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Title: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: colonial on November 26, 2018, 02:54:57 PM: EGOT winner, "View" co-host and former "HS" center square Whoopi Goldberg looks to be dipping her toes back into the game show genre.

Deadline reports Goldberg has acquired the rights to create a U.S. adaptation of the Romanian game "Win Your Country".

https://deadline.com/2018/11/whoopi-goldberg-to-adapt-romanian-gameshow-win-your-country-in-the-u-s-via-her-one-hoe-banner-44-blue-1202505098/

The show is essentially a mix of Blockbusters and the board game "Risk", as contestants try to win as many U.S. states by showing off their knowledge of all things Americana.

Sizzle reel from the production company …

http://smallworldift.com/members/win-your-country/

JD
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: Neumms on November 30, 2018, 10:38:23 PM: Looks fun. It sounds like the Romanian version is a daily show. Wonder if Whoopi will shoot for that.
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: vtown7 on November 30, 2018, 10:53:57 PM: Would love to know what Canadian network is interested as per the Deadline article. Fun little show.
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: nowhammies10 on December 01, 2018, 07:55:53 AM: Quote from: vtown7 on November 30, 2018, 10:53:57 PM
Would love to know what Canadian network is interested as per the Deadline article. Fun little show.

I figure something like this will be produced by/for the CBC. I don't see the RoBelUs networks optioning a new game show.
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: clemon79 on December 02, 2018, 12:40:04 PM: Quote from: nowhammies10 on December 01, 2018, 07:55:53 AM
I don't see the RoBelUs networks optioning a new game show.

Which one of these is Global? (You know, the one that had Definition for approximately a billion years?)
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: vtown7 on December 02, 2018, 01:16:40 PM: Nowadays Global is owned by Shaw Communications... So I'm guessing they're not represented in that media conglomerate! My guess if that it doesn't end up on CBC it's bound for a specialty channel.

OT: My neighbour was on Definition - by her own definition she was hopped up on Tylenol Threes and won a copper flambe pan (she lost). Have tried for years to get the tape with no luck.

Ryan.
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: nowhammies10 on December 04, 2018, 10:53:12 PM: Quote from: clemon79 on December 02, 2018, 12:40:04 PM
Quote from: nowhammies10 on December 01, 2018, 07:55:53 AM
I don't see the RoBelUs networks optioning a new game show.

Which one of these is Global? (You know, the one that had Definition for approximately a billion years?)

Definition was on CFTO, which is now the flagship of CTV, owned by Bell.
Title: Re: Whoopi Goldberg getting back into game shows?
Post by: clemon79 on December 05, 2018, 01:31:33 PM: Quote from: nowhammies10 on December 04, 2018, 10:53:12 PM
Definition was on CFTO, which is now the flagship of CTV, owned by Bell.

Was it CTV? I thought it was Global. Fair enough; I sit corrected.