication for this prime time vehicle, I'd bet more money that we see a completely different set

/Love to see it look just like the 70s again.
//Love more if Fremantle would just ditch those stupid looking cardboard posters for the audience.
///Love the most if they brought back Rich Fields to reprise his record-breaking stint announcing Feud for GSMarathon.
////Just kidding about that last one.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: TimK2003 on April 07, 2008, 08:26:07 PM
Quote
-- Teams will be made up of four players.

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'183479\' date=\'Apr 7 2008, 01:13 PM\']

I'd bet more money that we see a completely different set

[/quote]


That "Mumbles" Dawson remake with the cheap set & 4-player teams was 'different'...But it blew chunks!

Just pray that Fremantle doesn't find a sale on glass blocks!
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on April 07, 2008, 09:16:58 PM
So they're probably going to play 3 games and a fast money in the hour. Nevertheless, I bet something's going to give (i.e. play to 200 points) for the sake of commercials.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Matt Ottinger on April 07, 2008, 09:31:11 PM
[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'183519\' date=\'Apr 7 2008, 09:16 PM\']
So they're probably going to play 3 games and a fast money in the hour. Nevertheless, I bet something's going to give (i.e. play to 200 points) for the sake of commercials.[/quote]
The classic specials had a one-question winner-take-all event as their third game.  With even less playing time available these days, something like that is likely.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: calliaume on April 07, 2008, 09:34:46 PM
[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'183451\' date=\'Apr 7 2008, 08:38 AM\']-- It will be a 60-minute show
-- There will be a four team, single-elimination tournament in each game.  The winners of the first two games will face off in the third game (he didn't provide specifics about # of rounds per game, # of Fast Moneys per show, etc.)
-- Teams will be made up of four players.  He said the teams could consist of one celebrity and his/her family (such as what Game Show Marathon did), celebs who are friends in real life, casts members from films, current TV shows or classic TV shows.[/quote]
So it's going to be similar in format to the celeb editions that ran on ABC in prime time in the late '70s, except with the TV show cast angle excluded.  Most of those casts were ABC casts -- because CBS's schedule was in flux and NBC didn't have enough hit shows with set casts to make it work.  ("And now, the cast of Supertrain!  With Charlie Brill... no, wait a minute, Charlie, I just got a call from Fred Silverman...")
Quote
During the segment, co-host Natalie Morales mentioned that John O'Hurley currently hosted the daytime version.  Ann Curry just kept asking Al if he would kiss the ladies like Richard Dawson.
"Why, no, Ann.  Are you going to act like a moron like Julie Chen?"
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Chuck Sutton on April 09, 2008, 01:03:14 PM
You know if NBC leaves it on Tues at 8 after July 1, there will be three game shows with new episodes at the same time.

Celebrity Family Feud on NBC

Wipeout on ABC

The Moment of Truth on Fox

Sadly, although I do not think Truth is a long term type thing, it the short term I bet it comes out on top.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: MikeK on April 10, 2008, 01:23:45 PM
[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'183174\' date=\'Apr 3 2008, 12:33 PM\']
This might be a reason why O'Hurley isn't hosting.... (http://\"http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983397.html?categoryid=14&cs=1\")
[/quote]
Not any longer (http://\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/10/tv.secrettalents.ap/index.html\"), not that it can affect who's hosting Celebrity Feud.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on April 15, 2008, 10:23:49 PM
Does anybody know when they are shooting the show? NBC started airing their "All American Summer" promos today, and there was no mention of Feud.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: cmjb13 on May 30, 2008, 12:20:25 PM
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Bill Engvall
Wayne Newton
Mo'Nique
Larry the Cable Guy
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tvwxman on May 30, 2008, 01:44:03 PM
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'187083\' date=\'May 30 2008, 12:20 PM\']
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Wayne Newton
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
[/quote]

Aside from seeing Bernsen's smoking hot wife, I pass. And, does OCM realize that two in the list are married to each other?

/No, It's not Ice-T and Joan Rivers.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: BrandonFG on May 30, 2008, 02:00:56 PM
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'187083\' date=\'May 30 2008, 12:20 PM\']
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Bill Engvall
Wayne Newton
Mo'Nique
Larry the Cable Guy
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
[/quote]
It's not a true celeb show until you get Coolio, dammit!
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: cmjb13 on May 30, 2008, 02:01:54 PM
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'187093\' date=\'May 30 2008, 01:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'187083\' date=\'May 30 2008, 12:20 PM\']
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Wayne Newton
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
[/quote]

Aside from seeing Bernsen's smoking hot wife, I pass. And, does OCM realize that two in the list are married to each other?

/No, It's not Ice-T and Joan Rivers.
[/quote]
But wait, there's more...

Bill Engvall
Mo'Nique
Larry the Cable Guy
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: tpirfan28 on May 30, 2008, 02:05:53 PM
If they do female Glads v. male Glads, that's the only one I'll watch.

Play or Pass?  Definitely pass.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Fedya on May 30, 2008, 10:58:00 PM
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'187093\' date=\'May 30 2008, 01:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'187083\' date=\'May 30 2008, 12:20 PM\']
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Wayne Newton
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
[/quote]

Aside from seeing Bernsen's smoking hot wife, I pass. And, does OCM realize that two in the list are married to each other?

/No, It's not Ice-T and Joan Rivers.
[/quote]
Joan and Melissa Rivers are married to each other?
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: ChrisLambert! on May 31, 2008, 10:25:00 AM
[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'187134\' date=\'May 30 2008, 10:58 PM\']
Joan and Melissa Rivers are married to each other?
[/quote]

Not yet.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: mmb5 on May 31, 2008, 01:15:12 PM
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'187083\' date=\'May 30 2008, 12:20 PM\']
Bumping this up.

Some celebrities names have been announced per On Camera Audiences (http://\"http://ocatv.com/shows/\")

Christopher Knight
Margaret Cho
Corbin Bernson
Adrianne Curry
Raven-Symone
Bill Engvall
Wayne Newton
Mo'Nique
Larry the Cable Guy
Joan and Melissa Rivers
Ice-T
Also states "the American..." (could be Gladiators, could be Idol)
[/quote]
I thought this was going to be a celebrity edition?  I've been lied to.
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: weaklink75 on May 31, 2008, 01:48:27 PM
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'187096\' date=\'May 30 2008, 02:05 PM\']
If they do female Glads v. male Glads, that's the only one I'll watch.

Play or Pass?  Definitely pass.
[/quote]

The female Glads are going to be a little limited- Steel has the "silent" schtick going on, and Crush may not want to show her face for a while because she blew the weigh-in for her MMA fight tonight on CBS (Gina Carano weighed 144.5 for a 140 pound fight- it's still  on, but Carano forfeited 12.5% of her purse to her opponent- I still think she wins, but there's a lot of Haterade being flung in her direction right now...)
Title: Al Roker to Host "Celebrity Family Feud" on NBC?
Post by: Robert Hutchinson on June 01, 2008, 03:43:56 AM
If Wayne Newton is even half as loopy as he was during his TPIR cameo earlier this season, at least that Feud episode could be worth watching.