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Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: byrd62 on April 28, 2010, 11:24:06 PM

This article says Vernon Kay of Britain's Family Fortunes and The Whole 19 Yds. is going to host it.

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010...-show.html#more (http://\"http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/04/abc-orders-russian-game-show.html#more\")

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: J.R. on April 29, 2010, 12:26:01 AM

ABC is the new "BBC America".

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: Craig Karlberg on April 29, 2010, 03:33:09 AM

A logic based game on ABC?  The same network that's bringing us Downfall?  Seriously, how are they gonna manage to incorporate a logic based game to us without resorting to comedy routines & the like?  If Vernon Kay makes the Whole 19 Yards work over there, then he should have no trouble doing the same here.  I just don't see this as a "logical" fit for ABC.  PBS may be better suited for that sort of stuff(either that or Onky Connect).

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: chris319 on April 29, 2010, 05:33:49 AM

Looks like Jack Barry's son Jon is an E.P.

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: Neumms on April 29, 2010, 11:43:01 AM

The way they describe it, it sounds like it could be unique and interesting. But they're sure not helping matters having an anonymous guy with an accent host. Maybe to sink their chances further, they'll have him sing the opening, as on "My Kind of Town."

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: Jimmy Owen on April 29, 2010, 02:28:24 PM

I guess nobody remembers that NBC flop he hosted a few years back.

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: BrandonFG on April 29, 2010, 03:00:47 PM

[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'240116\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 03:33 AM\']A logic based game on ABC?  The same network that's bringing us Downfall?  Seriously, how are they gonna manage to incorporate a logic based game to us without resorting to comedy routines & the like?[/quote]
I guess you'll just have to wait for the show to premiere...

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: BrandonFG on April 29, 2010, 03:02:24 PM

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'240117\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 05:33 AM\']Looks like Jack Barry's son Jon is an E.P.[/quote]
He also worked on PAX's On the Cover a few years ago...I think he was an EP there as well...

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: chris319 on April 29, 2010, 06:23:29 PM

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240132\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 11:02 AM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'240117\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 05:33 AM\']Looks like Jack Barry's son Jon is an E.P.[/quote]
He also worked on PAX's On the Cover a few years ago...I think he was an EP there as well...[/quote]
No wonder the game board reminded me so much of TJW. I was at a pilot taping of that show with Ken Ober just days before 9/11/2001. Man, what a Snore that show was, with a capital "S".

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: TLEberle on April 29, 2010, 07:24:52 PM

Wasn't this the show where a wheel is spun, and a Sphinx-ish riddle is asked to the group? I would swear that this was referenced/brought up/piloted some months ago.

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: Lirodon on April 29, 2010, 09:28:29 PM

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'240135\' date=\'Apr 29 2010, 06:24 PM\']Wasn't this the show where a wheel is spun, and a Sphinx-ish riddle is asked to the group? I would swear that this was referenced/brought up/piloted some months ago.[/quote]

Yeah, it was brought up when it was piloted.

This comes from the same country that initially turned Wheel of Fortune into a slow-paced lounge-ish experience with only 40 colors of light as opposed to our 1.4 million.

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: Jeremy Nelson on May 20, 2010, 10:23:25 PM

Check out Buzzerblog....they're going to be casting the show soon for taping in July (I called the hotline), and the show has been named Six Minds. They're asking for groups of six who know one another....so this'll be a no-brainer for those who are on College Bowl/trivia teams.

Title: ABC orders "The Six"
Post by: chad1m on May 20, 2010, 10:39:52 PM

Yep, we called (http://\"http://gameshows.about.com/b/2010/05/20/new-casting-call-abcs-six-minds.htm\") the hotline and verified that, unlike the original version, the contestants in America should know each other and be part of a sort of team or club as it is. An interesting variant on strangers, should be fun to see how those who already know each other cope and work.