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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: BrandonFG on October 03, 2024, 12:43:40 PM
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The discussion on the High Rollers thread inspired a thought. What are some of the more short-lived shows to get a revival? For this thread we’ll say under 12 months.
I’m also thinking the original run, so Cullen’s Chain Reaction and Lingo ‘87 count. CBS 25K Pyramid does not because there were successful versions prior to the 50K version. I’ll add Three’s a Crowd.
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Does Battlestars qualify? 6 months on the original run. Even shorter for the reboot.
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That’s a great example. Interesting how that one of all shows got a second life.
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Cullen's Blockbusters???
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Cullen's Blockbusters???
Eighteen months.
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Can we count the ones born in the US, but rebooted elsewhere? Call My Bluff lasted only 6 months here, but ran in the UK for nearly 40 years!
Shoot For the Stars came back as Double Talk, and then of course there was Second's Chance's more renowned second chance.
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Can we count the ones born in the US, but rebooted elsewhere? Call My Bluff lasted only 6 months here, but ran in the UK for nearly 40 years!
I'll allow it; IIRC it also came back as Take My Word For It. That might be its own thread too...flopped here but thrived overseas over vice versa.
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Can we count the ones born in the US, but rebooted elsewhere? Call My Bluff lasted only 6 months here, but ran in the UK for nearly 40 years!
I'll allow it; IIRC it also came back as Take My Word For It. That might be its own thread too...flopped here but thrived overseas over vice versa.
Oh My Word was the one that came back as Take My Word For It, I will say thought I enjoyed the 2 local episodes circulating of OMW far more than Call My Bluff. Hoping more of it surfaces sometime.
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As long as we're going the international route, there's also Catch Phrase: 4 months stateside, almost 30 years (over 2 versions) and counting in the U.K., and 6 years in Australia.
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Wasn't "Ruckus" a reimagining of Merv's short-lived 1967 show "Reach For The Stars?"
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Wasn't "Ruckus" a reimagining of Merv's short-lived 1967 show "Reach For The Stars?"
At least the end game was. You can see it in "Click" as well--especially round two where a team can stay at the mouse as long as correct answers are provided (and don't stop on a virus square.)
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“What’s This Song?” as “Win with the Stars” (though there had been a long local run from 1949-59)
“I’ll Bet” as “It’s Your Bet”
“Everybody’s Talking” as “Hollywood’s Talking”
“Showoffs” as “Body Language”
The 1950-51 TV run of “Truth or Consequences”
The 1968-69 run of “Pay Cards”
The 1969 run of “Liar’s Club”
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Make me laugh with Robert Q Lewis came back as Bobby Vans make me laugh
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“What’s This Song?” as “Win with the Stars” (though there had been a long local run from 1949-59)
“I’ll Bet” as “It’s Your Bet”
“Everybody’s Talking” as “Hollywood’s Talking”
“Showoffs” as “Body Language”
The 1950-51 TV run of “Truth or Consequences”
The 1968-69 run of “Pay Cards”
The 1969 run of “Liar’s Club”
Would "Second Chance" as "Press Your Luck" count? There's enough common ground between the two .
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Would "Second Chance" as "Press Your Luck" count? There's enough common ground between the two .
If that counts, then the 11-month "He Said She Said" later became "Tattletales."
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Would "Jackpot" work? Granted, the NBC version lasted over a year and a half. The USA/Global Network run was three seasons long and then added another year in syndication.
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Would "Jackpot" work? Granted, the NBC version lasted over a year and a half. The USA/Global Network run was three seasons long and then added another year in syndication.
From the very first post:
What are some of the more short-lived shows to get a revival? For this thread we’ll say under 12 months.
So no, it doesn’t work.
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Would "Second Chance" as "Press Your Luck" count? There's enough common ground between the two .
I don't see why not. Same for He Said/She Said.
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Would "Jackpot" work? Granted, the NBC version lasted over a year and a half. The USA/Global Network run was three seasons long and then added another year in syndication.
Hollywood Showdown lasted over a year, give or take.
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I would figure if Battlestars qualified, wouldn’t Break the Bank also? Or is the addition of a bonus to the syndicated edition different?(considering the format otherwise stayed the same unlike Battlestars)
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I would figure if Battlestars qualified, wouldn’t Break the Bank also? Or is the addition of a bonus to the syndicated edition different?(considering the format otherwise stayed the same unlike Battlestars)
I'd call it a counterpart. Even though the daytime version was cancelled that summer, I wager the syndicated version was in the works for a while, maybe even before the Kennedy version premiered.
(goes to the Broadcasting magazine archive)
The syndicated version was actually announced first (https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-02-16-BC-OCR-Page-0067.pdf#search=%22break%20the%20bank%22), with the daytime show "under consideration".
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I would figure if Battlestars qualified, wouldn’t Break the Bank also? Or is the addition of a bonus to the syndicated edition different?(considering the format otherwise stayed the same unlike Battlestars)
I wouldn't put Break the Bank on there...in a way, it's part of the same run. The syndicated version was pitched and sold first, then ABC picked it up for daytime.
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I would figure if Battlestars qualified, wouldn’t Break the Bank also? Or is the addition of a bonus to the syndicated edition different?(considering the format otherwise stayed the same unlike Battlestars)
I'd call it a counterpart. Even though the daytime version was cancelled that summer, I wager the syndicated version was in the works for a while, maybe even before the Kennedy version premiered.
(goes to the Broadcasting magazine archive)
The syndicated version was actually announced first (https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-02-16-BC-OCR-Page-0067.pdf#search=%22break%20the%20bank%22), with the daytime show "under consideration".
Whoops...posted at almost the same time :)
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Great minds... :)
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Does Child's Play count as a revival of Everybody's/Hollywood's Talking?
Also, Reach for the Stars had a Spanish-language version on what is now Univision, Baje un Estrella.
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Does Child's Play count as a revival of Everybody's/Hollywood's Talking?
Considering they were produced by two different companies, no. In that vein, I would say Small Talk was more of a revival of Child's Play anyway.
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I would figure if Battlestars qualified, wouldn’t Break the Bank also? Or is the addition of a bonus to the syndicated edition different?(considering the format otherwise stayed the same unlike Battlestars)
I'd call it a counterpart. Even though the daytime version was cancelled that summer, I wager the syndicated version was in the works for a while, maybe even before the Kennedy version premiered.
(goes to the Broadcasting magazine archive)
The syndicated version was actually announced first (https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-02-16-BC-OCR-Page-0067.pdf#search=%22break%20the%20bank%22), with the daytime show "under consideration".
Whoops...posted at almost the same time :)
Either way, this I did not know. So both of you get a thank you. 🙂
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Blockbusters was the first one I thought of. At least the new 3's a Crowd took some of the trashiness out of the original.
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Make me laugh with Robert Q Lewis came back as Bobby Vans make me laugh
And later on Comedy Central.
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The discussion on the High Rollers thread inspired a thought. What are some of the more short-lived shows to get a revival? For this thread we’ll say under 12 months.
I’m also thinking the original run, so Cullen’s Chain Reaction and Lingo ‘87 count. CBS 25K Pyramid does not because there were successful versions prior to the 50K version. I’ll add Three’s a Crowd.
Was Double Talk a revival, of sorts of Shoot for the Stars?
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Was Double Talk a revival, of sorts of Shoot for the Stars?
In a way, it was; only the endgames were different.
Cordially,
Tammy
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Was Double Talk a revival, of sorts of Shoot for the Stars?
I vote yes. Both shows had the same concept.
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Speaking of "Stars," this probably doesn't count but it's interesting. Remember Ruckus, that wild stunt show hosted by The Amazing Johnathan? Made for syndication, but ended up just seen locally on WNBC until Game Show Network dragged it out a time or two? Its bonus round was a reboot of the short-lived 1967 series Reach for the Stars. Merv created and produced both series.
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Speaking of "Stars," this probably doesn't count but it's interesting. Remember Ruckus, that wild stunt show hosted by The Amazing Johnathan? Made for syndication, but ended up just seen locally on WNBC until Game Show Network dragged it out a time or two? Its bonus round was a reboot of the short-lived 1967 series Reach for the Stars. Merv created and produced both series.
Was it really seen just on WNBC? That must be the record for the most obscure older series GSN ever ran. Even 1968's Perfect Match was seen on more stations than that.
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Double Talk I would contend is a revival, since the core game play and structure are virtually identical
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Was it really seen just on WNBC? .
Yep. They promoted up the Atlantic City connection but no, it never aired anywhere else.
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Was Double Talk a revival, of sorts of Shoot for the Stars?
I vote yes. Both shows had the same concept.
Yes, but I liked Shoot for the Stars more...it was much more traditional with the mechanical board coming out of 30 Rock and the Bob Stewart 1970s all-star team, including Geoff Edwards, Tony Randall, Anne Meara, Bill Cullen, Nipsey Russell, and Peggy Cass. But it was strange that the bonus round was sometimes worth less than winning the main game
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I actually saw a taping at the Ed Sullivan Theatre while the SNL studio was being constructed. I believe I saw Penny Peyser and Larry Linville. No all-stars anywhere.
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Speaking of Double Talk, the end game of Double Talk seemed to have nothing to do with the premise of the main game.
If anything, it was more like the Gold Run on Blockbusters, initials given and the celebrity gave clues to help the civilian identify the answer.
Shoot For The Stars on the other hand did have an end game that tied in with the front game but no "stars" to shoot for. I agree the end game for Shoot For The Stars was disappointing...felt very much the same with Scrabble 1993 when the Bonus Sprint Jackpot started at a paltry $1,000...