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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: TimK2003 on February 25, 2004, 09:10:24 PM
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A few musings I have about the new Millionaire that I don't think were addressed yet...
1) Might the reasoning of skipping the introductions of the new Fastest Finger Contestants each night is to hide the fact that the "Middle-Aged-White-Man" syndrome is back at full strength again?
2) Does anyone know how much/what are the 3WM Du Jours are getting for their appearances?
3) What is the new studio seating capacity for this incarnation?
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1) Might the reasoning of skipping the introductions of the new Fastest Finger Contestants each night is to hide the fact that the "Middle-Aged-White-Man" syndrome is back at full strength again?
I kind of doubt that that would be the primary reason. If it was the primary reason, it would have been axed/phased out in the original run, sorta like how they got rid of the "Last Night..." recap at the beginning of the show. I think the primary reason is time constraints. I missed last night's episode (cursed campus with its L&O die-hards, can't find a TV with ABC anywhere), but on Monday Bob-O's first question of the night didn't happen until 5-7 minutes into the show.
However, once the excessive explanations become less necessary, the amount of time freed up would probably allow the shout-outs to the ring of fire. After all, they brought back the recap segment.