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Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: colonial on November 13, 2013, 11:34:47 AM

The cable channel has given a 40-episode commitment to \"Go Viral\" from Ryan Seacrest\'s production company (Seacrest will co-EP) ... show is expected to premiere next summer.


 


 


http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/13/nickelodeon-greenlights-40-episodes-of-game-show-go-viral/215449/


 


 


JD


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: DoItRockapella on November 13, 2013, 11:56:07 AM

Beat me to posting this. I would say that I can\'t possibly think of a dumber idea then this, but I said the same thing about, for example, Family Game Night - and besides, I\'m not either show\'s target audience.


 


Come to think of it, didn\'t Nickelodeon already commit to a slow-motion camera game show they were calling \"Split/Second\"? (The punctuation mark was added, of course, to differentiate this show from the one Tom Kennedy hosted).


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: Matt Ottinger on November 13, 2013, 12:05:23 PM


(The punctuation mark was added, of course, to differentiate this show from the one Tom Kennedy hosted).




 


Because Nickelodeon, of course, has never in its history had a game show that shared its title with a quiz show from the 1970s.  Since, of course, its target audience of twelve year olds was, of course, bound to be confused.


 


Of course.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: DoItRockapella on November 13, 2013, 12:15:47 PM

To clarify: what I said was meant as a joke. 


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: TLEberle on November 13, 2013, 12:27:09 PM
That would have made for a helluva April Fools Joke: \"Due to low ratings we\'re making some changes. To start, let\'s bring on the Spoilers!\"

I refuse to use an emoticon to signal my intent; it should be manifestly clear from my word choice and inferences from other posts in the thread.
Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: Joe Mello on November 13, 2013, 12:37:15 PM


I would say that I can\'t possibly think of a dumber idea then this, but I said the same thing about, for example, Family Game Night




There are certainly dumber things you could air, but the press release doesn\'t make it sound very entertaining.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: clemon79 on November 13, 2013, 01:17:53 PM


I refuse to use an emoticon to signal my intent; it should be manifestly clear from my word choice and inferences from other posts in the thread.




 


I think you are likely to be very, very disappointed with your experience here, then.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: BrandonFG on November 13, 2013, 01:37:50 PM

Street Smarts meets Ridiculousness?


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: TLEberle on November 13, 2013, 02:03:22 PM
For me it sounds double odd: isn\'t the point of a viral video that something interesting or unexpected happens? Wouldn\'t you always pick that option from the choices?

The other thing: growing up what I liked about the really good Nickelodeon games is that they gave kids the chance to do something they couldn\'t do in their normal lives. (To that end I thought Make the Grade missed the mark widely, but Get the Picture was interesting enough that to me it didn\'t matter) Guessing the outcome of videos isn\'t on the same strata as becoming a video game hero or ransacking a two-story house with no consequences. Legends gave you the chance to pretend to be Indiana Jones, if only for three minutes.
Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: brianhenke on November 13, 2013, 02:27:08 PM
Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.

Brian
Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: aaron sica on November 13, 2013, 03:04:51 PM


Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.


Brian




.....or they could just become an average casual viewer like most.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: MTCesquire on November 13, 2013, 06:34:10 PM


Street Smarts meets Ridiculousness?




 


I was thinking Tosh.0 with prizes but I like your description better.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: jimlangefan on November 13, 2013, 08:07:04 PM


Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.


Brian




 


To be honest growing up, I really didn\'t like the game shows just for kids.  I only watched them if nothing else was on.  For example, when I was 7 years old in 1990 at 4 PM I had the choices of Get The Picture, Supermarket Sweep, Match Game, or The Challengers.  Get The Picture very rarely won that battle.  Usually I watched Match Game.

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: PYLdude on November 13, 2013, 08:21:05 PM



Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.


Brian


 

To be honest growing up, I really didn\'t like the game shows just for kids.  I only watched them if nothing else was on.  For example, when I was 7 years old in 1990 at 4 PM I had the choices of Get The Picture, Supermarket Sweep, Match Game, or The Challengers.  Get The Picture very rarely won that battle.  Usually I watched Match Game.



I\'d say it\'s pretty damn impossible for GTP to have won that battle considering it didn\'t make air until 1991.


And even then, wasn\'t it on at 6 PM for its entire run? Or am I just imagining that.
Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: BrandonFG on November 13, 2013, 08:26:05 PM

It was definitely 6pm Eastern for at least the first season...don\'t remember after that. But I don\'t think Nick had a West coast feed back then, so maybe it aired at 4pm Mountain.


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: jimlangefan on November 13, 2013, 08:26:23 PM


 



 



Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.


Brian



 

To be honest growing up, I really didn\'t like the game shows just for kids.  I only watched them if nothing else was on.  For example, when I was 7 years old in 1990 at 4 PM I had the choices of Get The Picture, Supermarket Sweep, Match Game, or The Challengers.  Get The Picture very rarely won that battle.  Usually I watched Match Game.



I\'d say it\'s pretty damn impossible for GTP to have won that battle considering it didn\'t make air until 1991.


And even then, wasn\'t it on at 6 PM for its entire run? Or am I just imagining that.

 




 


 Wrong year and that would have made me 8, lol.  I don\'t know why 1990 was stuck in my head.  Very sorry about that.  Anyways, yes it was on at 6 PM, but I lived in the Mountain time zone so it was 4 PM my time.


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: aaron sica on November 13, 2013, 08:37:49 PM


 Wrong year and that would have made me 8, lol.  I don\'t know why 1990 was stuck in my head.  Very sorry about that.  Anyways, yes it was on at 6 PM, but I lived in the Mountain time zone so it was 4 PM my time.


 




 


I\'m curious...Where did you live that MG was on at 4PM? I remember seeing an issue of Satellite ORBIT with the \"Denver 5\" listed and KUSA airing MG at an odd time...

Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: jimlangefan on November 13, 2013, 09:31:25 PM

I lived in Cheyenne, WY and the only way we got ABC or NBC was to have cable.  Cheyenne only had a local CBS affiliate.  I just remember getting out of school at 3:30 and Match Game starting by the time I got home.


Title: Nickelodeon launches new game show
Post by: PYLdude on November 13, 2013, 09:33:02 PM



 


 


Well, Let\'s hope Nick can have another successful game show again...if it\'s successful, maybe kids can become lifelong fans of the genre.


Brian

 

To be honest growing up, I really didn\'t like the game shows just for kids.  I only watched them if nothing else was on.  For example, when I was 7 years old in 1990 at 4 PM I had the choices of Get The Picture, Supermarket Sweep, Match Game, or The Challengers.  Get The Picture very rarely won that battle.  Usually I watched Match Game.

I\'d say it\'s pretty damn impossible for GTP to have won that battle considering it didn\'t make air until 1991.


And even then, wasn\'t it on at 6 PM for its entire run? Or am I just imagining that.

 

 

 Wrong year and that would have made me 8, lol.  I don\'t know why 1990 was stuck in my head.  Very sorry about that.  Anyways, yes it was on at 6 PM, but I lived in the Mountain time zone so it was 4 PM my time.



Okay then. Carry on. :)